Help with replacing the switches on my Das

[TheHast]

So I spilled some  @#!*%  on my keyboard awhile back and went through the whole cleaning routine.  The switches were somewhat recovered, but I'm not completely satisfied as the keys aren't quite back to where they were originally.

Basically I want to replace the mx blues on my Das.  I have no problem with soldering new switches onto the keyboard but I'm trying the find the best place to buy the switches from and want to make sure I buy the right ones.  It looks like there are two types of mounts for theses switches, through-hole and panel mount front. (http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?FV=fff40011,fff80061,fffc0055&chp=0).  I'm pretty sure I want to get the panel mount switches but am not sure.

I'm looking at this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHERRY-MX-Series-Keyswitches-Blue-Cyan-Keyboards-Switches-ORIGINAL-/110917707690?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d335e7aa#ht_2330wt_1110 but am not sure if that's the right type of switch for my Das or if I could get a better deal elsewhere.

Also, how hard would it be to get blues with LEDs on them?  Could I just solder them right up or do they require different circuitry?

Thanks

[therecorder]

Perhaps this will help:

http://obvious.pro/keyboardmod/dasmod.php

[TheHast]

So it looks like the best option is to take off some switches and open them up to try and clean them before I go through with buying new switches.

For anyone else's reference it looks like these: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/MX1A-E1NN/CH196-ND/40084 are the proper switches to buy for the Das.

Thanks a bunch for that link, I'll probably do some sort of tutorial for cleaning a Das if I ever get around to it.

[Lethal Squirrel]

I would try to open the switches and clean them out as TheHast said. If not, I would buy cheaper donor board like
a key cool or something to harvest the switches out of.

[TheHast]

Except I'd be better off buying the switches from the above link.  I'd probably only replace the 26 letters on the keyboard plus the space bar.  So in total it will cost about $35.