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Offline trievalot

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Keyboard Lubricant
« on: Sun, 31 January 2010, 05:25:53 »
Not sure if this has been discussed in a single thread before.....
What do you suggest as a lubricant for sticky keys? I tried first of all electric shaver lube on a couple keys and it worked OK, but had a "smell" to it. Then i remembered i had silicone spray i bought to loosen up vertical blind tracks and it worked great! (i got this from Spotlight - a local habedasher)
Anyway - it had loosened the sticky keys (shift and enter) and it feels like my NIB model M again (did this to a M)
Ill let you know if it stops working!
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Offline keyb_gr

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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 01 February 2010, 14:07:19 »
If you get key binding problems on a Model M, it's usually time to inspect things a little more closely. You may have cracks in the plastic, or broken rivets.

While my silicone spray treatment didn't do much for my Model M RShift in the long run, I have successfully used it on a Cherry G81 (as you may read in another thread here).
« Last Edit: Mon, 01 February 2010, 14:09:27 by keyb_gr »
Hardware in signatures clutters Google search results. There should be a field in the profile for that (again).

This message was probably typed on a vintage G80-3000 with blues. Double-shots, baby. :D