Ok? Don't see why the first part was necessary. You can do work around hacks if you don't have the purple sliders, it's still worse than just having longer sliders in the first place.
Well, I apologize if you feel I was abrasive. Wasn't my idea, I actually found this imgur
post one day.
However, the sliders you mention that exist on some of topre boards are typically slightly longer to account for a pad that reduces noise as the "springs" up. But you can get the same thing with little red fiber washers, I bought these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ARADX88/2mm ID, 4 mm OD, 0.5 mm thick round washers. It does ruin the silencing effect a little, but retains more sanity on that soft curvy tension when pressing the keys. Still quieter than all the "gaming" keyboards I wasted money on. (Logitech, Coolermaster, Steel series, Dell/Alienware, Cherry MX, etc...)
I first tried elmer glue to stick the washers on the stems, but it wasn't sticky enough, so I switched to tiny amounts of Loctite Ultra Gel Control Super Glue.
I ended up using Finish Line Extreme Fluoro 100% DuPont Teflon Grease to lube the switches, because it's sticky/thick, and reasonably cheap. Basically inert plastic. I wanted to try mechanicalkeyboards' krytox blends, but when I was modding keyboards, they where out of stock all the time. :/
