Hi geekhack!
I'm new to the whole mechanical keyboard thing and I fear I may have harmed my precious keyboard.
I recently got a WASD v2 keyboard (tenkeyless) with Cherry MX Brown switches.
The day before yesterday I cleaned it for the first time (removed all caps, held it under running water and let it dry for 24 hours).
Since then, one key (specifically the 'R' key in Colemak, or 'S' in QWERTY) is misbehaving - it only registers the keypress 40-50% of the time.
I blew compressed air in the switch and it worked fine for a short while but now it's back to being stubborn.
Some other keys feel like they need a higher actuation force now, but that may just be my imagination and it's not as big a deal as the R key.
I do have a spare switch lying around, do I have to desolder and switch the old one or is there something else I could try?
Thanks for any help!