what are pledge modded clear tops? Never heard of that
The pledge mod is soaking Gateron clear switch tops in Pledge Future Shine/FloorCare to remove imperfections on the surface and make them appear more transparent. Pledge was used for similar projects in the scale model community AFAIK, and so it was applied to these tops with the same logic.
They're kind of irrelevant these days because there hasn't been a GB for clear switch tops in about a year or so, and Gateron now ships switches with black bottoms and clear tops as opposed to the cloudy translucent switches that were standard at the time.
The switches in the Octagon v1 are vintage blacks though, just with Gateron tops. All large logo.