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Offline Fredrik

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lubing switches.
« on: Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:51:03 »
Hello, so I was wondering, can I lube my cherry switches with bicycle lube, or is this a very bad idea? I can post a picture if that helps anyone with knowlegde help me out.
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Offline demik

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Re: lubing switches.
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:53:10 »
Keyboard sub playa. Will get more answers there.
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Offline Steezus

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Re: lubing switches.
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:53:59 »
Quote from: Fredrik on Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:51:03
Hello, so I was wondering, can I lube my cherry switches with bicycle lube, or is this a very bad idea? I can post a picture if that helps anyone with knowlegde help me out.

That's a bad idea, wouldn't really know how the lube would react with the plastic housing of the switch. It's best to stick with some krytox lube or the geekhackers lube that Zeal has available on his store.

But like demik said, the keyboard sub category would be better for this topic.
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Offline Fredrik

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Re: lubing switches.
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:55:14 »
Quote from: Steezus on Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:53:59
Quote from: Fredrik on Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:51:03
Hello, so I was wondering, can I lube my cherry switches with bicycle lube, or is this a very bad idea? I can post a picture if that helps anyone with knowlegde help me out.

That's a bad idea, wouldn't really know how the lube would react with the plastic housing of the switch. It's best to stick with some krytox lube or the geekhackers lube that Zeal has available on his store.

But like demik said, the keyboard sub category would be better for this topic.


Would you mind grabbing me a link to zeal's store? :)
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Offline Steezus

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Re: lubing switches.
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:55:36 »
Quote from: Fredrik on Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:55:14
Quote from: Steezus on Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:53:59
Quote from: Fredrik on Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:51:03
Hello, so I was wondering, can I lube my cherry switches with bicycle lube, or is this a very bad idea? I can post a picture if that helps anyone with knowlegde help me out.

That's a bad idea, wouldn't really know how the lube would react with the plastic housing of the switch. It's best to stick with some krytox lube or the geekhackers lube that Zeal has available on his store.

But like demik said, the keyboard sub category would be better for this topic.


Would you mind grabbing me a link to zeal's store? :)

zealpc.net
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Offline Fredrik

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Re: lubing switches.
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:56:49 »
Quote from: Steezus on Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:55:36
Quote from: Fredrik on Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:55:14
Quote from: Steezus on Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:53:59
Quote from: Fredrik on Sun, 17 January 2016, 11:51:03
Hello, so I was wondering, can I lube my cherry switches with bicycle lube, or is this a very bad idea? I can post a picture if that helps anyone with knowlegde help me out.

That's a bad idea, wouldn't really know how the lube would react with the plastic housing of the switch. It's best to stick with some krytox lube or the geekhackers lube that Zeal has available on his store.

But like demik said, the keyboard sub category would be better for this topic.


Would you mind grabbing me a link to zeal's store? :)

zealpc.net

Thanks :)
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