How about thin teflon grease, or ptfe powder ?
Iāve traditionally heard that lubing the tactile legs can ruin the tactility, it would make sense that the same logic can be applied to the contacts, although Iāve never heard it. Usually thicker lube and in more places rounds and smoothens the bump.
After reading MIkeās post, I went back and relubed Outemu Sky tops. That removed the last trace of scratchiness from the switch.
Best part is I was able to to do it without opening the switch. Just,
- remove keycap from switch
- press switch stem down all the way with something (I used a tweezer)
- lube areas shown in the post
Wolla!
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Good stuff, really appreciated the detail of the experiment.
I agrees with the others that lubing the peg can be beneficial, if done correctly.
So far I always only lubed the peg.
Iād be curious to see if the wear points would be the same if the switch was lubed. The whole point of lubing is so that thereās not drag/friction on certain parts and I wonder if it smooths out some of these areas when lubing just the rails, etc.
I donāt want to come across as negative, Iām just curious how lubing just the rails and sides would affect friction areas. What Iām getting at is I wonder if some of those friction zones would change (better or worse) with rail-style lubing.
Thank you very much for your very extensive guide!
I just lubed my Zelios V2 62g according to your recommendations.
Also applied a very thin coat of lube on the stem legs (with what was remaining on my brush).
These are not yet been installed on a keyboard, but only testing on my fingers I can already say that they are much smoother than before and just a fraction less tactile.
Also I was surprised to hear they are much quieter!
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Amazing post! Thank you!
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