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fathergoose626 t1_ixvnoje wrote

Things I wish I knew when I started

  • lube brushes are lower quality than “artists brushes” and aren’t cheaper. They’re just low quality size 0 or 1 paintbrushes marked up a bunch.
  • The difference between a little two-piece switch opener vs the gateron one that looks like a pair of pliers is mind blowing. Best extra 20 bucks I’ll ever spend on this hobby.
  • be gentle when removing switches from a board and be sure to pull straight up
  • soldering is crazy easy, I lose fewer switches to bent pins, and it doesn’t take significantly more time than carefully aligning switch pins into hotswap sockets. Nothing wrong with hotswap though.
  • I never ended up using the dielectric grease I ordered
  • fine keyboards are like fine food or drink, there’s no “best” just different tastes, preferences, moods, and recipes

Enjoy!

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No-Ranger-8931 t1_ixwmitm wrote

> I never ended up using the dielectric grease I ordered

May I ask why? I don't really wanna spend much on modding tools and krytox lube is already expensive af for a small amount, I'd like to skip dielectric grease if possible. Though it seems to be cheaper than krytox

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fathergoose626 t1_ixwohkh wrote

Yeah, I just use the thick krytox for stabilizers, but I guess in the long run dialectic grease would save a bit of money since you wouldn’t be using the super expensive krytox as much.

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No-Ranger-8931 t1_ixwpsh5 wrote

Got it. Thanks for the tip about brushes too! I was actually in a school supplies store the other day and was thinking of getting brushes for lubing, but I thought lube brushes are better.

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Fair-Ad-7936 OP t1_ixvo69w wrote

Thanks dude, this is really handy tips.

Edit : i actually bought the gateron switch opener, looks like i bought a right tool.

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