18 Dec
2008
18 Dec
'08
4:54 a.m.
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 17 Dec 2008 at 23:27, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
Perhaps the spray lubes often used by Rubik's Cube people will do well.
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David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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I read somewhere to use PTFE dry lube spray....
I've not located any yet in my few casual attempts to pick some
up however.
Probably any dry aerosol used to lubricate locks would be fine, but
not graphite. I find several brands of silicone aerosol at the local
hardware store. I haven't looked for PTFE spray, but I'm not
enthusiastic about the PTFE lubricants that I've used that were
suspensions in an oil base.
I know that the firearms crowd uses various dry lubricants (Dri-
Slide, Eezox, Tetra) but I don't know how they'd work in this
application. Moly disulfide lube like Dri-Slide might be messy,
though.
I'd steer clear of any oil, even watch oil--it'll just attract dirt.
If the crud in my own keyboard is any indication, that's not
something that you'd want.