rip those switches.

Please tell me you're not using that lube on switches.

Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no🤦

That will be a bit thick for switches. It will be great for stab wires, but too thick for switches.

I wouldn't even use that in prison. Chuck it.

Yikes

Synco makes a compatible oil which should thin this to any thickness desired.

Oops

I like the feeling actually, I like it being hard to press. I just hope it won’t damage the switches… I feel a lil bit idiot for now….

now.... which pile is the one that he's already lubed?

I’ve juste finished ;-;

So now the question is, will it damage my switches?

It's PTFE based, so it won't damage them, no.

No but it'll make them sticky and sluggish. It's supposed to be used on stab wires, not switches.

Ok i see, I thought I was good since I heard about dielectric grease and this one I already had was so and I didn’t thought about its viscosity

He will learn

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Yep i didn’t put that much lube into each switch so it is not that sticky and the feeling is quite good

that is thick lube. Careful!

What's wrong with Super Lube? It's just a slightly more slippery dielectric grease. That's the 21030 formulation which should work great.

I lube my stabs with that stuff and use the oil version (51004) on my switches. Of course, my switches are quite special haha

OP: Ignore the people freaking out about this. Super Lube (grease, 21030) is totally fine for Cherry MX style switches as long as you only only apply a very thin coating (with a brush, like you did). It'll last longer than the oil kind since the grease doesn't evaporate as quickly (yes, it ever so slowly evaporates).

Nothing wrong with it except the fact that he's using the grease in switches which is too thick for that purpose.

Make sure you lube up them keycaps for optimal thoccc

Haha! Funny! Because that's not what you do!

That's right!

lmao don't forget the /s

Grade 2, it will be like typing through peanut butter

I guess that's where my downvotes came from 🤷

I'd love a blind lube test, which features Super Lube thinned with their ptfe-oil to different thicknesses, pitted against all the hyped up lubes. My guess it would make everyone in this thread look like fools, when absolutely none of them could discern a "good" lube from a "bad" one.

In light of all the comments, for a newbie what lube WOULD you recommend?

Oh no….

Good luck lubing :) I would recommend mixing your grease with some silicone oil or super lube oil to thin it a bit

I mean yeah if you’re the type to overlube switches and stabs in general the sluggish nature of what OP is about to experience probably won’t feel all that different. It’ll be like typing in quicksand

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tribosys 3203 for t, krytox 205g0 for lineages, 105 for oil on springs

Good old Krytox 205g0.

Krytox 205g0 seems to be the standard for switches. For stabs, Permatex dielectric grease. I've heard some people use Loctite for stabs, but make sure you get GREASE, not super glue!

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Dialectic grease isnt used for switches either, its only used for stab wires

That's a rather thick grease but if you go really light they shouldn't stick on you - you'd probably be better off with thinner lube though.

It is about preference, my preference

Go light, and you should be good! I use SuperLube all the time and it works fine to me, be sure that don't lube too thick on it

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you ask questions before starting.

Triggered comments incoming.