How to speed-run switch lubing sessions: 1. Just go buy a cheap key switch tool to separate the halves. 2. Shuck open all of your switches to be lubed first, with their separate pieces in 4 bins/piles. 3. Lube all of your pieces, bin-by-bin 4. Clean your hands, and start slapping them fuckers back together.
Easily the best video on this subject. Well scripted, shot, delivered and edited. Amazing tutorial that I'm sure I'll be coming back to when I finally get around to lubing my switches. Thank you so much.
Back with another detailed tutorial! If you want buttery smooth switches, you GOTTA lube em up! This video is focused on linear switches but I cover what you need to differently for tactile switches! Check this link to see more details! imgur.com/a/hijSYcp#rtzPIGs EDIT: Had to re-upload since something was wrong with the first upload oof
Sorry mate but that's to much time wasted.. There is one secret way, that no one of utubers ever show but preder to teach all this patence kill guide.. take away all caps, spray WD40 all over the keyboard without caps.. press randomly all the switches and repeat the process few time. Leave the keyboard on sunshine for few hours. Work is done, u can put ur key caps back. And your ears eill say thanks you. Only negative side from that wd40 is not real lub, so u will be need to repeat the process every 6-8months
Yeah so I followed this exact tutorial, only finding out at the end that all my keys didn't register when I clicked on them (it took a couple of triest before they registered). I did not put too much lubricant, but I asked a friend what i did wrong, and he said I just had to lube the bottom housing and the spring. Now i need to go through the process of cleaning all my switches (around 30 minutes for 5 switches) or I will just have to buy new ones. Don't make the same mistake as me.
So many people in the comments whinging about it taking a few minutes each switch. Firstly, the entire point of a hobby is to spend time doing something that you enjoy. Secondly, this is a video that is taking time to explain it. You can do it in a 3rd of the time when you're sitting there just listening to music and doing each switch without explaining it.
Just a heads up for anyone thinking about lubing their keyboard switches with vegetable oil… DON’T. Now I’m not just typing-I’m hosting a tiny rave for ants on my desk. My switches are smooth, but now I’ve got ants critiquing my typing speed. 😅 Next time, I’ll stick to actual switch lube and leave the kitchen out of my keyboard maintenance!
Hi I know nothing about keyboards and I've never lubed a keyboard switch before, but I'm planning on building my own custom keyboard and this is by the far the easiest guide to follow. Ty so much I can't wait to get started :)
@@dimwillow7113 easy to over lube, which will make them worse than not lubing them at all. Also dont bother lubing the top housing it makes no difference.
LOL the lube comes out with lighter fluid, potentiometer cleaner (residue free contact cleaner) or plastic-safe brake cleaner, the overlubed switch isn't even close to "ruined" :D
Lol head when i first testing differnt styles and amount, I had to learn about lube farts the hard way. Atleast was only one and was able to remove it.
Thanks this video helped a lot but it took me 2 hrs just to lube 4 switches so I decided to lube just the switches that I use and 5 hrs later I’m done and my keyboard sound soooo good kinda Worth it 😴
i got mine keyboard with briwn switches but midway after 1 year or so i wanted linear.. so saving money i just lubed them stems and made brown go linear.. i compared it to my friends red switches and mine sound better and more thockier.. hueheuheuhue
Is it just me or does that seem like a lot of lube? It seems like some pretty big blobs of lube on the bottom housing and the stem. I'm just wondering because I was told Krytox 205g0 is pretty thick and shouldn't be applied heavily.
I'd say spring weighting isn't the most important factor in determining whether or not to lube the legs and contact leaf's of MX style tactiles; especially because two springs with the same bottom out can have two different profiles and higher spring weights don't make a switch more tactile just heavier. If anything, higher spring weights mask the tactile event of many MX style switches due to their low and drawn out tactility. I made some holy pandas with 55g SPRiT slow extreme II springs and lubing the contact leafs and legs did not kill the tactility precisely because it wasn't being masked by a very heavy bottom out weighted spring. Box Navy's do not generate their tactility (and click) in the traditional Cherry MX way; instead of a bump on the slider legs, their is a protrusion on the opposite side of the slider which is caught by flat spring which provides tactility and click when overcome.
I use a rc shock silicon oil, 600 is thick enough i even tested 50000 diff oil that thickness dampens alot even dampens the sound when bottoming out. Not sure how good in the long run but that oil is cheap.
Thank you, I was just getting into mechanical keyboards and I feel like this is manageable thanks to you, I have some spare switches to practice so I should be fine xD
okay so tried to fix my spacebar cause it wasn’t alright. now i broke the switch because i couldn’t get it off my keyboard. i don’t know what to do next.
Just for reference to any first timers out there, it took me roughly 5 hours or so to lube a full set of switches for my 65%. I think with more time i could probably get it faster. Its kinda awkward handling the switch cus its small. Also I hand lubed the springs so if i were to bag lube them it wouldve been faster as well.
“the key to lubing is that less is more” “the key to lubing is that less is more” “the key to lubing is that less is more” “the key to lubing is that less is more” “the key to lubing is that less is more”
@Romsicle What's the idea behind lubing the top housing? I could imagine it may help dampen the upstroke sound a bit (don't know how nice a stem hitting a lubed housing is), but wouldn't it also increase the initial force of the switch, since you now have lube sticking between the resting stem and the top housing? Aside of that, the video was super clear and nicely presented!
It's definitely not necessary IMO, but it allows for a smoother and quieter experience all the way through. Since the lube layer is so thin, there's virtually no difference in resistance upon initial actuation.
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I never thought I would ever hear the phrase “lube farts” but ok
@@0xDEAD-C0DE same here I keep needing to wipe them off
so thats what it is, i have switches that make those sounds
I will never unhear this phrase….
I was looking for this comment as soon as I heard the phrase. lol
anal queef
watching this while waiting for switches to come.. great tutorial bro
Same
tnx for a great content... keep it up
nope, too much work
Lol
worth it at the end
I thought so too and then went and found sellers on Etsy and they’re charging $155+ for a set of switches that are lubed 😅
real. idk why i thought itd be a fun quick thing to do but its been 5 hours already
😂
How to speed-run switch lubing sessions:
1. Just go buy a cheap key switch tool to separate the halves.
2. Shuck open all of your switches to be lubed first, with their separate pieces in 4 bins/piles.
3. Lube all of your pieces, bin-by-bin
4. Clean your hands, and start slapping them fuckers back together.
love this
Great idea, sounds a lot better than one by one. I was just going to do them in between rounds of games for a month 😅
You sir are a legend
god lube farts sound gross
Depending on the situation it sounds adventurous
This is probably the best video I've seen on this subject, Well detailed and really clear visuals.
Around 7 minutes per switch
I honestly don't know how I feel about that :/
once you get to like the 30th switch its start getting to like 4-5 minutes
@@noodles4286 you realize that’s like 5 hours with a 60% keyboard, right?
@@Lucario9d yeah I know I was just mentions how it gets faster as you go. I mentioned nothing about the total time to complete any sized keyboard
@@Lucario9d but when I did it was taking 30 second once everything was already dissembled
@@noodles4286 i was just saying that either way, by what you said, it would take about 5 hours with the smallest keyboard
This is ridiculous... Why am I here?
Easily the best video on this subject. Well scripted, shot, delivered and edited.
Amazing tutorial that I'm sure I'll be coming back to when I finally get around to lubing my switches.
Thank you so much.
Back with another detailed tutorial! If you want buttery smooth switches, you GOTTA lube em up! This video is focused on linear switches but I cover what you need to differently for tactile switches! Check this link to see more details! imgur.com/a/hijSYcp#rtzPIGs
EDIT: Had to re-upload since something was wrong with the first upload oof
What about optical switches?
Sorry mate but that's to much time wasted..
There is one secret way, that no one of utubers ever show but preder to teach all this patence kill guide..
take away all caps, spray WD40 all over the keyboard without caps.. press randomly all the switches and repeat the process few time.
Leave the keyboard on sunshine for few hours.
Work is done, u can put ur key caps back.
And your ears eill say thanks you.
Only negative side from that wd40 is not real lub, so u will be need to repeat the process every 6-8months
lube farts..... you mean switch qweefs
First time I've heard of lube farts haha
Yeah so I followed this exact tutorial, only finding out at the end that all my keys didn't register when I clicked on them (it took a couple of triest before they registered). I did not put too much lubricant, but I asked a friend what i did wrong, and he said I just had to lube the bottom housing and the spring. Now i need to go through the process of cleaning all my switches (around 30 minutes for 5 switches) or I will just have to buy new ones. Don't make the same mistake as me.
Super helpful video, thank you. I ordered some grease, it'll arrive tomorrow, pretty excited so spent my whole day lubing 81 switches yay
straight forward , great video for a begginer like me
i hate tactile lubbing. a little bit more than you must and the switch is fucked.
looks to complicated I'm fine
Thank you so much for that easy tutorial and my keyboard feels like it was hand crafted by god :D
definitely you deserve more subs.
So many people in the comments whinging about it taking a few minutes each switch. Firstly, the entire point of a hobby is to spend time doing something that you enjoy. Secondly, this is a video that is taking time to explain it. You can do it in a 3rd of the time when you're sitting there just listening to music and doing each switch without explaining it.
how long does it last for? Do i have to redo it, after years? Does the lube thicken? Is it worth for switches that will be used for atleast 3 years?
Long enough that you won't have to ever worry. It's always worth it to lube your switches.
@@Romsicle which lube do you recommend, or is there anything to consider?
@@pudelmuetz1 The two most common lubes are Tribosys 3204 and Krytox 205g0. If you want a thicker lube, choose Krytox.
Wow this looks like a really tedious process. I hope it's worth it.
Lbbb
dude I never new that its this hard to lube ONE SWITCH!!!!
bruh wouldnt this take like 4 hours to do 61 switches
Yeah
@@fuahh well i did it to my keyboard it feels nice now tho
@@businessaccount3177 thats good
Which mechanical keyboard are you using? Please share link to purchase.
0:34 holy that switch is bent
L U B E F A R T S
ive experienced some lube farts in my life. that being said great video man this is my first foray into lubing switches
Just a heads up for anyone thinking about lubing their keyboard switches with vegetable oil… DON’T. Now I’m not just typing-I’m hosting a tiny rave for ants on my desk. My switches are smooth, but now I’ve got ants critiquing my typing speed. 😅 Next time, I’ll stick to actual switch lube and leave the kitchen out of my keyboard maintenance!
I read this as buttery smooth sandwiches hhh
Hi I know nothing about keyboards and I've never lubed a keyboard switch before, but I'm planning on building my own custom keyboard and this is by the far the easiest guide to follow. Ty so much I can't wait to get started :)
I personally find lubing the leafs usually causes more harm than good even with most linears. Otherwise, fantastic video!
interesting..what harm you talking about.. gonna lube soon for the first time..
@@dimwillow7113 easy to over lube, which will make them worse than not lubing them at all. Also dont bother lubing the top housing it makes no difference.
@@grrizzzy7 i see.. thanks
LOL the lube comes out with lighter fluid, potentiometer cleaner (residue free contact cleaner) or plastic-safe brake cleaner, the overlubed switch isn't even close to "ruined" :D
Lol head when i first testing differnt styles and amount, I had to learn about lube farts the hard way. Atleast was only one and was able to remove it.
How do I clean my brush after lubing the switches?
Soap and water
Thanks this video helped a lot but it took me 2 hrs just to lube 4 switches so I decided to lube just the switches that I use and 5 hrs later I’m done and my keyboard sound soooo good kinda Worth it
😴
Lube farts😩
i got mine keyboard with briwn switches but midway after 1 year or so i wanted linear.. so saving money i just lubed them stems and made brown go linear.. i compared it to my friends red switches and mine sound better and more thockier.. hueheuheuhue
Is Durex brand okay for switches?
well i tryed i rly tryed but after loosing the spring of the first switch and breaking other 2 i desided
this bullshit is not worth it
so basically it takes one a whole year to lube a keyboard
great video but the links for the lubing materials only bring me to a super lube, and I need the materials.
almost cried after doing my first switch and realising I had to do it 60 more tiems
"Take your time" yeah man it takes like 5 hours, with a switch opener 😂
im not lubing abymoore everytime i lubed the switches ang putting back it it oesnt work i nee help
Now repeat this steps a hundred times and youre good to go.
Finallyyyyy video i was looking forr 😢❤
Is it just me or does that seem like a lot of lube? It seems like some pretty big blobs of lube on the bottom housing and the stem. I'm just wondering because I was told Krytox 205g0 is pretty thick and shouldn't be applied heavily.
It might look that way because it's zoomed in and it's cut short compared to how long I actually take to make sure it's lubed well.
Is the krytox 205g0 good for outemu blue? The spring sound on my switch is so goddamn annoying
If you're going to just lube the spring, then yes.
I'd say spring weighting isn't the most important factor in determining whether or not to lube the legs and contact leaf's of MX style tactiles; especially because two springs with the same bottom out can have two different profiles and higher spring weights don't make a switch more tactile just heavier. If anything, higher spring weights mask the tactile event of many MX style switches due to their low and drawn out tactility.
I made some holy pandas with 55g SPRiT slow extreme II springs and lubing the contact leafs and legs did not kill the tactility precisely because it wasn't being masked by a very heavy bottom out weighted spring.
Box Navy's do not generate their tactility (and click) in the traditional Cherry MX way; instead of a bump on the slider legs, their is a protrusion on the opposite side of the slider which is caught by flat spring which provides tactility and click when overcome.
I really like your keycaps!
'less is more' - uses a phat ass glob and a phat ass brush lol
So i lubed mine with vicks vaporub
If I want to bag lube my spring can I use a different type of lube or do you recommend using the same lube as the other part of the switch
Doesn't really matter
if you have little siblings this gets super hard
ngl it doesnt really matter how you lube them
this is why i always wear headset so i dont need these steps xD
wow broke my switch 10/10
Ohh that's why my outemu red pops when I press it
IT HELPED ALOT THANKS
Spongebob threw me off hahaha
How often do you lube switches or do you only do it once and ur good?
You only have to lube them once unless you do a crappy job.
4:08 wtf is a feet bro
I use a rc shock silicon oil, 600 is thick enough i even tested 50000 diff oil that thickness dampens alot even dampens the sound when bottoming out. Not sure how good in the long run but that oil is cheap.
ermmm..... the lubricant price.... equals to buy whole set of new switches ........ i think i'll stick to buy new one......
ok I might need 1 day without doing anything but lubing XD
5:19 HOLY the lubed switch sound WAYYY poppier and better. ill sit at my desk for hours straight lubing them, its totally worth it.
Thank you, I was just getting into mechanical keyboards and I feel like this is manageable thanks to you, I have some spare switches to practice so I should be fine xD
"Start off with a small amount of lube" proceeds with a ton of lube! (2:24)
All jokes aside, great video!
After I lube my switches, some of them don't work. They dont have bent pins either, what can be the cause of it? It was akko jelly blacks
I think the top houseing lube is over rated though imo, I did at first but no longer do because the bottom rails pretty much over the top parts.
okay so tried to fix my spacebar cause it wasn’t alright. now i broke the switch because i couldn’t get it off my keyboard. i don’t know what to do next.
You need to get a hotswap board or re-sauder it.
Just for reference to any first timers out there, it took me roughly 5 hours or so to lube a full set of switches for my 65%. I think with more time i could probably get it faster. Its kinda awkward handling the switch cus its small. Also I hand lubed the springs so if i were to bag lube them it wouldve been faster as well.
Man really just called a brown a "tactile"
It is a tactile... Cherry Browns though? no
@@chizbreds1717 its called a tactile we'll just say that
7 minutes per switch. for real? Damn. I regret ordering lube now :(
It take more like about a minute/ switch - but if it's your first time, it'll definitely take a lot more time LOL
I tried using flat screwdriver in opening switches and i nearly cut myself. Never again
Yeah, it's a method where you have to go REAL slow.
I want to do this with my keyboard cause the switches are so scracthy right out the box, but man this would take a long time
3...2....1 kids destroying switches and keyboard.. 🤣
“the key to lubing is that less is more”
“the key to lubing is that less is more”
“the key to lubing is that less is more”
“the key to lubing is that less is more”
“the key to lubing is that less is more”
good lord that would be a tedious work for each switch im sticking to a good membrane.
haha good membrane - that's a funny joke LOL
@Romsicle What's the idea behind lubing the top housing? I could imagine it may help dampen the upstroke sound a bit (don't know how nice a stem hitting a lubed housing is), but wouldn't it also increase the initial force of the switch, since you now have lube sticking between the resting stem and the top housing?
Aside of that, the video was super clear and nicely presented!
It's definitely not necessary IMO, but it allows for a smoother and quieter experience all the way through. Since the lube layer is so thin, there's virtually no difference in resistance upon initial actuation.
7 minutes per switch. Ummmmm So itll take 4 hours??? Worth it!
I recommend getting a Switch Opener, this is too risky lol
Dang it my keyboard is not hotswappable
Oof.
Feels good. Takes 5 years because i buy it dont do it. Im lazy
im not sure why but my switched keep jamming. the stem is all fine before i close the switch together but when i do it doesn't budge.
instructions unclear, I'm addicted to keyboards now.
Definitely a tedious process. I just needed it for my backspace key so thanks!
can you use the keyswitch opener on otumuo (or however you spell that) switches
Outemu - yes
Romsicle ok thank you
The video is already end but I stiil can't open a single outemo switch.
Where can I buy krytox 205
Takes about 6Hours to do 70 switches.
That means you're talking 5 mins+ per switch. It shouldn't take you around 2.5 hours for 70 switches.
lol the spongebob expression keycaps were great
Had to open about 200 outemu switches with a sewing needle. Was definitely not a very good time
RIP your hands
Even SpongeBob approves.. well done sir
is there a shop you can buy lubed switches over seas?
Wait after lubing them do you need to relube them? Idk much ab keyboards
Nope, lube them once and you're good to go forever - only spacebar stabilizers require relubing after a while
@@Romsicle thanks man
it takes me like 1-2 mins to lube 1
its really not that bad