[sdiy] Cleaning silver keyboard contacts

[Neil Johnson]

Michael Zacherl wrote:
> According to my experience "yes". I don't know thee products you mentioned
> but I'd check if it produces a sticky surface.
> I ran into major problems using contact lubricant - I prefer Isoprop Alc
> to clean contacts.

Thanks Michael.  I'll have a think about this a bit further. As I see it
the tradeoff is:

- lubricant reduces oxidization of the contacts, but helps bind dust to
the surface;

- leaving them clean reduces the stickiness for dust, but also leaves them
open to the atmosphere and subsequent oxidization.

Opinions especially welcome from those who service keyboards and so likely
to see keyboards with and without contact lubricant.

BTW, the products I mentioned are:

Servisol Super 10:	http://servisol.co.uk/data/SS10_data.htm
WD-40:			http://www.wd40.com/Brands/wd40.cfm

Cheers,
Neil

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