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So I have a mechanical keyboard, a cherry brown one I've been using for like 5+ years every day. For a long time I've been annoyed at the sound it makes, but convinced myself that it didn't make sense to fix because in order to lubricate the switches, I would need to de-solder the switches from the board.
Well as it turns out, that isn't true. If you have a cherry red, brown or blue that is nice but you really want that super smooth feeling of a more premium switch, you can absolutely lubricate it. All I did was depress the switch, put the smallest amount of Super Lube Synthetic Oil on a size 0 brush and then brush the sides of the cherry browns. I repeated this for all the switches.
After a week, it's like a new, much more expensive keyboard. It sounds totally different, more similar to the far more expensive keyboards that my coworkers have. I haven't had any reliability issues and the cost to do it was less than $10. Strongly recommend.
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@carlosedp
Cool. Excluding milady IBM Model M that I have to properly clean due to a malfunctioning key, I'm still on TKL format (#Filco Majestouch 2 and #GMMK 1 barebone with custom keycaps).
I've tried the Royal Kludge RK61: very nice piece and quality, but 60% format is too small for me.
I'm still tempted by the 65%, just like your K6.
Or the big jump to an ergo/split one like #Ergodox.