Re: Flushing WD40? kerosene? out of Cherry MX keyswitch

On 7/7/2026 4:37 PM, Paul wrote:
> On Tue, 7/7/2026 2:06 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>
>> If a keyboard's Cherry MX keywitch got some
>> WD40 inside, is it possible to flush it out?
>>
>> Is replacing the MX keyswitch the only way?
>>
> 
> You'd flush it out with WD40.
> 
> Well, you should not have used WD40 in the first place
> (we could have told you that).
No, it's a cheap keyboard that looked new in
Sham Shui Po. I bought it home then found
that some keys were stuck, notably the ENTER
key and the Right Shift key under it.

I popped their keycaps and smelled the
corresponding MX keyswitches underneath.
It's like kerosene or WD40, I could not tell.

So, could those mysterious liquid be cleaned
without replacing the corresponding keyswitches?

Maybe an arsonist suddenly aborted a dark
operation and dumped the keyboard. I dunno... :)

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