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

On 7/7/2026 6:32 PM, Paul wrote:
> On Tue, 7/7/2026 4:55 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>
>> 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.
> 
> It is probably less trouble to find another keyboard.
> I don't know how much solder-heat a switch like that can take.

No, I wanna repair/save/fix the keyswitches.

Is there an easy solution to flush whatever
fluid as trapped inside those 2 Cherry MX
keyswitches?

I don't wanna re-solder those 2 keyswitches.
That would be a lot of trouble-s. :)

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