We need that before and after cleaning porn
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Ask and you shall receive; I wonât hold back the gross ones because it does get better. Here we go - Before:
Doesnât look so bad from afarâŚ
Oh dear
Hm⌠ok
ew
Oh hey the keeb agrees
Alright. Time to clean. I used:
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Gravity; shake it out! An abominable rain of untold composition flutters and crackles its way into my sink.
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Cotton-tip things that definitely donât go in your ear, with just some water to get crud from between the switches.
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Paper towels and alcohol for the ink stains on the case; probably not the best thing for the plastic but itâs what I have on-hand, and also likely to be the least of this keebâs worries.
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Air bulb thing
After:*
Also during - hereâs the plate mostly clean but before the case:
Air bulb, keys taken from a different keeb.
Mostly clean.
Getting there.
Time to gently, patiently scrub the case.
Still a few tiny spots, but mostly gone!
No more biofilm. For today.
Letâs snap it back on.
Oh yeah - much better.
Right side
Left side
No more fuzz
No more crumbles⌠or at least a lot less crumbles
Ah. Calming. Time for caps.
Oh yeah.
Fab.
So fab.
A corner
The whole thing - and the absolute glam that is my sisterâs keyboard in all its shiny glory:
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Yesterday a buddy if mine came along. He bought a used RK61 in january and smashed it on the floor. And tried to fix the keycaps. With glue. That attacked the plastics. And tried to remove access glue afaik. And gotten angry again. So he defiled it with some more kicking. I dunno. Please donât ask.
So he gave me a visit now in april. Apperantly he tried to remove two faulty switches after the whole procedure. With a wrench. He said he was only using a screwdriver. But Iâm sure the darn liar was using a wrench. The plate was pretty scratched too. My CPU wasnât running in the morning so I forgot to take pictures.
So I showed him how to unscrew it from the bottom (no plate screws in this model) desolderd and removed both victims, tested the connectors and soldered some of my old excess switches back in. He left me with the spare parts and a promise to help me out if I need something fixed⌠pffff⌠carpenters. 
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bruh.wav
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I call it the âMutilated61â. And it gives me the chills to know that somewhere there is a board. It is out there. Lurking for your children. Late at night. With a mix of German and US labelled caps. With Red Clones⌠and two counterfeit BROWNs. mmmwwwhhaaaaa!!!
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What a poor day to have eyes lol /s
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Self-Dampening mod?
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Thatâs almost impressive
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something something go touch dead grass?
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Dear sweet baby jesus the hell happened to that
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Various children, a cat, and at least one beverage.
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Another print shop terminal - this one in a former tobacco barn.
Think of it as a âsoft touch coatingâ 
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Definitely keyboard horror.
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So this is where I post this⌠Thanks for the heads-up @Deadeye!
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