Are keys on a mechanical keyboard sticky if they produce different sound ?

bb gun · 28 Dec 2016 at 15:25

Hey guys.

I've noticed that some of my keys don't produce the same sound as the other ones , some of them produce normal loud sound when clicked , while others are more silent or dont produce any sound at all (all of them, work normally).

My keyboard is Cooler Master Quickfire Ultimate (Blue MX Switches), and I will admit that I spilled OJ on it more than once , and ofcourse cleaned it after it dried out and I saw that the keys sticked.

Is there a possibility that some of the juice still remains inside the keys and is causing this ?

Thanks.

ExRayTed · 28 Dec 2016 at 21:20

Probably got sugary orange juice inside the mechanical switches. My son spilled an entire can of coke on his Corsair K95. I took it apart, soaked it in a bath full of warm water and thoroughly dried it out before putting it back together. Right as rain now.

Qyndryx · 29 Dec 2016 at 18:35

Have you tried this?

bb gun · 29 Dec 2016 at 19:03

Qyndryx said:
Have you tried this?

Yes, but still nothing.

How safe is dissembling the keyboard and cleaning it from the inside ?

jay0906 · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:30

Did you take the actual cherry switches out and clean them and the socket they go in to?

Rroff · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:33

Don't think that keyboard does though I don't know for sure but some mechanicals use different switches on different keys i.e. space bar sometimes has a stiffer variant, WASD keys (and sometimes arrows) are sometimes "premium" variants of the switch or a different type of switch, etc. I've seen some where the number pad and function keys uses cheaper switches.