New BEST keyboard stabilizer mod?!?!? Plumber's mod !!

Get rid of those pesky stabilizer rattles and ticking with plumber's tape! Edit: I would actually wrap the tape around 2-3 times as I found that to have worked better

Note: Prior to discovering this mod, I made my spacebar wire worse than it originally was by attempting to bend it with pliers to "tune" it. The mod did a pretty good job at reducing the amount of rattle/ticks. I would recommend you try this mod on stock stabilizer wires before you attempt anything else.

Let me know if this mod worked out for you or you have questions leave them in the comments section

[Chapters]
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Overview of current stabilizer mods
1:14 Context about plumber's tape
2:13 Plumber's Mod
4:44 Testing stabilizers

[wakinvxz]

The plumbers mod is a life saver. My stabs literally came from a rattly mess to sounding like it was handcrafted by the gods. I dunno why this is so underrated and why I just discovered it today lmao.

[bakedapple]

A FEW CORRECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS!!!!
2. Avoid lubing the PTFE as that can increase the rate of degradation of the PTFE tape
3. Avoid what I did at 3:15 and don't try to frequently put/pull out the PTFE-wrapped stabilizers from the stabilizer stems. There's a good chance you will tear the PTFE as a result. Just wrap the PTFE around the wire, put back together the stabilizers, and try it out on your PCB. It is normal if it feels slightly mushy (a bit too much PTFE) BUT it should be better after some use so no need to re-do unless it's really bad.

Also, while I only wrapped half the length of the stabilizer wires, you can use your normal width PTFE tape to wrap around the full length of the wire leg - just make sure not to wrap past the corners and make sure to always tighten the tape.

[dinospumoni]

Thank you for this. I was using the holee mod previously to this and while it helped, there was still a tiny bit of ticking on my enter key. This actually seems to have fixed the ticking 100% and I didn't even do that good of a job with it. So thanks again!

[ponkeyplonkey]

This was really informative and I am thinking about trying it right now lol

[zachwarner]

still relevant today? any updates?
Ive found that taking case foam and cutting it into thin slices works really well for in-between the stem and pcb, great dampening. doesnt work for spacebar though.

[aashilr]

I spent like 4 hours last night trying to do this mod. I wrapped it around the entire short legs of the stab wires and a bit around the bend as well where it connects into the housing. Lubed with 205G2. I did this over & over, about 5-6 times in total for every stab. That was my first mistake, should've just done it on two stabs, ideally the spacebar. The problem was the uneven thickness application of the tape. I cut roughly the same length of tape for each leg of the wires, but somehow the keycaps were still ticking. I don't think it's necessarily the keycaps themselves.

I will get some normal fabric bandages & do the regular holee mod if I can't get the PTFE thing to work. For now, it's not rattling, but it feels a little bit mushy - I'm hoping this will get resolved in some break-in period.

Some piece of advice to others, take your time to try to be as consistent as possible, and only try it on the spacebar stabs first to get an idea of the thickness/number of wraps needed.

[julienguyen]

I just tried this new mod and gonna said that it much more better than holee mod 😆 Anyway nice vid, thanks man

[galxxy]

Medical tape also works for the stab stems aswell

[sachinkanji]

nice vid, pretty helpful. what switches do u use?

[xerxesYt]

Well i did this and used Dielectric Grease... and some chemical reaction happened and the tape became too thin and very transparent after 3 days, and the ticking and rattling came back.

[advaykumar]

idea: what if u do this mod except put dielectric grease on it

[jatingupta]

Is it alright if the wire is sitting very snug inside the housing/stems? After barely 2 rounds of ptfe tape, my wire doesnt even move inside the housing. Should i reduce the thickness?

[PakWidodo]

Yeah this mod is really great, take less than 5 minutes per stab to do it once you master it. The so called holee mod is really overrated and pain in the ass to do it.

[CookiePire]

i think i saw someone do this with UHMW tape as well, i heard its designed for not lettinb lube in or smthn

[gmprez]

Am I right that this mod is like the bar end wrapping mod? But with the use of plumber's tape?

[jouseff_]

did you balance the wire on the enter key? maybe thats why its ticking a bit on the left side

[DashzRight]

That is going to last 20 key presses before the teflon unwraps and falls off…

[tarotrue]

I did this with krytox and the tape became too thin after just a day uhh

[shinjid]

what if u use masking tape instead? Or wire isolation tape?

[trentaker]

lmao i saw my old video on there at the start