Cleaning Keyboard

zom247 · 15 Feb 2013 at 07:55

Due to laziness my keyboard needs a bit of a clean! Is it worth buying those cleaning wipes to do it or just buy some rubbing alcohol and use that with a cloth? I've got plenty of compressed air to blow away the bits in the keyboard.

Dave L · 15 Feb 2013 at 08:04

Kleenex, Son.

ganesh · 15 Feb 2013 at 08:12

When I cleaned mine ethanol was taking the colour off the keys, baby wipes worked pretty well. Mine was so crusty I had to take all the keys off and clean them individually.

atpbx · 15 Feb 2013 at 08:17

Muck off and some cotton buds.

Cosimo · 15 Feb 2013 at 08:27

Damp kitchen cloth works fine.

zom247 · 15 Feb 2013 at 08:40

Dave L said:
Kleenex, Son.

That gets wiped off straight away

Philtor · 15 Feb 2013 at 08:49

I use that Cyber Clean putty stuff. Works a treat and lasts a long time.

Aod · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:12

ganesh said:
Mine was so crusty I had to take all the keys off and clean them individually.

Eeeeew!

Don't you wash your hands before using the computer?

JoeF1 · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:18

ganesh said:
When I cleaned mine ethanol was taking the colour off the keys, baby wipes worked pretty well. Mine was so crusty I had to take all the keys off and clean them individually.

mrk · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:26

May I suggest this for you vermin infested folks

Cosimo · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:28

zom247 said:
That gets wiped off straight away

What would that be?

cjgardens · 15 Feb 2013 at 10:00

Put it in the bath

HecFam · 15 Feb 2013 at 10:03

Get that yellow playdough looking thing they sell on JML, everytime you used to walk into a woolworths there would be a little stand with a tv showing it.
Use on phones, keyboards, children.

Then just wash and reuse.

Raymond Lin · 15 Feb 2013 at 10:04

cjgardens said:
Put it in the bath

I've done that.

tigerstyle · 15 Feb 2013 at 10:08

I've only seen this in Korea, but all semi decent brand keyboards come with a free (included in the box) moulded silicone cover) this £10 equivalent Logitech I'm using now has one, makes typing pretty smooth and quiet which is a bonus too!

similar to this:

[FnG]magnolia · 15 Feb 2013 at 10:13

Baby wipes clean everything.

Everything.

Cosimo · 15 Feb 2013 at 10:20

Raymond Lin said:
I've done that.

Far more interesting than a rubber duck.

Belly · 15 Feb 2013 at 10:21

Hold it upside down and use a clean (shoe type) brush to get rid of the loose stuff.

If you've been watching too much porn and have sticky keys you could try the advice given above!

zom247 · 15 Feb 2013 at 10:42

Belly said:
Hold it upside down and use a clean (shoe type) brush to get rid of the loose stuff.

If you've been watching too much porn and have sticky keys you could try the advice given above!

No sticky keys, I'm getting older so my range has diminished

Raymond Lin · 15 Feb 2013 at 10:53

simulatorman said:
Far more interesting than a rubber duck.

Certainly was!