Cleaning my iMac keyboard

BFCTom · 17 May 2008 at 19:32

I've just noticed a few of my keys sticking on my new iMac's keyboard

Think it must have been the calipo (lol I know

) I let melt and it spilt on it, I thought I got it all off but it must have gone down behind the keys!

What would be the best way to clean this out? I don't really wanna pull the keys off like I would with a usual keyboard.

Thanks for any ideas

electric ant · 17 May 2008 at 19:45

I spilled some orange juice on my alu keyboard and some keys became sticky. To fix this I took apart some of the keys to clean underneath, then cleaned the mechanism with some wet wipes.

here is the guide that I used to help me remove the keys
http://skeltoac.com/2007/10/22/apple-keyboard-aluminum-keycap-removal/

it helped a lot and made sure I didnt break anyhting

BFCTom · 17 May 2008 at 19:47

That's fantastic thanks mate, I'll take a look at that now

G|mp · 17 May 2008 at 23:05

Mines a bit grubby tbh, might try that

doggo · 18 May 2008 at 13:18

I'm not using a mac keyboard but I always use the small round brush on the end of the vacuum cleaner every week to keep the dust and rubbish down, I remove the batteries and take it in to another room and vacuum it, it works as it always looks like new and I never get sticky keys.