How to clean mousemat, keyboard and mouse?

powlesY · 20 Dec 2010 at 11:20

I've got a Razer mousemat, a logitech media keyboard and a Trust mouse i've had for years. How'd i go about cleaning them?

Deluxe1 · 20 Dec 2010 at 11:22

Damp cloth for all and run the hoover over the keyboard once in awhile.

stulid · 20 Dec 2010 at 11:24

Microfibre cloth with something on it, Pledge?

DefiantAsh · 20 Dec 2010 at 11:43

stulid said:
Microfibre cloth with something on it, Pledge?

Could do with giving my keyboard a clean down, is this the way to go? as for my mouse pad, it seems to gather heck loads of dust, and hairs that float around from our 2 husky's, its a nightmare

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Snooble · 20 Dec 2010 at 12:03

keyboard in the dishwasher upside down.. then into the airing cupboard (where your boiler is) till it's completely dry (day or two)

I personally don't do that.. but that's what i've heard. I use alcohol wipes and a hoover.

mattyfez · 20 Dec 2010 at 12:19

Damp cloth with a squirt of generic household cleaner.

stulid · 20 Dec 2010 at 12:21

DefiantAsh said:
Could do with giving my keyboard a clean down, is this the way to go? as for my mouse pad, it seems to gather heck loads of dust, and hairs that float around from our 2 husky's, its a nightmare .

Pick up a pack of "kent car care" cheap microfibers from nearly any supermarket.

[WU-TANG]GZA · 20 Dec 2010 at 13:51

Snooble said:
keyboard in the dishwasher upside down.. then into the airing cupboard (where your boiler is) till it's completely dry (day or two)

I personally don't do that.. but that's what i've heard. I use alcohol wipes and a hoover.

Are you having a laugh?

ms2010 · 20 Dec 2010 at 16:05

powlesY said:
I've got a Razer mousemat, a logitech media keyboard and a Trust mouse i've had for years. How'd i go about cleaning them?

Using a damp cloth is fine , although something more designed for cleaning like "Anti-Static Foam Cleaner" does a really good job. (just need too Google it, easily available)

Logitech membrane keyboards (which they all probably are, all of mine are anyway) have removable keytops. You can pop them out using a small flat screw driver, Although the space bar also tends to have a metal bar under it and is harder to reinstall. Does mean remembering the layout for when you have to put the back in, it goes QWERTY.... hehe

BUT do this at your own risk , as you might break your keyboard

It is however the best way too get all the rubbish from under the keys, I wouldn't risk putting my PC perifereals in a dishwasher as has been suggested

As for the mouse , how old is it? Its not a ball mouse is it? lol

Ahh the ammount of ball mice I've cleaned over the years by scratching the crap of the internal rollers.......I digress

If its optical , as i'm sure it is , Just clean it with the foam cleaner, I take mine apart once in a while too clear out the rubbish that gets past the buttons but infrequently.

It really depends how far you want to take the cleaning process but I'd recommend "Anti-Static Foam Cleaner" over just a damp cloth any day.

Darkpilgrim · 20 Dec 2010 at 16:05

I take the pcb's out of my mouse keyboard and dishwasher them works great