Keyboard (vacuum) Cleaners

rancid-a · 21 Mar 2009 at 13:46

Can anyone recommend those USB vacuum cleaners? I heard they might be underpowered.

And has anyone ever used a normal vacuum cleaner to suck all the bits out of their keyboard? I'm scared I'll lose some of the keys!

wrayvon · 21 Mar 2009 at 13:48

I also would like to know this! Plus those USB henry's look rather funky hehe.

LukeTW · 21 Mar 2009 at 14:29

Meh, just take all the keys out and put them in a bowl full of warm water and fairy liquid. Leave for 15-20 mins and then dry them with a hairdryer

Vola! Clean keys

Then use the vac to clean inside your keyboard

Greenlizard0 · 21 Mar 2009 at 14:56

Get a clothe and put some elbow grease into it! :mad:

arknor · 21 Mar 2009 at 16:09

Greenlizard0 said:
Get a clothe and put some elbow grease into it!

yea i just pop the keys off one at a time and have a tea towel which i will spray with anti-bacterial spray.

takes me all of 10minutes

manjuice · 21 Mar 2009 at 21:12

Cleaned mines after reading this thread today.

http://tchan4.com/blog/

superflyguy · 22 Mar 2009 at 08:19

Wow thats dedication!
Lungful of air's all I give mine!

fiveub · 22 Mar 2009 at 08:32

I may clean mine today - Thanks for the inspiration

rancid-a · 22 Mar 2009 at 10:04

Well I took my mums Dyson to my 'cheap' keyboard and it survived intact. But there's no way I'm forcing keys outta my new Steelseries keyboard, as much as I admire tchan4 for getting in there down n dirty

Noticed a can ful of compressed air on my bookshelf too, so next time I'll give it a blast with that

RevBillyG · 22 Mar 2009 at 12:28

I used to take my completely to bits and stick all the plastic in the dishwasher. Came out like new

EsaT · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:27

rancid-a said:
And has anyone ever used a normal vacuum cleaner to suck all the bits out of their keyboard?

Many times.
Quick way to get most dust and filth out.

Alexdaredevilz · 22 Mar 2009 at 14:00

EsaT said:
Many times.
Quick way to get most dust and filth out.

+1 just done it a min ago,and in my case all temps down 5degress

setter · 22 Mar 2009 at 14:16

I clean mine with a soft paint brush, then turn it over and give it a shake.

ShaolinDreams · 22 Mar 2009 at 14:33

spray and wipe

apple slim keyboard

SAM81 · 22 Mar 2009 at 15:46

just cleaned mine. jesus the amount of crap was shocking. should have taken pics really

rancid-a · 22 Mar 2009 at 20:05

Alexdaredevilz said:
+1 just done it a min ago,and in my case all temps down 5degress

But surely you can't take a vacuum to a case? Anyone else doing this? What about static? God I dread to think what the inside of my (3yr) old PC looks like, if I thought it was safe to vacuum, I'd have given it a once over ages ago

Ucof · 22 Mar 2009 at 20:30

Vacuum it!

Just hold the nozzle in one hand, and the case in the other, (so you are grounding the nozzle) so no static will build up.

It's by FAR the best way to clean inside your PC

4T5 · 22 Mar 2009 at 20:33

I tilt my keyboard upwards & then Bash it down on the desk & then I hoover all the crap out from along the bottom row, JD.

daniel_bourton · 22 Mar 2009 at 20:35

true true soft paint brush for the areas the vacumm cant get too

Jfan · 22 Mar 2009 at 21:15

try "Cyber Clean" it works pretty well

using it to clean remotes aswell