Keyboard Cleaning
By DCMerkle
@DCMerkle (1281)
United States
January 3, 2009 12:33am CST
How do you clean your keyboard? I use to clean a remote board that I had that went to a Webtv I use to have. I would pop off the keys, shake out all the crumbs and the dust bunnies, soak the keys in a mild soapy water, dry them off and then pop the keys back on. I'm afraid to do that now that I have a laptop. It's not the same thing.
Are there kits or something out on the market?
DCMerkle
6 responses
@crimsonladybug (3112)
• United States
3 Jan 09
Canned air is the only thing I can think of. Although, I'm not sure where the crumbs and dust bunnies might go since the keys on a laptop are so tight together 
I know how you feel about popping out the keys on your laptop, though. I did by accident on my old laptop and then I couldn't get it back where it went. Lucky for me, the keyboard was fried and didn't work anyway so missing the N key wasn't that big of a deal.
I know how you feel about popping out the keys on your laptop, though. I did by accident on my old laptop and then I couldn't get it back where it went. Lucky for me, the keyboard was fried and didn't work anyway so missing the N key wasn't that big of a deal.1 person likes this
@zigzagbuddha (4601)
• United States
3 Jan 09
Yeah, that's what happened to me too, except I had taken mine off deliberately, and it was one of the 'Ctl' keys that I hardly ever used. Still it annoyed me having that one little area with its 'guts' exposed, hehehe.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
3 Jan 09
I use hair dryer, vacuum cleaner and blower - anything that comes in handy. when I have time I clean it with cleaner liquid and then dry it well or else the dust sticks to it.
@thecrazyjogger (3178)
• India
3 Jan 09
hmm
normally i use compressed air to blow the dust away
n then use the alcholic pads to clean teh keys
that normally work fine!
happy lotting and have a blessed new year
@Olina_Cheng (14)
• China
4 Jan 09
HI,DCMerkle
My colleague is careful of his laptops.He used one brush specialized for keyboard of laptop and a pressurized spray for screen. The brush is short and the bristles were made of soft wool that didn't damag screen. I think you could buy them from the website or from the shop of computer accessories.I also heard of a USB cleaner is easy to use.
hope this is helpful!
