Tip for your computer keyboard
By Canellita
@Canellita (12029)
United States
14 responses
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
4 Aug 09
With all the cats you have I am surprised that you don't use a vaccum.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
5 Aug 09
I would imagine you would get a lot of use out of a vaccum!
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
1 Aug 09
You should get some tips from that guy in Colorado who is living in a cave to prove he can live without money!
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
1 Aug 09
What a terrfic idea! I need to clean between my keys and will check it out! How did you think of that? I have double-sided tape and it is stored near my computer even. Thanks for the great tip!
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
4 Aug 09
Tried it, works great! Cat came along, shook himself, need to do it again!
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
1 Aug 09
Oh my gosh! Maybe you need one of those little computer vaccums.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
31 Jul 09
Yeah, you never think about anything under those keys until you hitt one while typing and it doesn't go down easily.
@dolphin2406 (1224)
• Poland
31 Jul 09
Good idea, I never thought of that! I used to clean it with a vaacum cleaner on low speed but haven't used it lately so I need to clean all my laptop actually. Will try that, thanks for the quick tip!
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@dolphin2406 (1224)
• Poland
1 Aug 09
well I don't have a mini vacuum either but I have a small attachment with the vacuum and open a slot so some air goes out and there is not much suction on the keyboard, it works fine as well.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
4 Aug 09
Well, I don't have carpet so I use a broom vac and it doesn't have a hose. The computer ones are not expensive I just forget from time to time.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
1 Aug 09
You're welcome! I keep meaning to get that special attachment for use on comupter keyboards or one of the mini vaccums for computers.
@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
31 Jul 09
Thank you for the tip, Canellita. I usually use a special soft brush or the edge of a baby wipe between the keys, but will have to give the double-edeged tape a try.
Karen
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
31 Jul 09
Hmmm, a baby wipe... I may have to try that one. Keep those in the bathroom to clean up after #2, lol. Sorry, I am sure that was TMI!
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@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
31 Jul 09
LOL, don't tell anyone, but I do the same thing...a tip I learned years ago from my mom.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 Jul 09
this is great, what I do though is I take the keys off one by one and I clean in between, my keys get dirty really quickly because we have three cats and the cat hair somehow gets in between the keys as well.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
31 Jul 09
I hadn't done it in a while and you would think I had cats in here with what came up!
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
31 Jul 09
ooh! Tissue papers can leave more lint behind!
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@T3hG33k (215)
• United States
31 Jul 09
I always have a can of air around but when it comes to deep cleaning I open'er up and clean it good.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
31 Jul 09
I never think about it but today something said clean so I started removing all the stuff that had accumulated.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
5 Sep 09
I know that tape will stick to furniture etc, so I guess I should have known it works just as well with keyboards, neat trick, and I'm sure lint roller sheets (folded over) will do the trick as well!
Appreciate that!
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
5 Sep 09
Lint roller sheets might do the trick but the tape is already in small enough (and thin enough) strips to easily slip between the keys.
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
31 Jul 09
That's a great idea! Save the time of taking out all the keys, and putting them back.
Right now I'm using a laptop, the keyboard is much compact and easier to type. The speed is obviously slower than desktop, but it works well enough. The only setback is when I play online game, always die in the game!
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
31 Jul 09
I hate playing certain games on the laptop because the touchpad doesn't respond well enough!
@jayrene (2708)
• Philippines
5 Sep 09
cool, very nice tip, i will try this again next time.
what i am doing here right now, is that i have a brush that i use, actually two brushes, a paint brush and a make-up brush the one that is big, and brush the sides of the keyboard. i also use cotton buds. and sometimes, i take the key off and clean what's underneath it and then put it back.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
5 Sep 09
Sounds like you have a good system that really works well for you.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
31 Jul 09
You may want to get the wide kind. I always forget to do that.