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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!world!kieran
- From: kieran@world.std.com (Aaron L Dickey)
- Subject: Re: Cleaning keyboards
- Message-ID: <BzFz1E.GM0@world.std.com>
- Keywords: keyboards
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <BzDLqu.5An@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 06:22:25 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- dbenson@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (David "Network Man" Benson) writes:
-
- >I manage a network of Macs used in a newspaper production environment.
- >The systems are used constantly by different people all day. As a result
- >the keyboards get pretty dirty. Is there a way of pulling the keys off
- >(like on an IBM PC) to clean them effectively? What tools are necessary?
- >Currently I use windex and paper towels (after disconnecting the
- >keyboard of course...)
-
- David--
-
- You CAN pull off the individual keys by using something like a
- screwdriver, but it's a very delicate operation, and in my experience,
- doing so won't get out the real dirt. Instead, just unplug the keyboards,
- take them to a nice big empty table, turn 'em upside down and remove the
- screws. After that you can just take the suckers apart: it's all modular
- inside, so keys won't go flying all over the floor or anything. Get
- yourself a nice economy-sized bottle of 409 and a couple rolls of paper
- towels, and go to it. The two parts of the case itself you can just scrub
- down, and then you can brush out the collected dust and crud in/around the
- circuit board...just use common sense here (i.e. don't hose down the
- circuit board). I find that Q-tips soaked in 409 or other cleaner is the
- best way to get grime out from between the keys.
-
- When you're done, just put everything back in order and screw it back
- together. It's an annoying job, but it does help a lot.
-
- --Aaron
-
- Standard disclaimers apply: I'm not responsible for electrocutions, melted
- keys, falling asteroids, etc, resulting from the above advice. :)
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