12 Feb
2005
12 Feb
'05
3:53 p.m.
Eric Dondelinger wrote:
since my trusty Logitech wireless keyboard seems to
have died (reloaded
the accus, reboot, didn't work out - no idea what's broken), I replaced
it with one of those "unbreakable" IBM keyboards pilfered from god knows
where - it's wonderful typing btw, these IBM thingies really are
something else.
What bothers me is that this ol' IBM keyboard really does look battered,
i.e. unclean - dark stains on the keys etc. (otherwise it's fine).
What's the best way to clean this up? Use of acetone or whatever?
I'd prefer not to have to take it all apart.
I ebay'ed some old Sun equipment which were in use in universities. The
keyboards were very dirty (10 years dirt from students). I strongly
dislike dirty keyboards, especially if the dirt does not come from me. I
also read a newspaper article which claimed that some studies proved
that many keyboards are more contamined biologically than the average
toilet.
Now, I always did take apart the keyboard, put everything (except the
electronics and the contact foil) ie. keys, springs etc. in hot water
with dish washing products. After an hour I cleaned the parts with clean
water from the dish washing products. Then I let the parts dry from a
whole day and put everything together again.
It all takes a lot of time. I only did it because I needed and wanted
this keyboard. I would never have done it for a normal PC keyboard
(which I simply would have replaced by a new one).
The results are very good. The keyboards now all looked like new ones. I
think that if you really want to remove all the hair, food rests from
other people you will have to take it all apart! It is not possible
otherwise.
Greetings, Patrick Kaell