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Title: It's magic
Post by: mmmty on Sun, 24 July 2011, 16:09:22

I don't know if this has been posted before but Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is actually good at cleaning shiny spacebar. I just tested this and it works!!! I used my Filco spacebar for the test. I scrubbed it for about a minute now it's not shiny any more.

Before:

(http://i.imgur.com/FJrC0.jpg)

After:

(http://i.imgur.com/U8aIx.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/4aHSw.jpg)

(http://i-cdn.apartmenttherapy.com/images/uploads/5-31-magiceraser.jpg)

Title: It's magic
Post by: jpm804 on Sun, 24 July 2011, 16:13:44

nice... I'm gonna have to try this when my keys get shinny...

Title: It's magic
Post by: daerid on Sun, 24 July 2011, 16:57:09

Yah, I knew about this for the MacBook pro's glass touchpad. Tried it on my keyboards and found out it works as well :)

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express

Title: It's magic
Post by: mmmty on Sun, 24 July 2011, 17:01:41

I tried it on a Dell touchpad earlier this year and I think it messed up the touchpad.

Title: It's magic
Post by: Arcanius on Sun, 24 July 2011, 17:25:01

I wonder how long it'll last, though.

Title: It's magic
Post by: Mr. Perfect on Sun, 24 July 2011, 18:00:38

Until you wear it smooth again. The eraser is a "microabrasive", or whatever the marketers are calling it, so it's actually roughing up the surface again.

Good find though, may have to try it out on other shiny plastic.

Title: It's magic
Post by: skyblue on Sun, 24 July 2011, 18:05:10

Whoa looks good! I'm going to have to try this, my keyboards get shiny really fast :(

Title: It's magic
Post by: RiGS on Sun, 24 July 2011, 19:54:36

That's nice magic. This should be sticky.

Title: It's magic
Post by: daerid on Sun, 24 July 2011, 20:17:33

Yeah I'm going to need to touch up my Ninja caps with one of these.

Title: It's magic
Post by: skyblue on Sun, 24 July 2011, 20:39:08

Do you need to wet the pad before scrubbing? Or did you use just it dry?

EDIT - Nevermind lol! just picked up the pad and it's soft enough to use dry.

Title: It's magic
Post by: mmmty on Sun, 24 July 2011, 20:42:59

I wet mine before using it.

Title: It's magic
Post by: Bry on Sun, 24 July 2011, 21:20:37

Magic erasers are awesome, I use them for everything haha

Title: It's magic
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Sun, 24 July 2011, 21:29:42

I've been using them to clean dirty boards when I get them. They clean so much faster than any other method. Besides removing the keys and the case and sticking it all in the dishwasher, anyway.

But yeah, that would be like using super fine sandpaper. I'm not particularly surprised that this worked. I would expect to lose lettering on keys like filco ones if you did it to the keys too.

Title: It's magic
Post by: mmmty on Sun, 24 July 2011, 21:29:57

Quote from: Bry;386479

Magic erasers are awesome, I use them for everything haha

But have you tried using it in the shower with liquid soap.

Title: It's magic
Post by: mmmty on Sun, 24 July 2011, 21:32:46

Quote from: False_Dmitry_II;386484

But yeah, that would be like using super fine sandpaper. I'm not particularly surprised that this worked. I would expect to lose lettering on keys like filco ones if you did it to the keys too.

That's good if you want blank keycaps.

Title: It's magic
Post by: sordna on Sun, 24 July 2011, 21:56:32

Magic eraser! Nice! Maybe Ripster should put this in his keycap wiki. I found a thread this idea is being discussed, but they didn't actually try it:

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?16183-Mr.Clean-Magic-Eraser

Title: It's magic
Post by: RiGS on Mon, 25 July 2011, 16:06:24

It should work well with shiny ABS Topre spacebars.

Title: It's magic
Post by: RiGS on Mon, 25 July 2011, 16:26:21

He also keeps saying this is no longer the case, and Topre changed its distribution policy.

Title: It's magic
Post by: rodya on Mon, 25 July 2011, 16:34:55

Thanks for the tip, I'll try it out.