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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: lROOl on Tue, 03 April 2012, 17:50:24
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I have a white spacebar from WASD that has some marks on it what is the best way to clean this?
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Check the wiki good sir.
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=All+About+Keys (http://Here)
There's a section down the way about cleaning your keycaps.
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If you are OK with removing it, I use a variety of laundry products including powdered detergent and "Biz" or "Oxi-Clean" which have cleaned many hundreds of keys and only failed to clean 2 or 3 after an hour soak in a strong solution.
If not removing the key, I use denatured alcohol on a Q-tip, and if that doesn't get it, try a white vinyl eraser (eg "Magic Rub") but gently.
Lastly, carefully, if it is some sort of adhesive-related product, using a citrus oil organic solvent or naptha (old-fashioned "lighter fluid") might work, but these last 2 are harsh, and I can't guarantee that they won't hurt the plastic.
Try each one gently, slowly, and remove all the residue after each attempt.
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If you are OK with removing it, I use a variety of laundry products including powdered detergent and "Biz" or "Oxi-Clean" which have cleaned many hundreds of keys and only failed to clean 2 or 3 after an hour soak in a strong solution.
If not removing the key, I use denatured alcohol on a Q-tip, and if that doesn't get it, try a white vinyl eraser (eg "Magic Rub") but gently.
Lastly, carefully, if it is some sort of adhesive-related product, using a citrus oil organic solvent or naptha (old-fashioned "lighter fluid") might work, but these last 2 are harsh, and I can't guarantee that they won't hurt the plastic.
Try each one gently, slowly, and remove all the residue after each attempt.
thank you sir, ill try the oxi clean tomorrow and let you know how it works. Should prob remove all the caps while i am at it and clean the board out.
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Pull all the keys and dump them in a bowl of a liter of hot water and a teaspoon each of laundry detergent powder and oxi-clean. An hour is almost sure to make them squeaky clean. Scrubbing with a sponge is second and the eraser is last. If you go the solvent route, wash again in soapy water and rinse well.
Vacuum out the interior and wipe up the dust with a q-tip. Try to keep the blowing to a minimum and do it upside-down and last, getting any dust into the switches is what you want to avoid.