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Offline mmmty

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« 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.

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Offline jpm804

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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 24 July 2011, 16:13:44 »
nice... I'm gonna have to try this when my keys get shinny...
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« Reply #2 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 :)

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« Reply #3 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.
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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 24 July 2011, 17:25:01 »
I wonder how long it'll last, though.
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Offline Mr. Perfect

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« Reply #5 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.
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Offline skyblue

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« Reply #6 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 :(
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« Reply #7 on: Sun, 24 July 2011, 19:54:36 »
That's nice magic. This should be sticky.
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« Reply #8 on: Sun, 24 July 2011, 20:17:33 »
Yeah I'm going to need to touch up my Ninja caps with one of these.
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Offline skyblue

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« Reply #9 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.
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Offline mmmty

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« Reply #10 on: Sun, 24 July 2011, 20:42:59 »
I wet mine before using it.
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Offline Bry

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« Reply #11 on: Sun, 24 July 2011, 21:20:37 »
Magic erasers are awesome, I use them for everything haha
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« Reply #12 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.
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« Reply #13 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.
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« Reply #14 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.
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« Reply #15 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
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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 25 July 2011, 16:06:24 »
It should work well with shiny ABS Topre spacebars.
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« Reply #17 on: Mon, 25 July 2011, 16:26:21 »
He also keeps saying this is no longer the case, and Topre changed its distribution policy.
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« Reply #18 on: Mon, 25 July 2011, 16:34:55 »
Thanks for the tip, I'll try it out.
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