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Offline lROOl

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How to Clean?
« on: Tue, 03 April 2012, 17:50:24 »
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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Offline jblack801

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How to Clean?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 03 April 2012, 18:12:00 »
Check the wiki good sir.

http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=All+About+Keys

There's a section down the way about cleaning your keycaps.
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Offline fohat.digs

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 03 April 2012, 18:28:46 »
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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Offline lROOl

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 03 April 2012, 18:53:04 »
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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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Offline fohat.digs

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 03 April 2012, 20:20:42 »
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.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30
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