Re: [NTLK] [OT] cleaning a keyboard

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2005 - 06:33:00 PST


Owen Collins wrote:
> I have a keyboard that came with my 8600 mac that is sticky with gunk.
> What is the easiest way of cleaning this thing? Is this old enough(1997)
> that I can just run it thru the dishwasher and let it dry for a week?

I don't know if you can pry off the key caps on a Mac keyboard and then just
snap them back in, but that's what I do with my IBM Model M: I take the keys
off and clean them individually with an old toothbrush and a bit of toothpaste.

Yes, I'm a geek.

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