15 May
2002
15 May
'02
8 a.m.
I'm going to clean a Sun 3 keyboard today. Its keycaps are filthy. The
strategy I've used in the past for the keycaps is:
* Goto the kitchen. There is a double sink there.
* Fill one sink with hot, soapy water and the other will cold, non-soapy
water.
* Dump the keycaps into the hot sink and let them soak for a while.
* Slosh the keycaps around a bit.
* Transfer the keycaps to the cold water. If necessary, wipe grime from each
one as it is transferred.
* Arrange the keycaps for drying. Dry them with a hair dryer.
* Test for dryness by tapping a table with a keycap. If any water drops
appear on the table, repeat the previous step.
I have a dishwasher, but I don't trust it.
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New subject: [CCTALK] Re: [CCTECH] Keycap cleaning strategy
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 12:00:00PM -0500, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
I'm going to clean a Sun 3 keyboard today. Its
keycaps are filthy. The
strategy I've used in the past for the keycaps is:
When I clean keycaps (removable, from an "IBM clicky" keyboard), I just
remove them all, and then clean them individually with Windex and some
paper towels, then put them back on.
Bill
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12:47 p.m.
New subject: [CCTALK] Keycap cleaning strategy
Windex and a Qtip for me, even with removable keycaps.
The windex goes on the Qtip, not directly on the keys.
John A.
1:04 p.m.
New subject: [CCTALK] Keycap cleaning strategy
I've found that _yellowing_ is a worse problem than
cleaning.
(EXTREME WARNING: Use the following techniques only on
DOUBLE-SHOT molded keytops. If you don't know what
this is, you shouldn't be doing this.)
I simply take a picture of the keyboard, remove the
keycaps, soak 'em in Formula 409, and replace them if
they are just dirty.
If they are yellowed, here's how I dealt with a
severely yellowed Hazeltine 1000 keyboard (the keys
were actually BROWN, not ivory):
1. Took pic and removed keycaps.
2. Used 400 grit wet or dry sandpaper on keycap sides,
placing sandpaper on flat suface.
3. I couldn't use the sandpaper on the tops because of
the indentation, so I got a tiny Dremel wire brush and
removed the top layer (very carefully, without gouging
or misshaping the keytop).
4. Got a buffer wheel for my drill and some automotive
rubbing compound and buffed the keys back to like-new
condition!
5. Replaced keys according to picture.
--- John Allain <allain(a)panix.com> wrote:
Windex and a Qtip for me, even with removable
keycaps.
The windex goes on the Qtip, not directly on the
keys.
John A.
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8:13 a.m.
New subject: [CCTALK] Re: [CCTECH] Keycap cleaning strategy
I usually have good success with the foam-type screen cleaner sold as
aerosol. It is meant not only for the glass part (tube itself), but also
for the housing, which is certainly made from the same material as the
keyboard. Apply as described: spray on, let soak for a while, then wipe
off with a paper towel. Admitted, this is a bit more tricky with a
keyboard than with a screen, but it is possible.
Even moderately filthy keyboards do not require taking off the keycaps
this way, so it's a quick method.
I wouldn't trust the dishwasher either, it may use temperatures that
could melt or at least harm the plastics. Let alone the chemical
processes, and the warnings in the manual of the dishwasher about
plastics!
Andreas
Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
I'm going to clean a Sun 3 keyboard today. Its keycaps are filthy. The
strategy I've used in the past for the keycaps is:
* Goto the kitchen. There is a double sink there.
* Fill one sink with hot, soapy water and the other will cold, non-soapy
water.
* Dump the keycaps into the hot sink and let them soak for a while.
* Slosh the keycaps around a bit.
* Transfer the keycaps to the cold water. If necessary, wipe grime from each
one as it is transferred.
* Arrange the keycaps for drying. Dry them with a hair dryer.
* Test for dryness by tapping a table with a keycap. If any water drops
appear on the table, repeat the previous step.
I have a dishwasher, but I don't trust it.
--
Jeffrey Sharp
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Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
http://www.vishay.com
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New subject: [CCTALK] Re: [CCTECH] Keycap cleaning strategy
At 07:13 PM 5/15/2002 +0200, you wrote:
I usually have good success with the foam-type screen
cleaner sold as
aerosol. It is meant not only for the glass part (tube itself), but also
for the housing, which is certainly made from the same material as the
keyboard. Apply as described: spray on, let soak for a while, then wipe
off with a paper towel. Admitted, this is a bit more tricky with a
keyboard than with a screen, but it is possible.
Even moderately filthy keyboards do not require taking off the keycaps
this way, so it's a quick method.
I usually supplement this with using Dust-Off or a similar
compressed-air product to blow out the various kinds of gook that lurk
inside. It's amazing (and disgusting!) what you'll blow out of a keyboard
that way.
GZ
11:10 a.m.
Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
I'm going to clean a Sun 3 keyboard today. Its keycaps are filthy. The
strategy I've used in the past for the keycaps is:
Better make sure you know what cap goes where first! :)
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11:49 a.m.
on 5/15/02 3:10 PM, Ben Franchuk at bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
You definitely want to be sure of that! I was cleaning the keycaps on a
Honeywell keyboard, of which I had several, and so I just popped the caps
off the keyboard I was cleaning, and then realized that each keyboard had a
slightly different layout, and I couldn't use one of the other keyboards as
a model for the keycap layout of the one I was cleaning. To top it all off,
when I finally got the keycaps back on in the right places, I discovered
that the keyboard was broken. Out of seven keyboards, I managed to pick the
broken one.
--
Owen Robertson
I'm going
to clean a Sun 3 keyboard today. Its keycaps are filthy. The
strategy I've used in the past for the keycaps is:
Better make sure you know what cap goes where first! :) 
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