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How to clean a keyboard
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How can laptop keyboard keys be removed and replaced?
I was eating lasagna and it spilled all over the keyboard. This was about 2 weeks ago. However, now whenever I type something my fingers are lightly stained red. I usually just lick it off, but the sauce is getting old.
Any ideas of how I can remove the sauce from underneath the keys?
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It would probably be best to just just get a new keyboard. They're pretty cheap.
I know you can remove the keys and clean underneath them, but I wouldn't recommend it. The one time I did that I removed about 3 keys and they all came falling off. I couldn't remember what keys went where and had a horrible time getting them back on. And even afterwards, they were always loose so I eventually got a new keyboard anyways. Perhaps it was the keyboard I had....
Rachel
Posted 2011-05-05T16:31:44.370
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Lol!! Well the keys can pop off, no matter if it is a desktop keyboard or laptop keyboard, so you can pop off the keys, clean them however you like, and clean underneath them with a damp cloth.
Jon Onstott
Posted 2011-05-05T16:31:44.370
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2Bad advice for a laptop - not all those key mechanisms are designed to reattach easily! – Shinrai – 2011-05-05T16:49:52.567
@Shinrai, YES! All laptops have removeable keys, but most of them do not have re-attachable keys. :P – AttackingHobo – 2011-05-05T19:12:20.567
Interesting, good to know. They seem like a challenge but I always thought you could get them back on. – Jon Onstott – 2011-05-05T19:24:10.083
I have an HP laptop that is missing some keys, they were not working anyways so I ripped them off, literally tearing the material. There was no other way of removing them, I tried. Well other than taking the keyboard out in once piece. – AttackingHobo – 2011-05-13T08:43:33.590
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If it is just a regular keyboard / no or little "extra" circuitry (e.g. high end gaming ones)... I would recommend either:
William Hilsum
Posted 2011-05-05T16:31:44.370
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13"I usually just lick it off, but the sauce is getting old." What. – Rein Henrichs – 2011-05-05T16:34:42.950
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Have a look here: http://superuser.com/questions/15609/can-i-put-keyboards-in-the-dishwasher
– Supercereal – 2011-05-05T16:36:50.3401Apply pasta?... – Bart – 2011-05-05T16:37:19.953
1This is the most disgusting thing I've ever read on SE. – Rein Henrichs – 2011-05-05T16:43:51.680
3Do you own a dog? – Mikhail – 2011-05-05T16:44:54.577
+1 for Kyle's pointer: the dishwasher always works for me. – boot13 – 2011-05-05T16:46:40.510
@Rein Henrichs: Is that a challenge? ;) – FrustratedWithFormsDesigner – 2011-05-05T17:36:34.500
@FrustratedWithFormsDesigner please no. – Rein Henrichs – 2011-05-05T17:39:14.903