Comments on: How to Clean a Laptop Keyboard

By: Denine

Denine — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:39:53 +0000

My youngest daughter spilled kool-aid by accident all over my lap top…my neighbor came over took my lap apart and told me soak my keyboard in distilled water. Now my keyboard doesnt work at all. Is my keyboard ruined??

By: sam

sam — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:46:27 +0000

It just came to me and I haven’t tried it yet but a good idea might be to use one of those Always wipes that come on the top of menstrual pads or that you can buy seperately. You could just wipe your keyboard down with that, they don’t shed lint (if they did while you were using them for their original purpose then you could get an infection) and they smell pretty good too. Just a thought

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:18:44 +0000

I was seeing my laptop getting dirty but didnt have the courage to open up all the keys. So i used a tooth brush to dust away the dirt, then a cotton bud dipped in a very dilute solution of soap water to rub between the keys, then a cotton cloth dipped in the same solution to wipe off the top, and now im not ashamed to take my laptop to meetings!!!

By: William

William — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:39:32 +0000

If you don’t want to fork over the money for a can of compressed air, just use an air compressor. I also take isopropal alcohol and a few q-tips and wipe between keys on my (rather dated and second-hand from a person I don’t even know) laptop.

By: T.R.

T.R. — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:27:19 +0000

I have a white laptop, so it is very dificult not to have any kind of dust at the end of the month. One day I just experiment using rubber, a simple piece of rubber, and used it all arround the keyboard. And it worked, the rubber cleaned all the surface. With the keys, I use a vaccum cleaner and a paint brush.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:09:35 +0000

My Dad spilled a partial cup of tea on his keyboard, which unfortunately had both cream and sugar in it. He was quick enough to turn the laptop upside down so very little if any of the liquid seeped inside the case, however after drying severl keys were stuck.

My solution was to take a baking sheet and add just enough rubbing alcohol to cover the keyboard completely. I then let the keyboard soak for about 15 minutes, while every few minutes giving the keboard a good swish back in forth in the alcohol. I then rinsed the keyboard in very hot water, and let dry overnight.

Placed the keyboard back in the laptop, and all was well. Hope this helps somebody.

Mike

By: Jacque

Jacque — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:23:32 +0000

I use a Shaggymac laptop screen protector and their OptiMist Prime LCD Spray Cleaner. My T44 screen is perfect and looks brand new after 2 years of a nomadic lifestyle. I def recommend the Shaggy.

http://www.shaggymac.com

By: B J TURNER

B J TURNER — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:32:00 +0000

Baby wipes work great too for cleaning the laptop. just damp enough and no lint.

By: F. L. Merkowitz

F. L. Merkowitz — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:29:29 +0000

To clean any keyboard:
1: Turn off PC/remove batteries from portable
2: Vacuum between keys
3: Either use 91% isopropal alcohol or “Magnetic Head Cleaner”spray
– pour or spray onto paper towel until saturated (don’t be
chintzy)
4: Turn keyboard/portable upside down (to prevent runoff from
entering keyboard/portable) Hold upside down in air
5: Wipe keys thoroughly in every direction until clean
6: Place keyboard/portable upside down on clean double layer of
paper towels for an hour (to make sure all the alcohol has
evaporated) before powering up/replacing batteries.

By: Alice

Alice — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:37:51 +0000

I find a paintbrush between the keys tidies it up a bit.