Saturday I decided I couldn't stop looking at my filthy keyboard and it was time for a bath.
3:53pm
I take a before pic of the keyboard so I can document the progress AND figure out where they keys go when I'm done. It doesn't look so bad here, but trust me, it's filthy:
4:01pm
All of the keys are popped off and this is the horror lurking underneath:
4:03pm
All of the keys are put in a nice warm sudsy bath in the sink:
4:04pm
Start cleaning out the hair and filth using a detailing brush to remove the hair first, then a damp paper towel to pick up more hair and dust, eventually using q-tips, a can of compressed air and a toothbrush for the fine detailing.
4:32pm
The keyboard looks like this:
4:33pm
Gather the keys from the sink to dry them off for their return to the keyboard:
4:45pm
The end result- a gorgeous keyboard that looks brand new!
Shortly after 5pm while on IM, my "H" key becomes possessed. It types "H"s when I do not. And if I do hit the "H" key, I get nothing. I spend more time now popping off the H, blowing air in it, trying it again. I restart my Mac, but still no H. I can't believe I spent an hour cleaning this thing and now I can't even use it!
6:00pm
I'm at the Westchester Mall at the Apple store buying a new keyboard, so now it looks like this:
Sunday:
I order a keyboard cover from iskin.com to avoid this whole thing next time. It should be here in a few weeks.
8 comments:
That's too funny....I had the SAME exact thing happen when I went to clean mine (it even looked the same when I took all my keys off...SO gross!) except that NONE of my keys worked but the enter key & comma key, LOL. Apparently Apple does not want us to have sanitary keyboards.
I did the same thing, but to my laptop keyboard. So now I have a space bar that goes 'clunk' while the other keys have a nice snap to them.
Sigh...is something trying to tell us that we shouldn't fight dirt???
:)
You are too friggin' funny. Best of luck with the new keyboard & cover!
My gosh that is dirty! Makes me want to clean mine! A cover is a good idea!
I was going to wash mine by following your steps....glad I read ahead before starting to pot the keys off. Lol! Funny post!!
Yeah,
The keys don't like it when they're separated from the keyboard.
I used cleaning duster for my keyboard and accidentally popped a key off and that one key has never been the same...
use the "Blower" to get the crumbs out...then use little alcohol wipes and q tips to clean the keys...its very Zen
i swear...
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