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Poll: I clean my keyboard... Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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I turn it upside down every morning and my cleaning lady applies the vacuum cleaner treatment once a week with a moderate suction power. For the greasy stuff that gets stuck I use a cleaning gel from time to time. I also clean the inside of my PC when dust builds up with compressed air, as it can slow down the fans used for air-cooling. Lesson learned some years ago. Ouch!
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
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Italian to English
ProZ.com Staff wrote:
This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "I clean my keyboard...". View the poll results »
I have a keyboard cover that catches all the dirt. Periodically I remove it and wash it. Simples. And I don't have a cleaning lady. I am a member of UVW !
https://www.uvwunion.org.uk/
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| thanks for the reminder | Nov 16, 2019 |
I just turned it over and tapped it and a load of unmentionable stuff came out ....
And I am the cleaning lady in this house .....
[Edited at 2019-11-16 12:01 GMT]
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DZiW (X)
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| Occasionally | Nov 16, 2019 |
While I'm reluctant to use somebody else's keyboards and gadgets, I always wash my hands before using a laptop or a PC. So vacuum-cleaning/wiping it once a month is mostly ok.
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Paula Price 
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I have a monitor and keyboard attached to my laptop. I use antibacterial cleaner when everything is switched off. It's a good job I can touch type because some of the letters have worn away!!
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What does 'cleaning a keyboard' mean? I 'dust' it quite often but I stopped turning it upside down since I had to change from PC to laptop because I am afraid I will break the tool that I use to earn.
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I'm interested in how folks are cleaning it. Vacuum with a little brush and so on, yet. What about the keys? My laptop has relatively shallow keys that are flat. The ergonomic keyboard is a different matter. I should also complain, because most of the letters have rubbed off, and the are where the wrists rest has been flaking off. But that's a different matter.
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| My advice when cleaning your kepboard | Nov 17, 2019 |
Advice: whenever you attempt to clean your keyboard be cautious to keep any beverage, tea or coffee away. In case of any spilled liquid on your laptop, you need to know the right action. I had a bitter lesson because i was not aware of the proper manner so I lost not only the keyboard or battery but both the built-in hard disk and the expensive and fully-packed eternal disk which was connected to the laptop.
Imagine the volume of the lost data!
I wish I had come across the below lin... See more Advice: whenever you attempt to clean your keyboard be cautious to keep any beverage, tea or coffee away. In case of any spilled liquid on your laptop, you need to know the right action. I had a bitter lesson because i was not aware of the proper manner so I lost not only the keyboard or battery but both the built-in hard disk and the expensive and fully-packed eternal disk which was connected to the laptop.
Imagine the volume of the lost data!
I wish I had come across the below link before that unfortunate experience.
https://www.hungerford.tech/2016/01/help-i-spilled-coffee-on-my-keyboard/ ▲ Collapse
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:12
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| Keyboard covers | Nov 18, 2019 |
You can get keyboard covers for any type of keyboard. They're moulded to fit over the keys and you can take them off to clean them. And if you spill anything on them, it doesn't matter. Just wipe it off.
https://tinyurl.com/t86bvan
[Edited at 2019-11-18 12:25 GMT]
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MollyRose
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| keyboard cover | Nov 18, 2019 |
This might sound like a silly question, but I have never heard of a keyboard cover. I looked at your link, Tom of London. Do you type with it on? If so, how is the touch? I imagine a quick, light touch wouldn´t work very well. (Otherwise, it sounds like a great idea, to keep the actual keyboard clean.)
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
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MollyRose wrote:
I have never heard of a keyboard cover. Do you type with it on? If so, how is the touch?
It depends on the quality of the cover, but the cover should be designed in such a way that a very light touch should be sufficient for the buttons to get pressed. As with when you buy a new keyboard, you have to test it out a bit, and then hope that your experience in the store is the same as at home. And as with new keyboards, you simply adapt to the new touch requirement. I've had to use one at the offices of a client, and simple typing was itself not a problem.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:12
Member (2008)
Italian to English
MollyRose wrote:
This might sound like a silly question, but I have never heard of a keyboard cover. I looked at your link, Tom of London. Do you type with it on? If so, how is the touch? I imagine a quick, light touch wouldn´t work very well. (Otherwise, it sounds like a great idea, to keep the actual keyboard clean.)
Yes, Molly, I'm typing this now with my keyboard wearing its skin-tight cover. There is no difference in how it feels. Try one! They're very cheap. Just make sure you buy the type that exactly fits your keyboard layout.
[Edited at 2019-11-19 08:47 GMT]
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
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| Wiping and vacuum are not actual cleaning | Nov 19, 2019 |
Cleaning a keyboard implies on removing all keys and cleaning everyting. I only do that about twice a year. Wiping, vacuum cleaning and other methods without removing the keys is a mere partial cleaning. So what you do is you buy a mechanical gamer keyboard so you can actually clean it.
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