How do i clean my apple pro keyboard?

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wiz

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Hi guys can u help me out here?

whats the easiest way to clean my apple pro keyboard
 
Something got into mine, now the enter & period keys nolonger work. Now i have to shell out $$$$ for a new one. I popped out my keys a few times to get things out, but I highly suggest you use compressed air, NO LIQUIDS. The big keys have mettal bars in them, so if you do decide to pop them out, be careful because that plastic can break easily.
 
Well if it is just cosmetic crud in the bottom and such i would reccomend spraypainting it with a flat black color, it looks great on my keyboard and ibook lid.
 
Well if someone want's to send me a digital camera i would be happy to :) But go ahead and try the paint on the keyboard just tape up the keys and usb ports, can't really hurt. And if you get it pretty thick it get's kind of textured.
 
contrary to popular belief, liquids themselves will not hurt your keyboard. Liquids and your keyboard don't mix when you still have it plugged in.

Many times I have taken a keyboard and immersed it in water to clean something out of it. You do have to make sure and give it ample drying time before you plug it back in. after you are done washing the keyboard it is best if you rinse it with distilled water so no mineral deposits form underneath the keys.


Other than that the only way I’ve found is disassembling the keyboard and manually cleaning each piece. Which turns out to be a fairly evolved endeavour.
 
Well if rhino was referring to my post i wasn't worried about hurting it with the spray paint, i taped up the keys because i wanted to be able to press them in the future.:D And i imagine you wouldn't get very good performance from the usb ports when the connections are coated with paint.
 
Originally posted by paracord
Well if rhino was referring to my post i wasn't worried about hurting it with the spray paint, i taped up the keys because i wanted to be able to press them in the future.:D And i imagine you wouldn't get very good performance from the usb ports when the connections are coated with paint.
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I knew exactly what you had meant, the post I was refering to was the one with "no liquids" typed in caps. That is how I felt about cleaning keyboards until I took one apart and saw what it consisted of. Also many of my PC hardware teachers have reinforced the fact that a liquid itself will not damage a keyboard.

I've even gone to the point of putting one in a dishwasher! I couldn't get it working and I figured it wasn't going to hurt anything so why not try. It ended up working and saving my friend $40 on a new microsoft ergonomic keyboard.

(I would also love to see your finished keyboard if you ever could get a pic of it)
 
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