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Old 10-20-2003, 07:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Clean your keyboard?

Recent studies have shown that keyboards are really unhygenic places. How dirty is your keyboard?
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Old 10-20-2003, 08:01 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Clean... I guess.... not too bad. S'ok .... I blow it out about once a month.
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Old 10-21-2003, 06:02 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Mine's pretty clean. I eat at my desk frequently, so I blow it out every few days and clean off the surface once every couple of weeks. I wash my hands frequently, and I'm the only one who uses is, so I'm pretty sure it's no more disease-ridden than any other surface in my office.
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Old 10-21-2003, 06:05 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Heh -- the keys are black, so it's hard to tell. Thank God.
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Old 10-21-2003, 06:28 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Heh -- the keys are black, so it's hard to tell. Thank God.
Mine's black, too. But, it's pretty damn dusty between the keys. Ick. And, I tend to eat at my desk a lot, as well.
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Old 10-21-2003, 06:31 AM   #6 (permalink)
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mine's real dirty. i took out the keys and cleaned it up about 6 months ago. i'll need to do it again soon.
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Old 10-21-2003, 06:34 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I try to keep it clean but Im one hairy bastard so it is heaps hard when you constantly have hair in between the keys
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Old 10-21-2003, 06:45 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Mine at work is really gross. I blasted some air through it the other day but I'd really love to take the keys out and clean it properly. But then I couldn't do any work. Not like I do any now!
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Old 10-21-2003, 07:51 AM   #9 (permalink)
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same as The_Dude, but I almost last a row of keys somewhere....

Oh well.. quat sanitizer keeps it clean between blowings.
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Old 10-21-2003, 01:37 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Mine's pretty clean. At least all the dirt on it comes directly from me, and I give it the basic wipe every month or so.

What lurks underneath and between the keys tho, I dont know. Or want to.
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Old 10-21-2003, 04:26 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I eat at my desk but not over the keyboard. I have a can of CO2 that i use at least once a week. I don't like having a dirty keyboard... I think my biggest problem is cat hair... grr >=(
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Old 10-21-2003, 04:33 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Does any keyboard company actually condone removing the keys to clean underneathe them? If so they should really make a tool for doing it, I hate having to wedge a coin or writing implement underneathe the key and then have the key go flying across the room. Its also really annoying to reattach the space bar and shift keys.
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Old 10-21-2003, 07:17 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Funny you should mention it...
I just had to pitch a keyboard because I spilled applejuice in it. So for fun, I pried up some keys to look at the gunk in between them. EW!!!! I'm a fairly clean person with good hygiene, so I was apalled that I was using so dirty an insturment for a good two hours every day. I must stop eating at my computer. Or at the very least, stop trying to type and eat at the same time.
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Old 10-21-2003, 09:56 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I clean mine with my tongue once a week, no exceptions.
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Old 10-21-2003, 10:11 PM   #15 (permalink)
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i clean it all the time.
i like to wash my hands a lot as well, so my keyboard doesn´t get all that dirty, but still... it needs regular cleaning.
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Old 10-21-2003, 10:32 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I think I clean mine about once every 3 years or so. Replace them about once every 6 years, so far. They stay in pretty good shape. I just got a brand new IBM RapidResponse. Fucking awesome keyboard! Beats the crap out of the MS and Dell keyboards.
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Old 10-22-2003, 11:56 AM   #17 (permalink)
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mine usually gets dirty quick with all the people hta come by and use it i usually pop off all of the keys at least once a wek to keep it clean
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Old 10-22-2003, 07:10 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Well I just shake mine upside down and hit it so all the bread crumbs fall out...and the skin cells. I blow it out with Canned air also occasionally. The worst was my friends house who has 2 cats. Friggin hair balls were under the keys.
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Old 10-22-2003, 07:52 PM   #19 (permalink)
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I eat at my computer, often...but I hate that greasy feeling.

So I take a bottle of 401 to it every once in awhile.
The one at work I spray with Lysol to, just to make sure.
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Old 10-22-2003, 08:56 PM   #20 (permalink)
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I eat once in a while. Typically its a sandwhich of sorts...thus the bread crumbs. I am sloppy too. I've had far to many close calls of tons of spaghettti slopping int he keyboard etc.
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Old 10-23-2003, 12:05 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Here's a tip everyone- Dont spill Tea tree Oil on your keyboard. Trust me.
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Old 10-23-2003, 09:47 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Yeah I've seen some pretty nasty ones when I used to work help desk/tech support for a company it got to the point where I wouldn't even work on a PC until I wiped it down.

Needless to say I keep mine pretty clean!
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