Take a sticky note and fold it in half with the sticky edges on the outside. Turn your keyboard or laptop upside down and shake it gently to dislodge any crumbs and dust trapped between the keys. If you have a laptop, make sure you switch it off. If you have an external keyboard, start by unplugging the USB cable from your computer.
STICKY KEY KEYBOARD CLEANER SPRAY HOW TO
Install the rest of the keys by aligning and firmly pressing down.How to Spring clean your technology How to clean a keyboard Firmly press down to snap the key into place. Place ends of wire in the guide slots adjacent to the key location as you align the key. Make sure wire is secured in the key, usually snapped into place. Place all rubber components into the keyboard. Apply lubricant (as above in LUBRICATE KEYS) to the keyboard and let dry.Īll right, you now have perfectly cleaned and lubricated keys, keyboard, and rubber components. Mask off the laptop with paper and scotch tape. DO NOT overdue this step as the carrier solvent may affect the plastic. Let dry ( this happens nearly instantly). Do this from all 4 sides to assure penetration and coverage into the small and critical guide spaces inside each key. Lightly coat the keys, at a 45 degree angle with Super Lube Dry Film lubricant. Fold the towels over and press to squeeze most of the water out of the pieces. Rinse these thoroughly with hot water and place on paper towels. Use stopper in the sink so that you don’t lose these if they jump out of the strainer. Spray with household cleaner and let stand for 5 minutes. Place all rubber components in a kitchen strainer. Rinse thoroughly with hot water and place keys on paper towels to dry. Some keys may have wires attached and some grease on them, clean these first with cotton swabs and naptha (lighter fluid). This action will remove any petroleum based contaminants as well as the grease that is sometimes used on the wider keys which may have guide wires, for example, the SCACE BAR. You can clean even the smallest key guides with small pieces of foam rubber and tweezers. Repeat this procedure again using rubbing alcohol and cotton swabs but NOT the foam rubber as it disintegrates when used with alcohol.įinally repeat this procedure using naptha (lighter fluid) and foam rubber. You must clean each and every key space, inside and out, this is critical since this is where the key touches and moves. For the very small places, cut the foam rubber into small pieces and use the tweezers, again SLIGHTLY DAMPENED, for cleaning. This will clean all water soluble contaminants like Coca-Cola, coffee, and sugar residue. If they are too wet the excess water will contaminate the keyboard through capillary action. Replace these often and BE SURE they are only slightly damp. CAREFUL, these are small and like to jump away.ĬLEAN KEYBOARD ( do this well…… you will be wonderfully rewarded )Ĭlean the keyboard with cotton swabs SLIGHTLY DAMPENED with water. Remove all of these and place in a separate container. There may be a small rubber piece for each key.
IMPORTANT: Make a keyboard map so you know where each key goes.Ĭarefully pry each key loose with a small screwdriver and place in a container. * This is a PTFE (teflon) based lubricant which dries perfectly DRY and is ideally suited for this application.
* Super Lube Dry Film spray (critical – DO NOT SUBSTUTUTE !) K-Mart automotive. * Household cleaner, Windex or equivalent * Cosmetic foam rubber cleaning pads ( use only with naptha (lighter fluid), NOT alcohol) This will require about 2 hours time once you have collected the proper cleaning materials. The following will completely solve these problems and return the keyboard to perfect operation. There are several reasons why the keys will start to stick, spilled drinks, normal wearing off of the factory lubrication, weakening of the rubber pieces which give each key its snap action, and contamination by dust and hair. Proper cleaning and lubrication as described here will restore your laptop keyboard to the snappy and smooth performance it had when new. Laptop keyboards don’t wear out, they foul out. This will restore the keyboard to new, or better, performance. After having searched the web for advise about fixing a sticky keyboard on my laptop, and finding nothing very helpful, I put together this HOWTO based on my own successful method.
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