keyboard maintenance

Sidereal

21 Aug 2012, 12:39

Newbie question: I've been using a DAS Pro S for the past three months or so and so far, I've been using this black cloth that came with the unit to clean it of dust and lint. I'm wondering if any of you have suggestions/advice about how else I can keep my keyboard clean and functional. Is there a cover I can buy to protect it or some special microfiber cloth I can use to clean it?

How do you guys keep your keyboards clean and well-maintained?

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Icarium

21 Aug 2012, 13:12

I don't clean keyboards unless they are so filthy that I am disgusted or there is a functional problem. Both do not happen without spilling something on them.

That being said I have this Cherry giveaway brush and a self-made tiny nozzle for my vacuum cleaner.
Last edited by Icarium on 21 Aug 2012, 14:25, edited 1 time in total.

itlnstln

21 Aug 2012, 13:56

I use a feather duster about once a day. It's gentile and it keeps my 'boards looking like new. I also take care to not eat by my keyboards and washing my hands regularly.

Noodles265

21 Aug 2012, 17:10

Sounds gay.

hq1ify

21 Aug 2012, 22:02

I just stopped smoking, that makes my board fairly clean.
Sounds gay.
Sounds bigot.

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Charlie_Brown_MX

21 Aug 2012, 22:31

Noodles265 wrote:Sounds gay.
Sounds like someone hasn’t left the closet yet…

Parabellum

21 Aug 2012, 22:39

yeah lets bash on noodles

Noodles265

22 Aug 2012, 01:12

Hah. Fuck you guys.

Sidereal

22 Aug 2012, 03:51

@Icarium: I like the nozzle from the vacuum cleaner idea. I wonder if you can use the brush heads that come with electric shavers. I have one that I don't use.

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Charlie_Brown_MX

22 Aug 2012, 10:01

Noodles265 wrote:Hah. Fuck you guys.
Now he wants to have sex with us, which pretty much proves he’s got repressed feelings towards other men.

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RC-1140

22 Aug 2012, 11:39

I use the keyboard brush I got from Robin (Cherry Branded, yay!). Otherwise I don't clean my keyboards except when they are really dirty.

Findecanor

22 Aug 2012, 19:49

Vacuum clean over the keys every week with the brush nozzle that came with the vacuum cleaner.

1391401

24 Aug 2012, 15:56

koralatov wrote:Sounds like someone hasn’t left the closet yet…
Fag.

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swagpiratex

31 Aug 2012, 07:45

lol.

your general daily wipedown should be sufficient to keep your treasures shiny. get a keypuller and canned air if you feel inclined to get dust, dandruff, hair, and other undesireables out of your equipment every month or so.

Sidereal

31 Aug 2012, 08:36

@swagpiratex: Canned air. Good advice. Thank you, sir!

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mbodrov

31 Aug 2012, 12:58

If a keyboard is really dirty, I spray it with dishwashing liquid through a Karcher high pressure washer, then vacuum the water out.
If a keyboard isn't really dirty, I don't bother. It's a tool that's meant to be used. Granted, I'm not a collector. The aforementioned thorough cleaning about once in a year works for me.

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swagpiratex

01 Sep 2012, 07:59

mbodrov wrote: If a keyboard isn't really dirty, I don't bother. It's a tool that's meant to be used. Granted, I'm not a collector. The aforementioned thorough cleaning about once in a year works for me.
That's like treating a Ferrari like an ATV.

If you don't take care of your high performance "tool", it will fail on you. Be it Ferrari, 1911, Ducati, or AR-15.

This is why most people can't have nice things.

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