PC Help Jansant - How to Clean Your Keyboard

Cleaning your Keyboard - PC Maintenance

Keyboards can get extremely dirty, But luckily cleaning them is a simple operation. First shut down your computer and unplug your keyboard. Start by holding your keyboard upside down and press the keys, this should release much of the dust trapped around the keys.

Many people suggest using a cleaning solution to clean built up grime off the keys, the problem with that is cleaning solutions can also remove the printing on some keyboards. A much better method is to grab the dish washing detergent and place a drop into some water, to make a weak solution. Take a cloth and place it in the solution, then squeeze away all the excess water. You want the cloth damp not wet, you don't want water running off the cloth in between the keys.

Finally grab your vacuum cleaner and using the smallest attachment you have, run that over the keyboard, pressing the keys as you go. This is the only cleaning job with a computer I suggest using a vacuum cleaner. All other cleaning jobs use anti-static compressed air. Vacuum cleaners can build up static and as such can damage your computer with ESD. Check your local computer shop for keyboard cleaning attachments for your PC. These attachments allow you to get right down between the keys and extract all the dust.