Cleaning out a keyboard?

[neoelectronaut]

What's your reccomendation for cleaning out a Mac keyboard? Dust, crumbs and other stuff eventually accumulates within any keyboard no matter how much you try to avoid it.

 

[kidA]

compressed air?

 

[latergator116]

I have a pro keyboard with tons of junk in side it. I am gonna try and take it apart and clean it.

 

[johnnowak]

There's a really good site how to do this (I forget which). You just pop off two keys (I forget which) and open it up with the screws underneath. I did it once, very easy. Lots of help I know!

 

[Kwyjibo]

you can actually pop all the keys off of an apple pro keyboard very easily to get a nice clean ... thats what I like to do

 

[latergator116]

Cool! Thanks. I think I just found the site.(http://www.technology.niagarac.on.ca/people/bgracey/prokeyboardrepair.html)

 

[johnnowak]

Yep that's it! I actually removed all me keys and put them back in dvorak layout, haha.

That lasted a week...

 

[latergator116]

Yeah, for some reason the pro keybpards get so much gunk under the clear plastic whichc you really can't get to.....unless you take it apart. Il probably try tomorow.(and hopefully succeed)

 

[neoelectronaut]

Yikes...I just removed my left arrow key to see what would happen....I'm a bit afraid to remove the rest...

Guess I'll do that if it gets REALLY bad...(keys sticking, etc)