Cleaning Smell from Black Macbook?

[shoebobs]

I recently acquired an old and dirty black macbook. I have taken it apart, removed all components and cleaned them thoroughly before reassembling with upgrades.

The one issue is that the keyboard has a terrible smell, like bad body odor. I have wiped it multiple times with rubbing alcohol, but the smell is still there. Does anybody have suggestions for cleaning products that would be safe for the upper casing/keyboard that is effective at removing odors?

Thanks

 

[Commy1]

That brings up horrible disgusting images...
I really don't know, I did the same thing you have, took the laptop all apart and cleaned it with alcohol, lysol and compressed air, I never had any smell though.

I've heard that ozone deodorizers are the industrial standard, not sure where one might get that stuff though.

 

[oLNutjob]

Your best bet....

..possibly is picking up a good condition replacement top case from fleabay or other.


While ozone machines work quite well for some things, they oxidize & possibly can cause harm to plastic & rubber compounds. (A rubber grip of a DSLR can be turned to a sticky mess fairly quick.)

 

[Brian Y]

If you can leave the top case in a well-ventilated area (i.e. outdoors) with a fan pointing at it for a couple of days, that should do the trick.

Otherwise, as said, best bet is just to get a new top case which has the added benefit of not having to touch whatever caused the bad smell in the first place!

 

[Giuly]

Put it together with a box worth of those ridiculously strong smelling dryer sheets with odor neutralizer in a bag for some days if the fresh air thing doesn't work out and you don't want to swap out that disgusting top case for a new one.