cleaning the touchpad

[V4705]

Hi,
I have no problem cleaning the aluminum housing, but the touchpad is much smoother and it never feel clean.

any suggestions?
thanks in advance

 

[onthecouchagain]

The trackpad gets a little hard to slide with for me as well. This is purely from trace amounts of human sweat that inevitably develops over long use or just when you're in a humid enough area. What I do is, I just clean it with a slightly damp tissue. I apply light circular motions to the trackpad. This seems to make things better for a while. I also do this for the blank area to the left and right of the trackpad, where the palm of your hands rests while typing. That area can get a little humidified as well, sometimes even leaving slight white marks.

If anyone else has a better idea, I'd love to hear about it.

 

[jvmxtra]

I clean them w/ the little cleaning solution that comes w/ wrapsol(basically water and soap).

Once a month should be enough -- but your mileage may vary depending on how much of clean person you are.

 

[LightSpeed1]

I use monster screen clean, with a microfiber cloth. I wipe it down along with my monitor. The trackpad is glass right?

 

[movieboy23]

iKlear. It's what Apple uses and what a good majority of the folks on here use, including myself. Makes it as good as new and you can use it anywhere on your machine - keyboard, trackpad, screen, outer case, etc.

 

[YanniDepp]

iKlear. It's what Apple uses and what a good majority of the folks on here use, including myself. Makes it as good as new and you can use it anywhere on your machine - keyboard, trackpad, screen, outer case, etc.

Seconded. iKlear for everything.

For some reason, my local Apple store has stopped selling iKlear

 

[deeesea]

one of those lysol wet wipes.

the keyboard + trackpad area is probably the dirtiest part of your laptop, so I like to wipe it down with a lysol wet wipe maybe once a month? But the freq. depends on how clammy you are