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How to Clean white macbook

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MikaelSmoot

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Does anyone know how to clean the keyboard of a white early 2008 macbook 13.3

get out the little hairs and dirt thats gotten in the keys over the past year.

Also what about the air vent under the monitor any way to clean that?
 
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Buy one and give your Macbook a rubdown, you won't believe how effective it is. I'm considering buying stock in this product, it's amazing.

Do NOT get the eraser on the LCD display though, it will leave a mark.

Also some compressed air will get all those unsightly body hairs that you are shedding out from underneath your keyboard. ;)
 
quantum003 said:
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Buy one and give your Macbook a rubdown, you won't believe how effective it is. I'm considering buying stock in this product, it's amazing.

Do NOT get the eraser on the LCD display though, it will leave a mark.

Also some compressed air will get all those unsightly body hairs that you are shedding out from underneath your keyboard. ;)
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Awesome! can you use the magic eraser on the keys and trackpad?
 
tjsdaname said:
you can use it on the key's.... but not the trackpad!!!
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oohh alright

A genius at my local Apple store told me that i should use something called "Anti-Static Foam Cleaner" to clean my trackpad.

has anyone tried that before?
 
tjsdaname said:
you can use it on the key's.... but not the trackpad!!!
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Yep. Try not to get moisture underneath the keys but you can give them a good buffing with the magic eraser as well. I'm excited to hear how this works for you. I have literally 3-4 boxes of these in my desk drawer, they work wonders on every white or gray Apple part or product you can think of. :D
 
Thanks for the heads up on the magic eraser..hadn't thought of that one. I use wipes, but they don't really work well...
 
Does it matter if the dirt has accumulated over a couple of years, or should this be done regularly once a month or so? I'm hoping it will still clean off when I come to sell this laptop... but am not really bothered about using it now.
 
I live overseas (Argentina) and there's NO way to get Mr Clean Magic Eraser here: is there any other method to clean the white MacBook?

(Apple sells here IClear or something like that, but it's a ripoff. (almost 50 bucks)

Thanks
 
I used a baby wipe on my screen.. it did leave a very faint residue/line where i wiped. Tried to "buff" it out but i can't notice it unless it's in the sun..
 
I used a magic eraser earlier this year to clean my G4 iMac. I hadn't cleaned it since I bought it new in early '04.

Before I knew it my iMac looked like brand new again
 
I just bought a pack of these things. I have one question before I get to cleaning though. Does this work on the outer casing polycarbonate or just the material where the keyboard is?
 
neworleans-7 said:
I just bought a pack of these things. I have one question before I get to cleaning though. Does this work on the outer casing polycarbonate or just the material where the keyboard is?
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I don't have experience with them on a MacBook specifically, but I do know that the material that they are made of is roughly the equivalent of very, very fine grained sandpaper (like automotive finishing style sandpaper). I would stay away from glossy areas of polycarbonate with them, as I've used them to clean polcarbonate iPhone cases before, and they immediately remove the glossy finish from them. If fact, I think the packaging mentions to not use them on soft or glossy plastics (or maybe I saw that online somewhere when researching the material they are made of).
 
i love my white macbook... i hate being a smoker.. its now a different colour:(
 
chris975d said:
I don't have experience with them on a MacBook specifically, but I do know that the material that they are made of is roughly the equivalent of very, very fine grained sandpaper (like automotive finishing style sandpaper). I would stay away from glossy areas of polycarbonate with them, as I've used them to clean polcarbonate iPhone cases before, and they immediately remove the glossy finish from them. If fact, I think the packaging mentions to not use them on soft or glossy plastics (or maybe I saw that online somewhere when researching the material they are made of).
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Oh ok, thanks. I haven't opened it up so I haven't felt them or anything yet.
 
Eye Glass Cleaner

Take eye glass cleaner and glasses wipes, microfiber, to clean the screen and top lid. Also, you can use a little DVD envelope to clean out the dirt particles under the screen.
 
neworleans-7 said:
I just bought a pack of these things. I have one question before I get to cleaning though. Does this work on the outer casing polycarbonate or just the material where the keyboard is?
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You are good to go in both places. I cut off a piece of eraser with scissors, get it wet, and then squeeze all of the water out of it that I can. The eraser should be barely damp at all. Then rub it all over the Macbook, obviously avoiding the open ports, LCD, and anything else that may allow water to enter your Macbook. But as long as you're careful of not touching electronics with the eraser, or allowing water to enter into your Macbook in any way, the only part the eraser will damage is the LCD display itself.
 
quantum003 said:
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Buy one and give your Macbook a rubdown, you won't believe how effective it is. I'm considering buying stock in this product, it's amazing.

Do NOT get the eraser on the LCD display though, it will leave a mark.

Also some compressed air will get all those unsightly body hairs that you are shedding out from underneath your keyboard. ;)
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I apologize for being a little bit on the thick side but exactly how you use compressed air to get rid of the dirt under the keyboard.
Do I just slam the nozzle under the keys and spray like a madman?

Apples Nr. 1
 
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