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Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made

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On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:58:25 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:

> On 10/07/2014 05:42 PM, Will Honea wrote:
>> The Real Bev wrote:
>>
>>> Contrary to popular belief, they are not fully waterproof.
>>>
>>> Apparently someone is producing pricey clones now.
>>>
>>> I really need to clean mine again.  It deserves much better treatment
>>> than I give it, but it never complains.  It was born the last year the
>>> Dodgers won the World Series, a banner year if there ever was one.
>>>
>> I've found two useful methods for cleaning those things:
>>
>> 1. run it thru the "china" (or gentle) cycle of the dishwasher
>>
>> 2. take it in the shower with you.
>>
>> The first method includes a drying cycle so be careful of getting the
>> cord too close to the heating coil - use the top rack.  Also, go easy
>> on detergent.  The second method requires a substantial drying time but
>> that can be sped up with a good shop vacuum.
> 
> When I worked at Magellan back in the dark ages when GPS units were the
> size and approximate weight of bricks they ran all the boards through
> the dishwasher as part of the testing process.
> 
> I just use alcohol and a lot of q-tips.  I got a 20-year
> tennis-ball-size blob of cruft out from beneath the keys -- a job which
> would have been much easier had I just partially disassembled it.  Next
> time.

I usually:

- split the casing - needs a deep thin walled socket of a suitable size 
to undo the screws.
- remove the innards - one more screw and detach a ribbon cable.
- clean casing with foaming cleaner
- clean out underneath the innards and re-install
- remove all keytops and keys - take care with the big ones and the space 
bar
- individually clean all keytops with faoming cleane, rinse and dry
- clean out cruft under where the keys were - IPA and cotton buds
- reassemble!



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King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-07 23:03 +0000
  Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2014-10-07 17:20 -0700
    Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-10-07 18:42 -0600
      Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 22:58 -0700
        Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-10-09 07:58 +0000
          Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-10-09 22:32 +0200
            Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-10-09 23:34 +0000
              Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-10-09 23:12 -0600
                Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 19:50 -0700
              Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 19:49 -0700
                Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-16 16:10 +0000
                Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 23:38 -0700
  Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-10-07 21:46 -0400

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