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Title: Am I obsessed with my imac?
Post by: swhitset on March 22, 2003, 07:19:00 PM
Ok my wife thinks I'm nuts.    

I decided that my FP imac's all white Keyboard was too dirty to continue using.

I had tried alcohol swabs, vacuum cleaners, compressed air, damp cloths etc...

The result was still a grungy keyboard.  My solution... I pried every key of off the thing and removed the screws.  Every key and every other non electronic piece took a warm soapy bath    

I had taken a picture with my digital camera beforehand so I could easily figure out where each key went back.

It now looks shiny white again      

So am I nuts?      

Steve

p.s. I am typing this from the same keyboard
Title: Am I obsessed with my imac?
Post by: Paddy on March 22, 2003, 07:36:00 PM
Of course not.  

I've done the same with various Mac & PeeCee keyboards reclaimed from the Andover recycling days. A real bummer was the time I spent several hours with one keyboard, carefully cleaning it and reassembling it, only to discover upon plugging it in that the reason it had been dumped in the first place was that it was entirely screwed up and didn't work!    I now test them first.
Title: Am I obsessed with my imac?
Post by: LR827 on March 22, 2003, 08:48:00 PM
Too much grime on your hands...
Title: Am I obsessed with my imac?
Post by: Gary S on March 22, 2003, 11:08:00 PM
I do the same thing every once in a while to get it clean. Am I nuts? I'll leave that for you to decide.
Title: Am I obsessed with my imac?
Post by: dolphin on March 23, 2003, 02:01:00 PM
I am glad I opened this thread. I am about to do the same thing...I have a sticky power key...wants to stay depressed all the time. Plus two keys have the decal completely worn off..."the O" and "the opposite of this <" Anyone know if you can buy decals for the keys anywhere????
Title: Am I obsessed with my imac?
Post by: krissel on March 24, 2003, 02:25:00 AM
quote:
Originally posted by dolphin:
I am glad I opened this thread. I am about to do the same thing...I have a sticky power key...wants to stay depressed all the time. Plus two keys have the decal completely worn off..."the O" and "the opposite of this <" Anyone know if you can buy decals for the keys anywhere????                
Sharpie Extra Fine Black works very well.