Mac Keyboard Clean

Did you know your keyboard has 400 times as much bacteria as a toilet seat !!!
That alone is a good enough reason to clean your keyboard !
Also nobody wants to type on a grubby keyboard :P

So follow these steps to typing heaven :D

The pictures are of a Mac keyboard but this process works on all keyboards

Step 1: Cleaning Tools

You could just use a Q-Tip to clean your keyboard, but I decided to use a Dremel with three cleaning attachments.

Attachments

Soft cotton circle,
- Good for picking up dirt between the keys

Small plastic brush,
- Gets to hard to reach places

White abrasive bit,
- Gets muck off tops of keys

Comments

[Philisawesome]

Does anyone know how to pop the clear back off this style keyboard? preferably with out damaging the rest of the keyboard.

[seishin]

"i switched to Dvorak and its taken me two whole days" ... LOL!

[Human Being]

haha nice dremel ;)

[Wehrdo]

I actually prefer Colemak.  What made me choose it instead of Dvorak was the ease of switching from qwerty.  According to Carlpax, Colemak is a little bit better than Dvorak anyway, and it is much easier to learn, so I see it as a win-win situation.

[memyselfand1]

Mine was worse. I have that one and there was a fricken fly in it. And half its weight in crumbs.

[tanmanknex]

yum.

[memyselfand1]

lol. i think it must be almost time to clean it out again...

[Marble of Doom]

That's not even half as dirty as my mac's keyboard. It's used and someone spilled something brown and sticky on it. I don't even want to open it up!

[xACIDITYx]

Nice instructable! How hard was it to go to dvorak?

[=SMART=]

It wasnt hard to change the keyboard, its taken me about 5 hours to learn the key layout. i would reccomend doing it though :D

[ttrat]

 don't you have to reconfigure the computers settings to switch to Dvorák?

[xACIDITYx]

Just wondering, why did you change? Is it easier or something, or just to look "cool"?

_{or geeky}

[=SMART=]

lol, its a better layout, easier to type than Qwerty and faster too, It also reduces Repetitive strain injury. and yes lol it is geeky, i like that and its something most people cant do :D

[ItsTheHobbs]

Just did this today. I have two Apple keyboards, one white and one black keys. I switched some of them around, it looks really cool.

[noahh]

One thing I know from experience, is even if some sites say you can, DONT put your keyboard in the dishwasher. It completely destroyed it.

[Kwitmeh3]

*ahem* look at this

[Plasmana]

Who the hell want to put their keyboard in the dishwasher??? Dishwashers are designed to wash dishes, not electronics!

[tanmanknex]

me.

[=SMART=]

haha ok, i wouldn't do that anyway lol !

[Evilthingamabober]

If your keyboard has 400 times more bacteria than your toilet, then it brings up a question;WHO'S BEEN SH*TIN ON MA KEYBOARD?!?!?!

[=SMART=]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[darth acexxacer]

wtf @ 2nd pic your key looks silly

[=SMART=]

what lol

[darth acexxacer]

3rd pic sry

[=SMART=]

ok lol

[sw]

Your method doesn't really remove the Bacteria you talked about! Maybe spraying a little alcohol first, or wetting the buffing brush with it would do the trick!

[=SMART=]

True, thats a good idea, ill add another step

[TheScientist]

hehe i gotta get me a dremel... and those keyboards are horrible for getting dirty quickly!! i use one of the older mac keyboards now, with the black keys on it, so it doesn't show up as much dirt :-) nice 'ible

[=SMART=]

Thanks, /o/ yea dremels rock

[dr15]

Thank you! It's about time I clean my keyboard...

[=SMART=]

Haha glad you liked it :D