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Washed your white Apple Keyboard

Washed your white Apple Keyboard
 Your white Apple Keyboard (old generation) is very dirty ? The keys are hard 
You can disassemble it very easily, and vacuum it in about 20 minutes.

After this dust, your keyboard become white again and the keystrock easier.

This Instructables is also possible with other keyboards.
 
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Step 1Disassembling of the keys

Disassembling of the keys
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 Use a coffee spoon than a lever to remove the keys.
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10 comments
Oct 25, 2009. 5:50 PMNesagwa says:
Plug the USB into one of the ports on the back, throw it in the dish washer with no soap (and no other dishes) and let it run.  Let it dry for a few days and good as new.
Dec 4, 2011. 8:56 AMpaulbeard says:
This removes all the grease from the keys that need it (ones like Space, Shift, etc) and make it stiffer, less enjoyable/functional. So you'll want to pop the keys off and redo that.

This is a pretty comprehensive look at how to clean one properly:
http://192.197.62.35/staff/bgracey/prokeyboardrepair.html#intro
Sep 23, 2011. 9:07 PMJ3DImindTRIP says:
It would be much easier if were to perform step 5(cleaning the keys) on each individually as you were reassembling.
Oct 24, 2009. 12:51 PMlemonie says:
I wash the keys while they're not attached to the keyboard, it's much easier.

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Oct 26, 2009. 5:16 AMisacco says:
I agree with lemonie
Oct 24, 2009. 1:35 PMJakeTobak says:
q-tips with rubbing alcohol are a good way to get into the corners.
Oct 24, 2009. 10:56 AMgmjhowe says:
 Nice work, when I used to have that keyboard, I would actually clean the keys as i put them back on.

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