Yes, the oven has a drying option, it's normally used for drying herbs and stuff but works well to get rid of the excess moisture after washing as well.
My key cap cleaning process is an ultrasonic cleaner with a little dish soap, then if I want to speed up the drying process they get thrown in a dehydrator at 140° F (60° C). Otherwise air drying on a towel is perfectly fine if time isn't an issue.
I picked up a nice mechanical keyboard at the goodwill. Two keys were sticky. I kept meaning to clean them, but typing on them and pulling up on the key to unstick it a few hundred times seems to have fixed the problem.
Nice. I need to clean both of my daily drivers. The one at home i haven't cleaned in a few months. The white keys hide nothing. My work one has been almost two years. I'm good about dusting it, but I need to thoroughly clean it like this.
18 Comments
Im_old@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 78d
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 78d
This is a crime against... well yourself I guess. Guard! Seize them!
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 78d
Is there a reason the Q and V are at the end?
YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 78d
They don't use those keys as often so it makes more sense ergonomically to put them at the end.
ddplf@szmer.info · 5 pts · 78d
Markus29@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 78d
Remembered to take a pic of the layout halfway through:
Nice and toasty:
luciole@beehaw.org · 5 pts · 78d
Nice and toasty?? Oh was it to dry them up well after washing?
Markus29@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 78d
Yes, the oven has a drying option, it's normally used for drying herbs and stuff but works well to get rid of the excess moisture after washing as well.
Thassodar@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 78d
Wait what does baking/dehydrating them do? I cleaned mine a month ago but didn't know that was some kind of step.
Solstice_11@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 78d
My key cap cleaning process is an ultrasonic cleaner with a little dish soap, then if I want to speed up the drying process they get thrown in a dehydrator at 140° F (60° C). Otherwise air drying on a towel is perfectly fine if time isn't an issue.
edit: removed redundant phrase
CluckN@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 78d
Valve makes oven racks?
Nighed@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 78d
Pre clean full layout reference: (yes I eat at my desk)
Great keyboard! I have broken my esc key twice now though.
brewbart@feddit.org · 2 pts · 78d
Are you me from the future? I just opened Lemmy for the day after finally cleaning mine
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 78d
I picked up a nice mechanical keyboard at the goodwill. Two keys were sticky. I kept meaning to clean them, but typing on them and pulling up on the key to unstick it a few hundred times seems to have fixed the problem.
luciole@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 78d
This is chill to do once in a while! I like it.
limer@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 78d
I am not this organized; instead I lift off a few keys randomly now and then and brush off the gunk.
I keep missing the number pad
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
Nice. I need to clean both of my daily drivers. The one at home i haven't cleaned in a few months. The white keys hide nothing. My work one has been almost two years. I'm good about dusting it, but I need to thoroughly clean it like this.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
I really need to clean mine soon....