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how do you apply Isopropyl alcohol to clean a notebook's surface and keys? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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after reading https://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Keyboard and other sources I used a 75% isopropyl alcohol solution to clean my black and grey plastic notebook's keys and surface.

I applied the alcohol to cotton pads. Each cotton pad I used came back black, completely black. This is the first time I use isopropyl alcohol to clean this notebook I bought it 8 years ago.

To clean the surface I sometimes pressed the pad with my nails, because I first thought the black residue on the cotton pads was simply dirt and oils accumulated during 8 years. Now, on second thoughts, it could be the isopropyl alcohol solved the upper layer of plastic and now the clearer lines I see where I pressed with my nails are how the notebook looked 8 years ago. Lines look like an anarchic groove, but don't feel different to the finger.

On other parts I can also see the circular motions I applied to clean those parts. Do I have to apply more alcohol or have I already damaged the plastic?

OTOH I cannot believe wikihow and other sources like https://www.howtogeek.com/65073/how-to-thoroughly-clean-your-keyboard-without-breaking-anything/ would include information that hurts the computer.

Am I doing this right?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

ain't that too much water for an electronic device?

I mean, baby wipes for the keys as well? doesn't it fall to they board beneath?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I don't think they're that wet. Not the ones I use anyway. I just turn off the laptop and wipe it down, keys and all. If you wanted you could leave it to air out for a while. But if you've seen under a keyboard, it's all a lot of plastic and then the switches. You could even spill a drink on a laptop and it'll be fine if you let it dry.