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Newsflash: your keyboard gets dirty. After days (or weeks) of being manhandled — lunch hour crumbs, morning commute sweat and runoff — it’s plagued with all kinds of germs and dust. So, cleaning is a must. But, cleaning is also a bit tricky: you don’t want to damage a key, yet you can’t be too precious. Here are a few tips on how best to brush up the keys.

What You Need

Isopropyl alcohol solution (rubbing alcohol) is the key ingredient. It’s safe for your hands and won’t strip the lettering off the keys. Along with that, bring your choice of cotton swabs, Q-tips or paper towels. A soft-bristled brush, a toothbrush or the brush that cleans your electric razor will also do. A compressed air canister or microfibre cloth also works.

Instructions

1. Turn your laptop off. If it has batteries, take them out. (Unplug your keyboard if it’s attached to your desktop.) 2. To remove dust, you’ll want either a soft-bristled brush or a compressed air canister. If you’re using a brush, turn the keyboard upside down and gently clean between the keys. If you’re using a compressed air canister — the easier option — turn the keyboard upside down and spray it all over. Flip the laptop back over when done. 3. Cleanse those keys. Whether you’re using a cotton swab, Q-tip or paper towel, saturate it in alcohol and rub the tops of all the keys as well as the in-between surfaces that you just dusted. A Q-tip is the easiest way to get in between the keys. The whole process, if done correctly, should take no more than a few minutes. You’ll kill all unseen germs and banish dust, and your keyboard might even return to its natural color. It’s recommended to clean your keyboard every two weeks.

Rubbing Alcohol: $3Q-tips: $6Compressed Air: $6Cleaning Brush: $7Microfiber Cloth: $5

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How do you glue ivory keys back on a piano?

Re: How do I reattach ivory onto a key? You can use cyanoacrylate glue if you have a good surface. Use just a little fresh glue. I use five dots : four corners and the middle, plus a little to glue the edge to the front of the tail.

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Re: How do I reattach ivory onto a key? MYMMYTH 2875359 03:30 PM Joined: Posts: 3,291 Olympia, WA rysowers 3000 Post Club Member rysowers 3000 Post Club Member Joined: Posts: 3,291 Olympia, WA I've used CA glue for years.I usually use the thin. It works really well if the keytop is freshly detached. I use a sharp razor blade and put several lines on the surface of the keytop and also on the ivory to give it some tooth to grab onto. I put the CA on the keystick, because the ivory causes it to cure very quickly. The trick is to line it up as perfectly as you can - a pair of reading glasses and a good head lamp really helps. Avoid getting any CA near the head/tail joint. Once I get it in place, I use my long hammer support block (voicing block) to press down on the freshly glued head piece, using my weight. I can really push the two pieces very firmly together, which helps in getting the two surfaces to be level with each other so you don't feel the joint. If a top is loose, but not detached, you can remove it, flip it over, and run a bead of thin CA under the lip. It will wick under the keytop and reinforce the joint, preventing the top from coming off. CA can also be horrible if you are not careful. Practice and technique are important to get good results. You really get one good shot at it, and if you do it right, you can't tell it came off.