Look down. How dirty is your keyboard?

[prolesunited]

Poll question: Look down. How dirty is your keyboard?

Be honest. This is anonymous, but be sure and confess if you feel like it or divulge other people's secrets.

[teach1st]

1. Other

I keep my computer room dark so I don't have to see how dirty it is in here, but I'd wager there's coffee stains and junk on the keyboard.

[Florida_Geek]

2. Just cleaned mine two days ago

thanks anyway. :)

[prolesunited]

13. I cleaned mine today

and was appalled by the condition it was in upon closer inspection. It was one of those things you don't pay attention to and then when you start looking, eeewww!

[HornBuckler]

3. black keyboard

I can't tell!

[tridim]

9. Once you go black...

Nothing beats high quality black IBM keyboards.

I like to do the "business card between the keys" cleaning job every few months. It always yields a significant amount of cat hair and random crumbs.

[Cursive_Knives512]

4. Could use a good wipe.........

Thanks for the reminder....

except I'm still not gonna get off my lazy butt and clean it. I should though =/

[shawmut]

5. dusty and sticky

with soda stains.

[Kahuna]

6. It's dirty.. But... I do clean it often because I eat at..

my pc. I don't eat at my laptop though! It's time to break out the dirtdevil and clean this baby.

[SendTheGOPPacking]

7. Spotless!

I have a keyboard skin on mine.

I just removed it and cleaned it and soaked it in clorox solution a couple days ago.

[LiberalVoice]

8. My keyboard is held together with crumbs and spilt beverages.

And cigarette ash. :P

[prolesunited]

10. Aaaah! The secret ingredient...

cigarette ash. ;-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

And a couple of errant paper clips that keep messing with the space

bar. :hi:

[Skittles]

11. I got my new laptop yesterday

it is SPOTLESS!

[pansypoo53219]

12. well,

the cat hair stuck under the keys needs to be removed.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Cleaning it now, proles.

I periodically take a nail file and clean all the dust out from between the rows of keys. Other than that, the top gets dusted regularly.

[bigwillq]

15. Damn

My shit's real dirty. It's a work terminal so many people use it. That's really gross. I should bring in some alcohol pads and wipe it down. Same with the phone.

[JohnKleeb]

16. damn its dirty, I know I shouldnt eat on the keyboard

[Az]

17. Ewwwwww sticky pop

[BlueJazz]

18. Mine is so dirty....If I ever lose my job

and can't afford to go to the grocery store I'll still be able to eat for a week. :)

[DAGDA56]

19. I am in a dark room...

turned the keyboard over, shook it twice, and heard a loud thump...now I'm scared.

[OneBlueSky]

20. clean as a whistle . . . the first thing I do when I get a new computer .

is order a skin for the keyboard . . . now the skin itself may get pretty ratty, but it's a hell of a lot easier to clean than the keyboard itself . . . which remains pristine two years after its purchase . . .

[prolesunited]

21. Do you have any recommendations

on skins? The ones I recall using I found quite annoying and interfered with my typing.

[OneBlueSky]

28. got mine here . . .

and it's never interfered with my typing . . . like second nature now . . .

http://amherst-merritt.com/product1.htm

[LDS Jock]

22. spotless

OK, this computer is only two weeks old. But for now, spotless.

[prolesunited]

24. And what did the keyboard

you replaced look like? Will you have a rule for a time about not eating at the new computer?

BTW, what kind of computer did you get?

[LDS Jock]

29. well....

the old one was in bad shape. It was five years old and the keyboard looked like crap. Yes, there is a no eating rule at the computer right now to keep it nice and clean. I got a Compaq Presario. It's nothing fancy, but much better than the old one. I refused to buy a Dell due to having worked there in the past (what a sh***y place to work) and they also donate to the republicans.

[aquaman]

23. I clean mine with Clorox wipes every week......

Yes I'm anal.

[oxymoron]

25. I boil mine once a month

and make a hearty soup.

[prolesunited]

27. Mmmm...

Alphabet soup, no doubt. :P

[Name removed]

26. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[prolesunited]

30. Interesting

You would never think to see a deleted message on a thread about the cleanliness of keyboards. :silly:

[gold_bug]

31. mine has crumbs and hair inside it

I have the transparent mac keyboard from the old iMac, when I flip it over I can see all the crumbs and hair inside the case. Unfortunately I can't open it and clean it because it takes a weird square screwdriver.