Quality mechanical keyboards from Razer , HyperX, and such brands can serve you for decades, but you do have to keep them under routine maintenance. And it is a fact that dust and grimy elements will start to build up and overtake soon. Its parts will begin to malfunction.
Therefore, cleaning your keyboard weekly or monthly is of utmost importance, as it will help you keep the contaminants in check. And if you are wondering how to clean a mechanical keyboard, here in this guide — let’s discuss its dos and don'ts.
There are several ways of cleaning a mechanical keyboard.
Here, we will tell about the two easiest mechanical keyboard cleaning hacks. Read on!
It is common knowledge that cleaning your keyboard is very important, and you should lightly brush clean your keyboard and computer monitors daily after use. This will help you keep your keyboard safe from all sorts of dust and grimy agents. Again, if you eat next to your keyboard — it’s a big no-no. Because with time, both food and dust will fuse into the metal plate inside, and the rest is history.
Here is a guide for preventive measures! Follow as directed:
All you will be doing is gently pressing the keys down using the vacuum cleaner’s attachment. Make sure you do this one key at a time for each of them. The small vacuum cleaners (handheld) work pretty well.
Note: No matter what, do not use canned air to clean your mechanical keyboard. As there are two possible negative effects.
First, it comes out cold when you release it, and this will cause condensation on scratches and worn metallic surfaces. This will later result in corrosion and even fused grime. Secondly, canned can potentially blow dust directly to the keys. And this will lead to creating a gritty and unpleasant surface. While a vacuum uses room temperature air to bring out the dust.
For typically unclean keyboards that have not been maintained over a long time, you may encounter stubborn grime holding hard onto the metal plate underneath the keys. But this may happen even if you clean it regularly.
Not just grime, you will most often find a nasty finger oil that builds up with time on the keycaps. To resolve these issues, here is what you should do:
To do this, take a medium container, put the keycaps in, pour some warm water, and then add two denture tablets or a bit of soap. Let it soak for at least 6 hours, and allow the keycaps to air dry. It may take a few hours to dry.
Note: You can use regular soap if you do not have denture pills. But denture pills are the ideal agent used to clean keycaps. This can get rid of oils and leaves no residue.
If you own a mechanical keyboard, spills are its most vile enemy. Water is not typically not that risky; you have to unplug the keyboard and let it sit for some time, and it will be back to normal again. You can use Keyboardtester.io to test the deferred keyboard. But flavored beverages can potentially mess things up for you. If spills occur, do not flip, and do not test the keyboard once it’s all dried up.
It can harm your computer as well. Here is what you can do about it:
It is also a time-consuming process and is very intensive! This is not recommended, as you can void the warranty if still in the warranty period.
Now that you have made it here, we hope you know how to clean and take care of your mechanical keyboard. The better you take care of it, the longer it will last! Clean your keyboard regularly after use, and perform a deferred cleaning every two weeks! Good luck!
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