“The RoseBouquet”

No doubt you are a very tidy person at your computer, but it’s embarrassing, isn’t it, how much debris falls in between the keys? Here’s some simple cleaning steps;

1. Unplug your keyboard. Lift it up and shake out whatever you can over a wastebasket.

2. Using a card or piece of paper folded a few times to give it a couple of stiff corners, rake it in the trenches between the keys. I drag all the hairs and crumbs (of my nails?) over to the left end. Then I rake down that trench and try to lift the garbage up and out of there. That takes care of the largest stuff. It’s also something I can do when I’m stopping to think about something and need do useful stuff with my hands.

3. Keyboard do get grimy though from the sweat and sticky-whatevers on our fingers. Sometimes that gets set in deep. Find a bottle of hydrogen peroxide in the bathroom (or rubbing alcohol will do too) and a handful of Q-tips. Pour some of the hp into a cap or small plastic container. Dip in the Q-tip and starting at one end or corner of the keyboard, wipe and rub down every key.

4. If you have to, you can pry off a key or two with a table knife but remember where each one belongs.

5. Lastly, I read online that some people put their key board in the dishwasher and get it super clean. Only thing is - to avoid frying all the electronic parts, do NOT plug in the keyboard until it has had at least 72 hours, (3 days) to air dry thoroughly!