Cleaning a mechanical keyboard requires care, both to clean it thoroughly and to avoid damaging the keyboard's circuitry.
Below is a detailed step-by-step guide:
1.Preparation before cleaning
What to prepare before cleaning? Undoubtedly must be our cleaning and dismantling of the keyboard tools: key puller, screwdriver, cleaner, basin, cotton swabs, alcohol, brush, fiber cloth (no other alternative can also be used).
2.Key cap removal before taking pictures
Keyboard keys are more, although you often use it, but the actual installation of the time will still be confused, so take pictures in advance to determine the original state of the keyboard, can be very good to avoid this point.
3. Disconnect all power connections, including data cables, batteries, etc.
When cleaning our mechanical keyboard, we need to make sure that we are disconnecting the cable and working under power outage, if it is wireless, please turn off the power switch or remove the batteries.
4.Use the key puller to remove all keycaps
There are two types of key puller, one is short plastic type and the other is long type, which pulls out the keycaps through the metal wire.
When pulling out the large keys, you need to pay attention to not too much action, large keys are generally under the balance bar or satellite shaft, too much action is easy to damage the feel of the keys.
5. Keycaps in a pot of warm water mixed with drinking detergent soaking
Remove the keycaps in turn into the basin with warm water, to avoid the loss of the keycaps, I recommend that the water level is not more than the keycaps, and to ensure that the temperature of the warm water is not too high, and then add an appropriate amount of detergent for mixing, and soak for a period of time, this time we can go to clean the main body of our keyboard!
1.Preparation before cleaning
What to prepare before cleaning? Undoubtedly must be our cleaning and dismantling of the keyboard tools: key puller, screwdriver, cleaner, basin, cotton swabs, alcohol, brush, fiber cloth (no other alternative can also be used).
2.Key cap removal before taking pictures
Keyboard keys are more, although you often use it, but the actual installation of the time will still be confused, so take pictures in advance to determine the original state of the keyboard, can be very good to avoid this point.
3. Disconnect all power connections, including data cables, batteries, etc.
When cleaning our mechanical keyboard, we need to make sure that we are disconnecting the cable and working under power outage, if it is wireless, please turn off the power switch or remove the batteries.
4.Use the key puller to remove all keycaps
There are two types of key puller, one is short plastic type and the other is long type, which pulls out the keycaps through the metal wire.
When pulling out the large keys, you need to pay attention to not too much action, large keys are generally under the balance bar or satellite shaft, too much action is easy to damage the feel of the keys.
5. Keycaps in a pot of warm water mixed with drinking detergent soaking
Remove the keycaps in turn into the basin with warm water, to avoid the loss of the keycaps, I recommend that the water level is not more than the keycaps, and to ensure that the temperature of the warm water is not too high, and then add an appropriate amount of detergent for mixing, and soak for a period of time, this time we can go to clean the main body of our keyboard!
6. Remove the top shell and disassemble
Keyboard models are different, the design is different, the way to disassemble is also different, here it is recommended that the big key according to their own models of their own Baidu disassembly, in the disassembly, will not be disassembled friends can use cotton swabs and alcohol, appropriate amount of cleaning down the surface of the keyboard dust can be.
7. Use a brush to clean the crevices of the dust
If your keyboard supports hot-swapping, you can also pull out the switches , which is more convenient to clean, if not, it does not matter, like me, use a cotton swab dipped in a bit of alcohol to slowly wipe can be.
After cleaning, use a brush or bristle brush to remove any debris that has gotten into the finer gaps, and finally you can use a hair dryer to dry the surface to avoid secondary damage from cleaning.
8. Dry the keycaps
Soak the cleaned keycaps, rinse the surface with water residual detergent, and then remove the keycaps one by one and dry them with a dry towel, pay attention to be sure to dry, to avoid residual moisture caused by the damage to the keyboard, if you are not in a hurry to use it, you can put it in a ventilated place to dry it naturally for an hour.
9. Install and restore the keyboard to its original state
After the keycaps are dry, we can install them one by one according to the original appearance of the keyboard that we photographed at the beginning.
Keyboard no matter how you keep clean, there will be dust accumulation in places you can not see, if you do not pay attention to the use of the environment, then the keyboard may be dirty faster, which seriously affects his life and feel.
So regular cleaning is the only way to ensure the longevity and feel of your keyboard, now you should know how to clean your keyboard, right?
Keyboard models are different, the design is different, the way to disassemble is also different, here it is recommended that the big key according to their own models of their own Baidu disassembly, in the disassembly, will not be disassembled friends can use cotton swabs and alcohol, appropriate amount of cleaning down the surface of the keyboard dust can be.
7. Use a brush to clean the crevices of the dust
If your keyboard supports hot-swapping, you can also pull out the switches , which is more convenient to clean, if not, it does not matter, like me, use a cotton swab dipped in a bit of alcohol to slowly wipe can be.
After cleaning, use a brush or bristle brush to remove any debris that has gotten into the finer gaps, and finally you can use a hair dryer to dry the surface to avoid secondary damage from cleaning.
8. Dry the keycaps
Soak the cleaned keycaps, rinse the surface with water residual detergent, and then remove the keycaps one by one and dry them with a dry towel, pay attention to be sure to dry, to avoid residual moisture caused by the damage to the keyboard, if you are not in a hurry to use it, you can put it in a ventilated place to dry it naturally for an hour.
9. Install and restore the keyboard to its original state
After the keycaps are dry, we can install them one by one according to the original appearance of the keyboard that we photographed at the beginning.
Keyboard no matter how you keep clean, there will be dust accumulation in places you can not see, if you do not pay attention to the use of the environment, then the keyboard may be dirty faster, which seriously affects his life and feel.
So regular cleaning is the only way to ensure the longevity and feel of your keyboard, now you should know how to clean your keyboard, right?