How do you clean your laptop keyboard?

Well after about a year and a bit of use, I am noticing some dust buildup inbetween the keys etc. Normally, I would just pop the keys and clean them individually (with rubbing alcohol), but I decided against it this time around. A few months ago when I accidentally broke a key (got it replaced) I found out just how much of a pain in the ass it is to pop them back in... So I have been looking online for solutions and would like to hear what you have done..

Any suggestions?

 

Personally, I'm a little OCD so I find myself wiping my keyboard fairly often. I also don't eat on my keyboard as some appear to.....

That said, when I clean my AW15 keyboard it is with an ever so slightly damp soft cloth and then I use an old make up brush of my girlfriends to get in between the keys.

My desktop keyboard is another matter, it's a Corsair K70 so I just pop those keys off and give them and the base a good wipe!

 

use a compressor ... I use a compressor and i make a purge to eliminate the water, later blow the keys and use some polymer protector in spray

 

I use wipes and canned air sometimes.

 

Canned "air" duster.

 

I am not eating near the laptop and use a vacuum cleaner on low power. For real cleaning i pop the keyboard tray out and use compressed air.

 

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I tend to also not eat near by keyboard, however dust is pilling up and I am worried about the fans..Question, has anyone ever purposely stressed the computer / ran the fans on max to clear out the dust every now and then? Good idea? Bad?

 

When benchmarking I have the fans set to "Performance mode" in the BIOS, that basically sets the fans to 100%. However, you'll find that even at 100% if you have a fair amount of dust, the fans won't clear it. Dust really likes to cling to everything so compressed air or stripping down are your more effective options.