M17X Keyboard Cleanup? The best way?

I have lot of dust and stuff stuck inside my keyboard.
What do you think the best way would be to get rid of all those stuff?
I tried one of those cheapo keyboard vacuum. It was just waste of money and time. Compressed air also didn't helped that much.
Any other ways you guys had tried?

 

I would just try to clean it up with household products remove keys if you to and put it back. And not spend any money on specialized items, and if it comes down to it replace the keyboard as they go for about 60 dollars, cheaper if you find good re-sellers. But always remember that the keyboards themselves are not as expensive as one might originally think they are. And they are also among one of the easiest parts to replace on a laptop, 10x easier then replacing an LCD for instance.

 

I don't want to replace the keyboard. They are perfectly normal.
Its just some dust stuck in small edges which I can see clearly and want to get rid of.

 

rip out the keys remove the dust and then place the keys back. The keys are fairly easy to remove and then to put back.

 

You're in Minnesota, so go to Home Depot or a good paint store and buy a nice soft trim paint brush. Not a cheapie with coarse bristles, but a nice fine-bristle type. I use the Zibra brushes that HD carries, but Purdy are also pretty good. Then you can really brush down in the keyboard crevices and all the little joints. Crumbs, hair, dust, can all be brushed out pretty well, and a trim paint brush has long enough and flexible bristles that will bend and get far under keys and the like. Those air cans are just for very light dusting, but you need to get with a brush once the dust gets heavier. Here's a link to the brand I most like. They are very soft, so they won't scratch:

Zibra 1 in. Square Moulding and Trim Brush - PB100LZS at The Home Depot

 

@ Voice
Do you use that brush?

 

Yes, I use it and a larger Zibra I have quite often. Maybe this will sound a little nutty, but I even go so far as to turn on the keyboard lights to all-white to help light up the spaces down under the key tops, then brush everything out. Works great. I also brush out the vent grilles and all the unused ports, which also collect dust. Aliens don't really have this problem due to their one-piece polycarbonate screen cover, but on other machines dust around the screen bezel is an issue, and these brushes work great there too. Their bristles are so soft that you won't hurt screens with them. I have to wonder about some of the brushes with coarser bristles.

 

Anyway to get it online?
There is no home depot around my area.

 

Like this?
YouTube - how to wash laptop

 

How about a good paint store? Even a good hardware store will probably have Zibra or other similar quality brushes. Purdy is a super famous high-quality brush that probably would work similarly. It probably isn't critical which you use as long as it has long springy and very soft bristles. Let me know if you succeed (or don't.)

 

I used this Cyber Clean Americas - The Home of The High Tech Cleaning Compound , just put them on and pull it out , easy as 1 2 3. 1min Your keyboard is clean.

I have 3 bottle , 1 for Cpu/Gpu fan , other 1 for keyboard. 3rd one for outside use , if I bring my laptop outside.

PS : You can find em here - http://shop.ebay.ca/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=cyber+clean&_sacat=See-All-Categories

I suggest you get bottle and not the pack.

Hope this help , it will clean for 99% of your keyboard dirt.

Here is some youtube videos :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGx0WxnWL1U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUTXkklwguA&feature=related

 

Interesting product! I am hard pressed to believe that gentle pressing and releasing will clean as well as a good old-fashioned brushing or rubbing (there are physical reasons from tribology for this) but I'll bet this would pick up lots of loose particles easily.

 

you may just put those cyber clean on your keyboard before you go to bed and next day, your keyboard is 99% clean