Keyboard as a must-have for office workers and game enthusiasts, it needs to be used for a long time every day, and the number of bacteria on the surface is quite a lot. No matter what material you use, keycaps will stain over time. Water flushing keyboard and has always been the most direct way we can think of to save trouble, how to clean the keyboard?
Mechanical keyboard has experienced many years of rapid development, dustproof and waterproof to today is not a particularly high-tech thing. Many of the keyboard's dust and water resistance rating has reached IP68, choose such a keyboard can be thrown directly into the sink scrub.
Therefore, choosing a waterproof keyboard is definitely a less troublesome choice. But what if our keyboards aren't waterproof? Ordinary keyboard is not can not be washed, but needs certain skills, sensitive parts must not be in contact with water, comprehensive disassembly and cleaning is the best way. The keyboard is the input equipment of the computer, because it is exposed to the outside, and the gap between the keyboard keys is larger, small debris is easy to enter, it is easy to be dirty, and even lead to the failure of the keys. If you want to do a thorough keyboard cleaning, you have to remove the components.
All key caps can be removed with the key extractor. Remove the key cap can be directly placed in the dilution of detergent or special cleaning liquid soak, and brush with a small brush, after cleaning control dry, try not to put in the sun exposure or high temperature boiling water disinfection, easy to deformation.
Remove the keycap to see the keyboard screws, all screws are unscrewed, you can separate the back cover, separation generally with pry, fixed keyboard cover generally there are some plastic buckle, so do not use brute force operation.
Remove the back cover of the keyboard and see the PCB board of the keyboard. The board of the keyboard is also usually secured with screws, unscrew and remove the board. There are not too many components on the circuit board, generally only the main control chip, electrical routes and lights, as well as welding on the shaft body. In addition, PCB board under normal circumstances do not need to clean, it is best not to dip in water.
When all detachable parts have been removed, it can be cleaned. On the keyboard panel and PCB board can first use a brush to remove those small debris, and then wipe clean with cloth. Keycaps can be cleaned with water or scrubbed with a special surface cleaner. The case and keycap of the keyboard are the focus of cleaning, which is recommended to be carefully cleaned with soapy water and a toothbrush. After removing the dirt, the base and the key cap should be fully sterilized and disinfected with pectin net.
And then you clean it up and you install it. Reinstall all components, screws and keycaps as they are. Allow the keycap and keyboard case to dry before assembling. If you decide to clean the keyboard, please be sure to fully disassemble and clean it, otherwise it cannot achieve the cleaning effect.
Therefore, the keyboard can also be washed, but the prerequisite is that it has the waterproof function, we directly choose the waterproof function when we buy the keyboard. If it is not waterproof, we must not let the PCB board get water when cleaning the keyboard, and dry all the components with liquid before assembling them back. Cleaning the keyboard is a heavy activity that can take two to three hours. If you are in a hurry to use the keyboard, it is not recommended to do a full cleaning. After using the keyboard at ordinary times, remember to wipe the surface of the keyboard with key bacteria net, soft cloth, etc., not only can have disinfection effect, but also can give the keyboard comprehensive cleaning to reduce the workload.
