George, I bloe mine out with an air canister, then give it a good clean with rubbing alcohol. Ditto for the laptop. A can of compressed air at £9 goes a long way. I have a can beside me now and it has lasted at least the year. Peter Logue Skype contact: clydeview2008 -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:36 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Keyboards dirtier than a toilet seat? An extremely interesting article. Of course it raises the question of how to clean a keyboard. A while ago, we realised that we had nigh on a dozen faulty keyboards in cupboards in our office. Trish did some Googling about cleaning and came up with a remarkable number of results advising we simply put them in the dishwasher. Well they weren't working properly, so I figured we'd nothing to loose. Into the dishwasher they went, on the coldest wash cycle, and with NO detergent. After that, we shook them to remove as much water as possible, and as advised, put them into a nice warn airing cupboard above the immersion heater cylinder for 3 or 4 days. Amazingly nine out of the ten worked, and have been for over a year now. This is not something I'd recommend with your one and only keyboard, but if you have one or more faulty or sticky ones lying about, it's certainly worth a try. George. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq