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What is the best way to clean keycaps? Could I like, put them in the dishwasher?

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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i wouldnt.. i would just soak them in soapy water then wipe them with a microfiber cloth as you take them out 

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What is the best way to clean keycaps? Could I like, put them in the dishwasher?

Take them all off (make sure you know where to put them upon cleaning them and putting them back on), put them in a tub of hot soapy water and you should be good. Maybe scrub with a toothbrush on the interior if they're gross. Use a can of air to clean off your keyboard while the caps are off.

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I like to mix some warm water with some Dawn soap along with a dash of isopropyl alcohol. I give it a good swish for about 5 minutes and I let it soak while I go clean my keyboard.

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If they're yellowing caps, then you need to soak them in hydrogen peroxide.

If they're just dirty, the soapy water method is a good one. If they're uv coated abs, then sucks for you because that shit sucks.

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If they're yellowing caps, then you need to soak them in hydrogen peroxide.

If they're just dirty, the soapy water method is a good one. If they're uv coated abs, then sucks for you because that shit sucks.

They were just dirty. Not sure what they are, they seem of middle quality. They are from a data911 TG3 keyboard. Well two of them.

Because I just picked up a data911 police crusier computer, and it came with two keyboards with MX blacks (the TG3) and red backlighting.

They were black keycaps.

 

But I just finsiehd soapy watering them, they are drying now.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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