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I just wanted to ask for some tips how I should clean the inside of a mechanical keyboard and the mechanical switches themselves. I already cleaned the outside and the keycaps.

 

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I would take the keycaps off, clean those with just warm soapy water and a brush, then take isopropanol and a paper towel to clean the rest of the keyboard and the switches. If you have a switch that is sticky, you can even poor alcohol right on the switch and just press the switch a bunch to clean it out. 

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