[ltp] [OT] Cleaning Mousebuttons

[Mario Limonciello]

Eben King wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Mario Limonciello wrote:
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>>Wolf Wiegand wrote:
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>>>Now my question: Is it possible to remove the mouse buttons or the 
>>>keyboard buttons from the keyboard just by pulling them off (so I can 
>>>see what's wrong)? I didn't want to try it in order not to break even 
>>>more things around here.
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>>I don't have a response for you - but on the topic whoever answers this 
>>I have another question.  What can you use to clean off natural oils 
>>from your fingers?  I can tell which keys I press more often then others 
>>because I can feel these keys becoming more "oiled" so to say, and not 
>>smooth as they use to be.
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>Are you sure it's oil, and not polished (by your fingertips) plastic keys?  
>Any hand soap should work, but I'd be quite hesitant about getting water
>near a computer.  Maybe moisten a rag and use that?  Me, I'd try an eyeglass 
>cloth first.
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Well I tried a damp rag with soap and water, but still the keys have a 
different touch to them.  You can for sure notice when playing a game of 
UT2004, that w a s and d are a little bit more of a different texture 
then the rest of the keys.  I'll keep hunting for other solutions