[ltp] [OT] Cleaning Mousebuttons

[Meidinger Chris]

Hi Mario,

i agree with Eben, that the keys are not oily but rather polished. I habe
had different models of thinkpads with the same effects -- keys like e, a,
s, i and '.' which are used alot tend to get rubbed clean. On older
keyboards, this would remove the letters, but the t42p keyboard seems to be
very resistent to letter removal. Nonetheless, it seems to me that they are
more likely polished than oily.

Cheers,

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org 
> [mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org] On Behalf Of 
> Mario Limonciello
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:30 PM
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: Re: [ltp] [OT] Cleaning Mousebuttons
> 
> Eben King wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Wolf Wiegand wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>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.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>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.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >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.
> >
> >  
> >
> 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
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