[ltp] [OT] Cleaning Mousebuttons

[Burkhard Woelfel]

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On Tuesday 12 April 2005 14:41, Meidinger Chris wrote:
> 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.

... and it is a sign of true love. I am sure your ThinkPad wears it with 
pride;-)


- - Burkhard


>
> 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
> > --
> > The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> > http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad

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