When I clean grime off of and out of keyboard in general, I end up popping all of the keys off, and dropping them in a bowl of rubbing alcohol. I then take a Q-tip and get all of the gunk and debris out of all the nooks and crannies of first the actual keyboard, and then each key.

The soak is normally enough to clean out the keys, though probing each one with a Q-tip gets whatever little gunk is left on them. I don't know how your particular keys are finished, but don't soak them too long in the higher %age solutions as it may effect cheap paint.

Rubbing alcohol dries very quickly, and burns off a lot of build up. If you're going to use it on the actual machine where it may come in contact with current, make sure everything is off and the battery is out. Dipping the cotton head into solution and then applying it to the surfaces is a good way to no go overboard on how much is being used, but if you're using some of the premium, extra-puffy kinds of q-tips, be careful not to load it up too full to where it would leak a stream of fluid outside of the area you're working in.

[quote|danviento]When I clean grime off of and out of keyboard in general, I end up popping all of the keys off, and dropping them in a bowl of rubbing alcohol. I then take a Q-tip and get all of the gunk and debris out of all the nooks and crannies of first the actual keyboard, and then each key. The soak is normally enough to clean out the keys, though probing each one with a Q-tip gets whatever little gunk is left on them. I don't know how your particular keys are finished, but don't soak them too long in the higher %age solutions as it may effect cheap paint. Rubbing alcohol dries very quickly, and burns off a lot of build up. If you're going to use it on the actual machine where it may come in contact with current, make sure everything is off and the battery is out. Dipping the cotton head into solution and then applying it to the surfaces is a good way to no go overboard on how much is being used, but if you're using some of the premium, extra-puffy kinds of q-tips, be careful not to load it up too full to where it would leak a stream of fluid outside of the area you're working in.[/quote]