How would you clean the A1 keyboard?

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    There is not a lot of room between for compressed air to clear out dust and any debris. Anyone have any ideas how to clean the A1 keyboard? Thanks.
     
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    I wouldn't recommend compressed air. The membrane will flutter and may break leaving some keys with a bad connection. Happened to me once.

    What works for me is holding the keyboard upside down and rasping the keys with the fingers. This knocks everything out.
     
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    Damp micro fiber cloth for the keys. And vacuum cleaner to suck out dust and particles underneath.
     
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    These both sound like good ideas.

    I find the keyboard to be pretty good but the membranes already have some flutter. Is this common?
     
    connmen, Jan 8, 2009
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    i saw some where in the shops a little laptop keyboard cleaner.. it was a very small vacume cleaner that didnt have very much power so that it would hurt the connections between the keys. try one of them
     
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