Re: a2c - sticky keys?

[bcarver@ameritech.net.thou.shalt.not.spam (Bill Carver)]

"There must be an easier way!"  I could hear you thinking.  And you're
right.  As an apple technician years ago, I had to take care of this
problem hundreds of times.  You will have to remove all the key caps, but
not all the springs.  You will need three cans of magic stuff to get this
to work.  You will need compressed air, WD40, and Non-lubricated
electrical contact cleaner.  If you're not really familiar with your
keyboard layout make a quick copy of it.  Even if you are familiar, make a
copy anyway.  You'd be suprized at the keys you never noticed.

The first can is compressed air to remove lose dust.  Second, spray the
keyboard (with caps removed) very lightly.  As you do this, be sure you're
holding the keyboad so that the keystems are pointing at an angle that
will cause the excess wd40 to drop on your work surface and not go inside
the caps.  

Now, work all of the keystems about five or ten times to get the oil on
the springs as well as the keystems.  (Most people don't know that the
plastic was also lightly lubricated.)  Finally, to get the rest of the
excess oil off the keyboard, spray non-lubricated electrical contanct
cleaner over the board to "wash" off the WD40.  Don't soak it though. 
Just use the contact cleaner to "sweep" the lubricant in a downward
motion.  Sure, spraying the cleaner will really piss off Al Gore, but he
doesn't need to type on your keyboard so F*CK him!

Anyway, place the keys back after you've finished.  The contact cleaner
dries very quickly so there's no need to wait.

In article <8JAN199803081498@vax2.concordia.ca>, spec@vax2.concordia.ca
(Mitchell Spector) wrote:

> In article mdwright@mail.ponyexpress.net (Mike Wright) writes...
> 
> >I recently picked up an apple //c, works well,except
> >key action is very stiff, takes a lot of pressure to 
> >press the keys, and they are likely to repeat. I'm 
> >guessing the keyboard needs cleaning. Any recommended
> >method?
> 
>     The keys can be popped off if you gently lever them from
> both sides with two flat screwdriver heads. Then just soak them
> in warm soapy water; rinse, dry and then replace them. It also
> doesn't hurt to clean around the key stems (once exposed) with 
> a Q-Tip dipped in rubbing alcohol. 
> 
>     If you have the original Apple IIc keyboard (with biege keys)
> then you may find you can improve the feel by removing the black
> rubber mat. This is a spill-guard Apple added to prevent liquids
> from entering the case, but people complained it hindered their
> typing so it was removed in next generation IIc's. You can safely
> remove yours by just lifting it up, it's attached by a few drops
> of glue underneath. Some people claim typing is even further
> improved if you remove the small metal clips in between each
> key stem (these produce a click sound when you type). You can
> reverse all this if you do it carefully, I did myself.
> 
> Mitchell Spector
> spec@vax2.concordia.ca

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