Beverly Hills Commercial Cleaning: De-Grossing a Keyboard
Every business that offers Beverly Hills commercial cleaning services has a variety of ‘secret’ services that they will do, but don’t generally mention to clients unless a specific circumstance comes up. One of the ‘secret services’ that MegaJanitorial has performed for clients in the past is a full-office Keyboard Deep Cleaning. It consists of five basic steps:
- Shut the Computer Down and Unplug the Keyboard. It’s not like you can properly clean a keyboard when it’s on a leash, and if it’s still plugged in, you never know what might happen to the computer as you mash a bunch of random keys during the cleaning process.
- Blow Hard. Before any kind of disinfection can begin, the keyboard needs to be clear of physical debris. That means first going old school and flipping the keyboard upside down and shaking it like a Polaroid picture. Then, it means getting out the old canned air and pshhshhshhting it clear of all of its junk.
- Remove and Clean. Time to get to the nitty gritty: pop off all of the keys with a screwdriver or butter knife, and pop them into a bucket using either rubbing alcohol, or a non-abrasive cleanser. Rinse them off, and lay them out on a towel to dry.
- Clean the Base. If necessary, blow it out again, but basically by now you should just be able to grab a disinfectant and a microfiber cloth and wipe out all of the spaces between the key-tabs. Let it dry as well.
- Reconstruction. The last part is the most obvious — putting the keys back, reconnecting the keyboard, turning the computer back on, and testing it to make sure that it worked.
If you have one of the older kinds of mice that uses a ball — or you have a trackball or similar device — you should also take this opportunity to disassemble the mouse and clean out inside of it as well. Be certain to carefully examine the small metal wheels that read the mouse ball’s movement and make sure there are no hairs or other threadlike objects that got wrapped up in them. Good luck!
