[sdiy] Key cleaning

[klosmon]

Many of the keyboards I receive for service are in desperate conditon --
smoke, grease, spilled liquids that have dried, etc --
Alcohol can work;  windex + ammonia type cleaners (sprayed onto the rag,
not the keyboard) work well;  if I have to disassemble the keyboard for any
reason (rebushing, contact cleaning, etc) I just remove the keys & soak
them for a few hours in dishwasher liquid -- after a good rinsing, they
look fine.

~GMM

At 05:44 PM 9/18/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Question about key cleaning: The synth keyboard I need to clean is 
>plastic (1980's Oberheim) and has just a very light coat of grit from 
>over the years. Any downside to using plain rubbing alcohol and a rag? 
>Used to use this on Baldwin organ keyboards years ago. Any other 
>suggestions accepted.
>
>Thanks, Scott E.
>