[sdiy] Removing tape residue from keys

[Andre Majorel]

On 2006-06-25 06:22 +0200, Karl Ekdahl wrote:

> Hi list, i found another keyboard yesterday and as
> usual someone's put tape with the notes written on
> them on the keys. I tried scrubbing them both with
> soap and rubbing alcohol but i can't remove them, does
> anyone have a good tip on how to do this?

IME :

- for ink, alcohol,

- for grease and keyboard/monitor grunge, alcohol, soap or
  Ajax-style house cleaning fluid.

- for glue, "essence C", "essence F", etc. Sorry, don't know the
  English names - they're made from oil, are thin clear liquids
  similar to petrol and white spirit and are widely available.

Then there's acetone and trichloroethylene but those tend to
dissolve the plastic along with the stain. And trichlo is
carcinogenic.

-- 
André Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr>
http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/