My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I have
no hoover.

What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my
keyboard vs sucking it out with a hoover?

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Ottavio Caruso

On 25/11/2022 14:21, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I have
> no hoover.
>
> What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my
> keyboard vs sucking it out with a hoover?
>
shitty gritty into the membranes or switches

Vaccuum it. If its still crap and a membrane, but a new one for a tenner,

>
If its mechanical, try a compressed air lance

--
The New Left are the people they warned you about.

On 25/11/2022 14:21, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I have
> no hoover.
>
> What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my
> keyboard vs sucking it out with a hoover?
>
>

I usually turn my upside down and bang on the desk a couple of times.
Amazing what comes out. However, do recall there used to be a squeezy
bulb that puffed air and was sold for the purpose of keyboard cleaning,
so the principle seems to have been used before.

--
Colin Bignell

On Friday, November 25, 2022 at 2:27:51 PM UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 25/11/2022 14:21, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> > My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I have
> > no hoover.
> >
> > What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my
> > keyboard vs sucking it out with a hoover?
> >
> shitty gritty into the membranes or switches
>
> Vaccuum it. If its still crap and a membrane, but a new one for a tenner,
>
> >
> If its mechanical, try a compressed air lance
>
>
> --
> The New Left are the people they warned you about.

Worth taking one or more of:
- a 1/2" or so paint brush
- an old toothbrush
- the sticky part of some post-it notes

and running them around and under the keys, with the laptop upside down if possible.

Vacuuming is better than blowing - you don't know where the crud is
getting blown to - but you do run a risk of sucking some of the keytops off...

J^n

On 25/11/2022 14:28, Colin Bignell wrote:
> On 25/11/2022 14:21, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
>> My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I
>> have no hoover.
>>
>> What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my
>> keyboard vs sucking it out with a hoover?
>>
>>
>
> I usually turn my upside down and bang on the desk a couple of times.

seems to me bold and courageous for the OP's *laptop* keyboard

--
Robin
reply-to address is (intended to be) valid

On 25/11/2022 14:21, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I have
> no hoover.
>
> What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my
> keyboard vs sucking it out with a hoover?

Prise the keycaps off and wipe up all the detritus. But take a photo
first so you get all the caps back in the right places.

There's numerous YouTube videos showing how to do this.

On 25/11/2022 14:55, jkn wrote:
> you do run a risk of sucking some of the keytops off...
Whatever turns you on.

--
Of what good are dead warriors? … Warriors are those who desire battle
more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump
their spears on the ground and talk of honor. Those who leap high the
battle dance and dream of glory … The good of dead warriors, Mother, is
that they are dead.
Sheri S Tepper: The Awakeners.

On 25/11/2022 15:27, Robin wrote:
> On 25/11/2022 14:28, Colin Bignell wrote:
>> On 25/11/2022 14:21, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
>>> My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I
>>> have no hoover.
>>>
>>> What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my
>>> keyboard vs sucking it out with a hoover?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I usually turn my upside down and bang on the desk a couple of times.
>
> seems to me bold and courageous for the OP's *laptop* keyboard
>

The skill is in knowing how hard to hit it ;-)

--
Colin Bignell

In article <vOOdndZB5_gAeR3-nZ2dnZfqlJxg4p2d@giganews.com>,
Colin Bignell <cpb@bignellREMOVETHIS.me.uk> wrote:
> On 25/11/2022 15:27, Robin wrote:
> > On 25/11/2022 14:28, Colin Bignell wrote:
> >> On 25/11/2022 14:21, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> >>> My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I
> >>> have no hoover.
> >>>
> >>> What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my
> >>> keyboard vs sucking it out with a hoover?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> I usually turn my upside down and bang on the desk a couple of times.
> >
> > seems to me bold and courageous for the OP's *laptop* keyboard
> >

> The skill is in knowing how hard to hit it ;-)

"Percussive maintainence" needs to be carefully callibrated

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England - sent from my RISC OS 4té
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

On 25/11/2022 14:21, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I have
> no hoover.
>
> What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my
> keyboard vs sucking it out with a hoover?
>
>
Do both.

On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 01:21:02 +1100, Ottavio Caruso
<ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:

> My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I have
> no hoover.
>
> What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my
> keyboard vs sucking it out with a hoover?

It can blow the breadcrumbs etc under the keytops and make the key
intermittent.

On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 01:28:56 +1100, Colin Bignell
<cpb@bignellremovethis.me.uk> wrote:

> On 25/11/2022 14:21, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
>> My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I have
>> no hoover.
>> What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my
>> keyboard vs sucking it out with a hoover?
>>
>
> I usually turn my upside down and bang on the desk a couple of times.

I do too, but don't bang it on the desk, I whack it with my hand on the
back of the keyboard,
now at the top. And I eat my breakfast toast where I compute while reading
stuff like usenet
or the text news, so do get a few breadcrumps on the keyboard at times.

> Amazing what comes out. However, do recall there used to be a squeezy
> bulb that puffed air and was sold for the purpose of keyboard cleaning,
> so the principle seems to have been used before.

Facebook is currently running ads for a small handheld battery powered
vaccum cleaner spruiked as being perfect for keyboards. Haven't bothered
to get on since my tapping of the inverted keyboard works fine for me.

In the onld days they used to say that it generated static and could destroy
semiconductors, but most modern equipment is a lot hardier these days. I've
never had an issue, but tell you what if ever you have cause to dismantle a
laptop the spaace under the keys is often still disgustingly filthy.
Are you asking this due to malfunction, or merely the look of it?
Brian

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> My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I have no
> hoover.
>
> What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my keyboard
> vs sucking it out with a hoover?
>
>
> --
> Ottavio Caruso

Ottavio Caruso wrote:

> My laptop keyboard is dusty AF. I have a powerful hair dryer but I have no hoover.
> What could possibly happen if I blow [cold of course] air into my keyboard vs
> sucking it out with a hoover?

grit in the hinges/switches, buy some of the sticky snot cleaning gunge?