Eliminate the Smell of Smoke

One of the toughest odours to eliminate is the smell of smoke. If you Are a smoker who likes a cigarette or two in the house, the smoke could be having a damaging effect on your furniture.

Give your computer keyboard the treatment it needs – it will look better, and more importantly, will be less likely to make you ill!

NOTE: This guide is not suitable for laptop or membrane keyboards.

• Cotton Buds;
• Can of compressed air (if you can’t remove the keys);
• LINT-FREE CLOTH;
• Flat-tip screwdriver;
• BACTERICIDAL CLEANER;
• (2) wet cloths.

• Shutdown your computer, unplug it from the mains and unplug your keyboard.
• Hold it upside down and shake to remove any loose debris.
• Place it on a flat surface and pick up your screwdriver.
• MAKE A NOTE OF WHERE EVERY KEY GOES – we advise taking a photograph of the keyboard.
• Place the screwdriver in the gap between the key you are trying to remove and the one below it, and gently bend the handle backwards, lifting up the key – with gentle pressure it will pop out.
• Repeat for all keys (you may wish to avoid the larger keys – such as SPACE and RETURN) as these can be difficult to put back on.
• Make a solution of BACTERICIDAL CLEANER and water, place all keys inside the solution and allow them to soak for a few minutes. After this time remove and wipe them down, using a cotton bud to clean the insides.

• Now you are left with a keyboard minus the keys, and it is likely to be very dirty! Use your first wet cloth to remove all the debris and bits of dirt.
• Shake this into the bin and wash immediately.
• Pour some BACTERICIDAL CLEANER onto your second cloth and wipe the keyboard all over, including between the key positions.
• Use cotton buds to clean inside the key recesses. Rinse the cloth and wipe down the keyboard to remove any traces of the cleaner.

• Remove the keys from the solution and leave to dry, along with the keyboard.

• Once both are completely dry, place back into their appropriate recess and push down until they snap into place.

• Finally wipe the entire keyboard down with the LINT-FREE CLOTH.

  Congratulations – your keyboard is now ready to use!

If you don’t have time to wait for the keys to dry, or don’t own a flat head screwdriver, you can still give your keyboard a good clean.

• Shut down your computer, unplug at the wall and unplug your keyboard.
• Shake the keyboard upside down to remove loose debris.
• Place the keyboard on a flat surface and, using the compressed air, spray between the keys at all angles to loosen dirt. You can do this upside down if it proves to be more effective.
• Keep doing this until the dirt stops falling out.
• Pour some BACTERICIDAL CLEANER on the cotton bud; clean the sides of all the keys and as deep into the gaps as you can get.
• Use a wet cloth with BACTERICIDAL CLEANER to wipe down the rest of the keyboard.