kelston

So it seems a popular thing to use glossy black plastic to make your product look awesome and slick and cool (i'm looking at you D-Link Gaming Routers and Razer keyboards). The problem, of course, is obvious. It looks cool as long as it's still in the box in the plastic, but once you take it out...

ALL THE DUST IN YOUR HOUSE SIMULTANEOUSLY ATTACHES INSTANTLY ON TO YOUR SHINY THING!

Coupled with your fingerprints and skin oil, it doesn't just dust off.

So how do you clean this stuff? I mean, the keyboard is easy enough since a little dampness isn't going to destroy it so soap, water, washcloth and it's done... but the router? There's little vents all around it. I'm not too keen on taking water anywhere near that.

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IvanV

If a dry microfiber cloth won't cut it and you need to make it wet, I suggest just spraying whatever you're cleaning with onto the cloth (and not onto the object you're cleaning directly), which should make it just barely damp. Alternatively, instead of spraying onto it, you can just twist the wet cloth really hard and get as much liquid out of it as possible, again making it barely damp. That way, there should be too little water to trickle into the vents and it should all dry within minutes and get your router clean without flooding the intertubes.

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BlueMak

You think that is hard to clean? Try to clean the thumbsticks of dualshock 3 or xbox 360 controller if they have dust on them.


For your issue, do what IvanV says or teach yourself to use some paper kitchen towel once a day or two to clean it. It's a chore, I know.

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niceguyrichy

or unplug it from the mains (< important that) and take it into the shower with you

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Takaharu

I'd say turn it on its side (if it's wider than it is tall) and give the top a wipe with tissue when you think it's getting too dusty. Less dust will fall onto it then.

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Tipstaff

Clean the vents with compressed air (although if you use a can of this stuff make sure that if it's a chemical based product that you keep the can vertical while using it, or you will have that chemical spray out/into the vents), then clean the plastic itself using IvanV's recommendation. I do, however, prefer to specifically use cloths designed for cleaning eye glasses as they are softer, and some have 2 sides to them, 1 specifically is intended for cleaning fingerprints.

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