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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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Member (2007)
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Other (two of the above) 11:20

I wipe the keyboard and the monitor regularly with specialized cleaning products recommended by my IT tech. I turn my keyboard upside down every morning and my cleaning lady applies the vacuum cleaner treatment once a week with a moderate suction power. For the greasy stuff that gets stuck I use a cleaning gel from time to time. I also clean my PC when dust builds up with compressed air, as it can slow down the fans used for air-cooling. Lesson learned some years ago. My brain needs order and cl... See more
I wipe the keyboard and the monitor regularly with specialized cleaning products recommended by my IT tech. I turn my keyboard upside down every morning and my cleaning lady applies the vacuum cleaner treatment once a week with a moderate suction power. For the greasy stuff that gets stuck I use a cleaning gel from time to time. I also clean my PC when dust builds up with compressed air, as it can slow down the fans used for air-cooling. Lesson learned some years ago. My brain needs order and cleanliness. The main thing I do every morning after a quick shower, breakfast and looking at my email is make sure my office is clean, that my desk has no clutter and all papers are filed or binned. Then I can sit down and focus on what is important: translating...

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Gjorgji Apostolovski
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North Macedonia
Local time: 16:56
English to Macedonian
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wet wipes 15:32

Well, wet wipes are universal, although there are specialized wet wipes with more or less alcohol in them for certain purposes. And if you have PC keyboard like mine, which you can't open, than there is a compressed gas in can and with spraying the stuff under the keys comes out.
 


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