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Cleaning a new ThinkPad (outer housing)

#1 Post by Alejandro Audisio » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:16 am

One of the "bad" things about the external material of these machines is that they are prone to fingerprint collection.... also, my brand new machine came with a pretty obvious set of prints from one of the folks that manipulated it before they put the seal on... I thought they were supposed to wear gloves... :evil:

In any event... is there some product or special foam that you guys use to wipe off these machines to keep them clean..???

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#2 Post by Alejandro Audisio » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:19 am

Also.... the power brick cables have various of these paper labels with electrical ratings on them that I have removed, the stickers leave a messy and sticky residue, any tips of getting that removed from the plastic cable...? I was thinking using something like Goo Gone liquid cleaner (sticker lifter) but I think I remember that stuff contains citric acid and I want the sticky stuff off, but dont want to "melt" my power cord.... :P any tips...???

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#3 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:35 am

I have been cleaning Thinkpads, incl. the power cables, for years with 'Goo Gone' with Citrus power. No problems ever.
Just use it in your garage or outside, the stuff has a strong, lingering smell.
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#4 Post by Alejandro Audisio » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:57 am

RealBlackStuff wrote:I have been cleaning Thinkpads, incl. the power cables, for years with 'Goo Gone' with Citrus power. No problems ever. Just use it in your garage or outside, the stuff has a strong, lingering smell.
Wow... even on the housing...? The cables I had suspected was going to be OK, but also that outer housing was OK to clear with this stuff is a real surprise.

I thought that there was some sort of spray on white foam kind of product that was better for the external housing, especially since I dont have any tough adhesive on the housing, I just want to remove the fingerprints.....

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#5 Post by Alejandro Audisio » Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:15 pm

Anybody here use the foam type stuff for cleaning the outer housing...??

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#6 Post by ajkula66 » Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:12 am

Not me.

I'm with RBS on GooGone...that poison works wonders.

As does isopropyl alcohol for the basic light cleanup of fingerprints and similar stuff...
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