Recommended Products for Laptop Cleaning

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#318704 13-Feb-2025 09:47

Fujitsu guidelines for cleaning Lifebook's

Any recommendations for products - and where to source - factoring in:

(1) Use: Ethanol alcohol (Alcohol concentration 76 .9 ~ 81.4 vol)

(2) Do Not Use: High alcohol concentrated ethanol alcohol including:
- Anhydrous Ethanol alcohol (Alcohol concentration ≧99.5 vol %),
- Ethanol / Ethyl alcohol (Alcohol concentration ＞81.4 vol %) etc.

(3) Chemicals cannot be used for disinfecting and cleaning:
- Bleaching agents, peroxide, acetone, thinner, benzene, methylene chloride, toluene, ammonia, ethyl alcohol

Many thanks!

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#3342341 13-Feb-2025 10:16

Into which category do hand sanitisers fall into? They seem to do an excellent job on keyboards.

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#3342347 13-Feb-2025 10:23

Have you tried a damp microfiber cloth? I also use whoosh screen cleaners with the microfiber cloth that comes with the cleaner.

With my keyboard which is not a laptop, I take the keys off about once a year and give them a clean with soap and water.

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#3342350 13-Feb-2025 10:37

StevieT:

Fujitsu guidelines for cleaning Lifebook's

Any recommendations for products - and where to source - factoring in:

(1) Use: Ethanol alcohol (Alcohol concentration 76 .9 ~ 81.4 vol)

(2) Do Not Use: High alcohol concentrated ethanol alcohol including:
- Anhydrous Ethanol alcohol (Alcohol concentration ≧99.5 vol %),
- Ethanol / Ethyl alcohol (Alcohol concentration ＞81.4 vol %) etc.

Does this mean 81% ethanol is OK but 82% is not?

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#3342458 13-Feb-2025 11:07

eracode:

Does this mean 81% ethanol is OK but 82% is not?

Appears so.

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#3342559 13-Feb-2025 18:06

60% isopropanol, Q-tips (ear swabs), microfibre cloth, wooden toothpicks in stubborn corners.

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#3342560 13-Feb-2025 18:25

Can of compressed air for the keyboard and vents

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#3342611 13-Feb-2025 18:47

I have used this product for 10+ years. After vacuuming potato chip crumbs from below the keys.

Just to be clear, I use it all over my laptop - not just on the screen.

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#3342701 14-Feb-2025 06:56

Would https://www.jaycar.co.nz/1l-kleanitize-70-ipa-isopropyl-rubbing-alcohol/p/NA1071 be any good? I got the stuff because the Apple polishing cloth can be used to clean screens with it, not sure about the laptop though.

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#3342718 14-Feb-2025 08:15

StevieT:

Fujitsu guidelines for cleaning Lifebook's

That is _quite_ the list of dos and don'ts! No compressed air, no vacuuming, use specific alcohol concentrations of only 76.9 - 81.4, and disinfect up to 5 times per day!? At least some of that guidance seems to be directed to covid (I would guess that is where the minimum IPA concentration comes from).

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#3342770 14-Feb-2025 08:51

mdf:

StevieT:

Fujitsu guidelines for cleaning Lifebook's

That is _quite_ the list of dos and don'ts! No compressed air, no vacuuming, use specific alcohol concentrations of only 76.9 - 81.4, and disinfect up to 5 times per day!? At least some of that guidance seems to be directed to covid (I would guess that is where the minimum IPA concentration comes from).

Let's just say my experience with Fujitsu hasn't been great (the laptop is brilliant, though!), but I've been informed by a trustworthy source I'm not an isolated case.

I would ask their help desk for recommended products, but that forms part of the bad experience.

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#3342801 14-Feb-2025 10:02

I'm sorry, you've voided your warranty because you only disinfected twice a day using 81.5% IPA instead of the specified 81.4% five times...