- Hi everyone.
My name is Jerry and today we're gonna look at
two possible ways to clean your Ipad Magic keyboard
or your Ipad Smart Folio keyboard.
Both of these Ipad keyboards are great options
and they both have their own positives
and their own negatives.
But one negative that they share is that they're made
out of this rubbery material that over time
just picks up finger grease and oils and things like that
and it's very hard to remove.
Over the last few months, I've received a number of comments
on a few of my videos, asking about how I clean these cases
and I've kind of resigned myself to the fact that
over time you just can't clean them anymore
and that's kind of what I told people.
But today, I received a comment from YouTuber TerSuz1
who suggested I should try Dawn dish soap to try and remove
the stains from these guys and we're gonna give it a shot.
So on this Smart Folio keyboard you can just see
when the light hits it exactly where the grease stains are
and of course they're on both sides
so we're gonna try rubbing alcohol on one side.
Then we're gonna try Dawn dish soap on the other side
to see how they compare.
So the first thing that we're gonna do is just gonna
wipe them down with a dry rag just to see
if there's anything that comes off
without any liquids or chemicals.
And as you can see, the stains are still there.
So to start, we're gonna try some 70% rubbing alcohol
and we're gonna use a microfiber cloth to put it on.
And if we just look at it in the light, we're gonna try
this area right down here.
And we're just gonna spread it on.
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And then we're gonna use the dry side of the rag
and just wipe it off.
And we'll let that dry just a little bit.
And we'll see what that looks like.
And actually that seemed to do an okay job this time.
So if we look at this top side versus the bottom side,
it's quite a bit different now.
So let's try this over here too and see what we get.
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So it didn't seem to do as well over here on the left side
where the stain was a little bit more ingrained
but you can definitely see a difference between
where I did use the cleaner and where I did not.
So now let's flip it over and we'll try Dawn
and see how well that does.
For the Dawn test, I was told to use just a few drops
of the blue Dawn and some water
so we got a bowl of water right here.
So the first thing we're going to do
is dab a little bit of water onto this microfiber cloth,
and just a drop or two of this soap
and oh, got some bubbles.
So we're gonna start in this area right here
and see how that does.
And TerSuz1 says, "Don't worry about
"wiping off the soap with water."
You just need to use a dry rag so we got another
microfiber cloth here that's dry
and we're just gonna wipe it off.
Well, I think it helped a little bit
but let's try again and see if we can get
some more of that out.
So we're just gonna rub it and again, there's just a little
bit of water and a couple of drops of Dawn
and then we're gonna wipe it off with a dry microfiber
and let's see if we got any more of that grease out.
Oh you know what?
I mean you can definitely see more of a matte finish
right here.
It's not as shiny as up here or down here
but I'm not quite sure if it got out more than
what we got out with the rubbing alcohol.
If we look back on the rubbing alcohol side,
down here it seems like it did a pretty good job
on this side.
All right just for fun, we're gonna go ahead
and hit both sides one more time with each of these
and see how we come out on the end.
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All right, so, there you have it.
I think that the Dawn actually did a better job
than the rubbing alcohol, the 70% rubbing alcohol.
I wonder if 80 or 90% rubbing alcohol
would have a different effect but I think that the Dawn
gives you a cleaner finish than the rubbing alcohol does
as far as cleaning the rubber on these Smart Folio keyboards
and the Ipad Magic keyboards.
I'm actually pretty impressed.
It does a fairly good job, better than I've done
in the past using rubbing alcohol.
So another shout out to TerSuz1 on YouTube.
Thank you so much for this helpful tip.
If you found this tip helpful,
hit the thumbs up button below.
If you're interested in what I'm doing,
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You can find some of my other videos
on the Ipad Magic keyboard
or Ipad Tips and Tricks below and I'll see you next time.
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