ibook keyboard smell..

ijerryijerry
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
hey there guys. I have an ibook and loaned to a person who was thinking about switching, and now will. the problem is that now that I have it back it wreaks of B.O. Is there any way to get that stench out? I have used, baking powder, alcohol, and deoderizing sprays, but nothing works. Any ideas or better yet, solutions would be great.
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  • Reply 1 of 27
    ibrowseibrowse Posts: 1,749member
    Get a car deoderizer and close it in it..? <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
  • Reply 2 of 27
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    [Gross]

    Find your friend's porn and have him buy you an new laptop.

    [/Gross]



    But you could try sealing it in a bag with baking soda. Try not to get the B-soda in the computer parts.
  • Reply 3 of 27
    thegeldingthegelding Posts: 3,230member
    ijerry, get a big stick and beat your friend repeatedly...it won't make the iBook smell better...but you will feel alot better...g



    that is tough my friend...even the chilly air and winds of wyoming won't shake that smell clean???
  • Reply 4 of 27
    ijerryijerry Posts: 615member
    damn it, the winds do everything else but get the smell out. I called a couple of Apple stores, since a ton of people use the laptops there, I figured that they had to have faced a similar problem...They suggested compressed are to clean it out, and some disinfectant to use on the keyboard. So I made a hybrid solution, 50/50 409&CK1. it seems to have done the trick for now. I hope that it doesn't come back in a day or two.



    Thanks for the sympathy...
  • Reply 5 of 27
    stunnedstunned Posts: 1,096member
    HAve u ever considered the new 12" cutie PB??
  • Reply 6 of 27
    ijerryijerry Posts: 615member
    [quote]Originally posted by stunned:

    <strong>HAve u ever considered the new 12" cutie PB?? </strong><hr></blockquote>

    I want the big boy if I go that route, something about those illuminating keys has me giddy. I do like the 12" though. Now I just need the cash flow.
  • Reply 7 of 27
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    Sounds like a certain Seinfeld episode...
  • Reply 8 of 27
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    you could try spraying a cloth with Frebreeze and then wiping down the keyboard.



    that stuff kicks ass.
  • Reply 9 of 27
    ijerryijerry Posts: 615member
    [quote]Originally posted by alcimedes:

    <strong>you could try spraying a cloth with Frebreeze and then wiping down the keyboard.



    that stuff kicks ass.</strong><hr></blockquote>

    hehe, that is actually the first thing I did. It worked for about an hour...that should give you an idea at how bad the smell was. It has yet to come back. I am going to compressed air it tomorrow though, I figure it couldn't hurt.



    And it does kinda sound Seinfeldish. ...ijerry seinfeld. who is going to be e-laine?



    [ 01-29-2003: Message edited by: ijerry ]</p>
  • Reply 10 of 27
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    good lord, something beat Frebreeze?!?



    damn, he wipe his armpits with it or what?



  • Reply 11 of 27
    flick justiceflick justice Posts: 632member
    Wow, this is disturbing. Did you explain to your friend that the ibook may look old spice fresh but it is most definitely NOT a slab of deodorant?

    Did this "friend" insert a slice of ham into the Cd drive?



    I recommend the dryer.. pack it in a pillow case and toss'er in with a bounce sheet.

    flick.
  • Reply 12 of 27
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    B.O.?
  • Reply 13 of 27
    giantgiant Posts: 6,041member
    That is really, really nasty. He wants to switch? Make him buy it from you for full price. He must have done something severe to it to get it to smell like that. Hasn't he told you what happened? You were nice enough to let him borrow your ibook (which is really, really nice, considering I don't let many people at all even touch my tibook) and he screwed you over big time. Consider it broken. Tell him he broke it, he bought it. If not, he is not a friend and is taking advantage of you. In which case you should make him pay the full amount.
  • Reply 14 of 27
    rick1138rick1138 Posts: 938member
    Zeolite.
  • Reply 15 of 27
    ijerryijerry Posts: 615member
    [quote]Originally posted by Anders the White:

    <strong>B.O.?</strong><hr></blockquote>

    Body Odor. A sweaty stench.



    It seems to be cleared up now. Not sure what did it. I have let it air out, and keep wiping it down. that for sure, is the last time I loan it out. I am afraid of taking it to class and using it, and all the people around me moving due to the odor and think that it is me. That would suck...So for now, I am just trying to keep my cool. It will all be better. I hope. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
  • Reply 16 of 27
    noseynosey Posts: 307member
    [quote]Originally posted by ijerry:

    <strong>

    Body Odor. A sweaty stench.

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Maybe he just had it in his gym bag (or knapsack... some of those things can be gross) and it was in sleep.



    Does the fan on those (if they have one) go on when it is above a temperature in sleep mode?
  • Reply 17 of 27
    ijerryijerry Posts: 615member
    never heard a fan in the thing, so I speculate that it does not have one. But it is a possibility that it was put in his gym bag. However, just the keyboard smells, not the whole ibook.
  • Reply 18 of 27
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    Tell him to stick to Windoze: we don't need smelly-fingered Switchers.
  • Reply 19 of 27
    ijerryijerry Posts: 615member
    [quote]Originally posted by Overhope:

    <strong>Tell him to stick to Windoze: we don't need smelly-fingered Switchers. </strong><hr></blockquote>

    that is probably where the smell carried over from...his PC.
  • Reply 20 of 27
    noseynosey Posts: 307member
    eww... yick.



    I have to use a windows machine at work (over twice as fast as mine, but sooo much slower)



    It takes me almost fifteen minutes of scrubbing with lye and coaltar to remove the dirty feeling.



    blech...
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