How should i clean my midi?

onuralpaktas

Hey,

Will the keyboard be damaged if I use air pressure to clean the dust between and under the keyboard keys?

PoorFellow

You kind of suggest the answer to that one yourself by being worried.

Compressed air is an excellent thing to use for cleaning (though maybe not inside if having to do with a lot of dust) , but you also always have to be careful not using air with too much/high pressure. You can lessen pressure by lowering the shut off pressure setting on your compressor if you have one or try using a controlled use of pressure at hand by your use of air cleaning tool. The latter however is not always such a good idea if dealing with electronics since you could suddenly blow too hard by accident !

What is too high pressure exactly I can not tell because that also depends on the nozzle of the tool used and how the tool is used and from what distance. If pressure is so high that it will damage sensitive items when blowing then that is too much pressure. Try air pressure by blowing at things and places that you will not damage by blowing at it (e.g. do NEVER blow at parts of yourself or other people or animals and so on to test pressure)

Blowing with sufficiently low pressure ought not damage your electronics but if not careful you could blow dust into a switch/contact or something else so rather low air pressure is needed , especially with something like a music keyboard consisting of many delicate items put together !

PoorFellow

You kind of suggest the answer to that one yourself by being worried.

Compressed air is an excellent thing to use for cleaning (though maybe not inside if having to do with a lot of dust) , but you also always have to be careful not using air with too much/high pressure. You can lessen pressure by lowering the shut off pressure setting on your compressor if you have one or try using a controlled use of pressure at hand by your use of air cleaning tool. The latter however is not always such a good idea if dealing with electronics since you could suddenly blow too hard by accident !

What is too high pressure exactly I can not tell because that also depends on the nozzle of the tool used and how the tool is used and from what distance. If pressure is so high that it will damage sensitive items when blowing then that is too much pressure. Try air pressure by blowing at things and places that you will not damage by blowing at it (e.g. do NEVER blow at parts of yourself or other people or animals and so on to test pressure)

Blowing with sufficiently low pressure ought not damage your electronics but if not careful you could blow dust into a switch/contact or something else so rather low air pressure is needed , especially with something like a music keyboard consisting of many delicate items put together !