This thread aims to be a place where people can share their problems, solutions and ideas for keeping a console - from any company, portable or not and pc included - clean, and also share how they keep their consoles - when playing with them and when stored.
This is not for electronic or mechanical issues.
My main problem with consoles is that, even with clean and washed hands, the area around the buttons and D-pad gets a little dirt - namely when playing in the summer - and it gets worse when the button itself has some lowered parts and fissures where the dirt gets stuck and it's hard to remove. I can't use a blade since it would scrap it so I just use my nail or a tip of paper.
Is there any way or official product/protection to avoid this?
I just wished people could send the consoles to the manufacturers and pay them for the cleaning.
I also have a peculiar problem with the analog sticks from my Playstation consoles. I keep them stored in the bottom of my closet or another place where temperatures remain stable and aren't harsh and when I go get them to play, the sticks always have a greasy substance. I recently found out that it's our body oils, so it's nothing to be that worried about.
As for my keyboard, ever since going to college, I started eating in front of the pc so my keyboard would get the toll, namely with bread crumbs so I just wrapped it with plastic wrap. Now, not only it doen't get filled with bits of food, but the keys don't get dirty!
When it comes to maintenance, after playing, I cover my home consoles with a of cloth to avoid getting dust.
As for storage, I keep my home consoles stored, like I've said, in the closet or a room with a stable temperature but my portable ones just lay around, in cases, because I use them the most. As for the cables, that's a different story since I don't store them in some particular space, and that's why, perhahps, the metal tip of my DS charger is getting rusty.
This is not for electronic or mechanical issues.
My main problem with consoles is that, even with clean and washed hands, the area around the buttons and D-pad gets a little dirt - namely when playing in the summer - and it gets worse when the button itself has some lowered parts and fissures where the dirt gets stuck and it's hard to remove. I can't use a blade since it would scrap it so I just use my nail or a tip of paper.
Is there any way or official product/protection to avoid this?
I just wished people could send the consoles to the manufacturers and pay them for the cleaning.
I also have a peculiar problem with the analog sticks from my Playstation consoles. I keep them stored in the bottom of my closet or another place where temperatures remain stable and aren't harsh and when I go get them to play, the sticks always have a greasy substance. I recently found out that it's our body oils, so it's nothing to be that worried about.
As for my keyboard, ever since going to college, I started eating in front of the pc so my keyboard would get the toll, namely with bread crumbs so I just wrapped it with plastic wrap. Now, not only it doen't get filled with bits of food, but the keys don't get dirty!
When it comes to maintenance, after playing, I cover my home consoles with a of cloth to avoid getting dust.
As for storage, I keep my home consoles stored, like I've said, in the closet or a room with a stable temperature but my portable ones just lay around, in cases, because I use them the most. As for the cables, that's a different story since I don't store them in some particular space, and that's why, perhahps, the metal tip of my DS charger is getting rusty.
