I really love my Silicon Graphics mechanical PS/2 keyboard

That Silicon Graphics logo always brings back fond memories of Jurassic Park and other movies made use of these premium machines to create magic.

Unfortunately mine has decided that the O key is ready for retirement. So I’ve decided to give the old girl a strip down, clean and refurb

First order of business is to carefully pull off all the keys

Extra attention to remember which ones have some added support

It looks pretty odd now, but also quite grubby. Let’s go deeper

Alright, I think we’re ready to give the plastic parts a really good clean

Judging by the tint of the water afterwards I think we’ve stripped back a few years of memories from them.

Finally it’s out with the old Hydrogen Peroxide to try a retrobrite session

We shall see what happens…