Magic Eraser magically cleans your Apple products
Besides its usefulness cleaning walls, tables and shoes, the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is excellent at cleaning many Apple products. If your white MacBook is starting to look brown and your Apple iPad Case has stains from who knows where, the Magic Eraser just may be your solution. And at $2.99 for a two-pack, it's not that big a gamble.
The Magic Eraser and similar products are made of melamine foam; for consumer household use, it acts like extremely fine sandpaper. This allows it to get into tiny grooves and pits to "erase" stains.
Per instructions on the package, just add some water to the Magic Eraser and begin gently -- and I repeat, gently -- rubbing it on the surface area of what you're cleaning. As you're dealing with electronics, it's a good idea to turn off the device and not use too much water.
With the Magic Eraser, I was able to remove all the grease from my burgers and French fries from my Apple iPad case. It looked almost new again.
Although Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser is one of the more commonly known brands of melamine foam-based cleaners, others exist. They include the 3M Scotch Brite Easy Erasing Pad and the Nano Sponge. Store brands, which are commonly less expensive, also exist and I've found them to work just as well as national brands.
As is the case with cleaning anything expensive, especially electronics, it'd be wise to be extra cautious. This includes test cleaning on a small area, and not over-applying water. TUAW & Aol assume no liability for any damage to your equipment caused by the use or misuse of this product.
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@ Gumbyx84
"Genii" is the formal plural form of "Genius."
I can't help but wonder if Magic Erasers leave behind nanoscale dust that might be harmful to us in the long run.
August 04 2010 at 8:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWe've used this at the Apple Store as well. Mostly for cleaning doors, but sometimes we did clean actual Apple products with it.
August 04 2010 at 12:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'm looking forward to using this on my white Nintendo DS lite. Anyone have luck there?
August 03 2010 at 5:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's an old genius bar trick. I worked as Mac Genius years ago, Magic Eraser was the trick giving you back a bright and shiny white ibook/macbook after a repair.
August 03 2010 at 4:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'm surprised it's taken TUAW so long to pick up on this.
Yes, while I was a genius we kept magic erasers around to clean MacBooks, keyboards, and generally any matte plastic surface.
I would recommend using them dry. They are more abrasive but you lose the risk of damaging anything with water. When we needed a little extra power we'd spray it with screen cleaner and proceed.
They can dull shiny plastic surfaces and remove printing. Isopropyl alcohol, though drying, will work wonders for dye transferred from cases. High Alcohol content works best.
Cleaning Black MacBooks always made me happy. I loved their restored beauty. :)
Will this remove the big shiny area on my MBP space bar (black keyboard)? Or will it make it worse? :)
August 03 2010 at 3:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI find that simply cleaning my laptop from time to time with my sleeve helps keep my computer clean enough. also not eating cheetos over the keyboard helps
August 03 2010 at 2:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYep. This is what they've always used to clean the products in the Apple Retail stores. My wife was a trainer and she'd always recommend it to customers with filthy computers.
August 03 2010 at 11:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replydoes anyone know how to remove scratches from iphone 3gs?
August 03 2010 at 11:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyhttp://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=871308
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