I picked up a (very) dirty old laptop the other day for a couple of quid that has clearly been sitting in a barn or garage somewhere for a very long time...
To clean a dirty old laptop like this, I use two different products. First I give it a once-over with the trusty old AF Foamclene followed by a magic sponge/eraser!
After a very short while you then end up with something like this:
As you can see it has come out really nice :)
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