After spending a day working with my father to setup a pair of motion sensor lights on my brother’s house, I come back inside and sit down to work on my 15″ Aluminum Powerbook. To my horror I find some large drops of black ink on the smooth silver cover.
So I had picked up a bottle of Goo Gone earlier in the day so that my brother could remove the tree sap from his hands after trimming the base of his Christmas tree. Knowing that the citrus based formula of Goo Gone was unlikely to damage the finish of my laptop, I quickly sprayed some on to remove the ink.
To my extreme disappointment, the ink was not completely removed. Most of it was gone, but the was a noticeable stain left. After several additional treatments removed more of the ink, I sighed and resigned myself to the existence of the stain. My brother recommended an extended treatment, so he put more on the stain and left a white napkin on the solution to soak.
Even more of the ink was removed, yet a noticeable stain still remained. After a decision of diminishing returns, my brother placed a small amount of Method-brand dishsoap on the area that was cleaned as per the recommendations on the Goo Gone bottle. To our surprise (and joy) the rest of the stain was removed after cleaning the soap of with a damp cloth.
I am now considering using the Method dishsoap on my entire case (minus the speaker grilles, keyboard, and touchpad/button).