How to clean cables?

[Half-Saint]

Just saved a model M from the garbage but the cable is dirty as hell. How do you guys clean coiled cables?

[Findecanor]

Ah.. coiled cable..
I clean non-coiled cables with alcohol on a rag.

[xbb]

you can submerge it in water with detergent or whatever, rub, then let it dry.

[The Solutor]

Alcohol or ammonia based detergent like Glassex (the thing that in America you call Windex)

[Gilgam]

ethanol alcohol ?
then soap/water and hand towel
then ethanol alcohol one more

It worked fine,
Maybe should i test with the minty fresh dental tabs...

[sixty]

Its actually also possible to clean cables with denture cleaning tabs. Tie it together a bit with a cable binder or wire, then have it soak in a small container with a few denture cleaning tabs. They are the solution to almost all keyboard related cleaning problems

[Half-Saint]

I'll try hehehe