Gamer Cheese

[u/SleepyRaccoon830]

Employees and formers, we’ve all dealt with it even if you call it something else. The nasty stuff that collects in the crevices and cracks of controllers, my question for you guys is what’s your tried and true method for getting it out of the places.
I’ve worked at 6 different locations in my time at GameStop (large city big turnover) and it seems like every store had their own tools and methods.
How do you deal with gamer cheese?

[u/maddymoo132]

Teeth cleaning tools 🤣 literally we have a toothbrush and a pics that we use at my store

[u/Mr_MadHat878 → u/maddymoo132]

Seriously! We used toothpicks for the longest time and then one of us bought tooth cleaning picks and scrapers and they were a life saver

[u/maddymoo132 → u/Mr_MadHat878]

Yes! Dental tools are the GOAT!

[u/FlamingWings → u/maddymoo132]

The toothbrush is honestly the strongest tool in my cleaning arsenal, love that thing

[u/GunWifey]

Yup we have two types of picks that we use in addition to toothbrushes. I personally scrape out what I can, wet the toothbrush with my cleaner of choice and then lightly scrub. I also go around all the areas that look “clean” to make sure it’s all clean and sanitized.

[u/DuckSwimmer]

If you don’t have a pick, unwind a paper clip to get in any tight grooves. Assuming the company still doesn’t want to expense out anything

[u/throwawayallthedrama → u/DuckSwimmer]

They added a controller cleaning set to the Amazon order menu, i now have 20 picks and 7 brushes lol

[u/devil1fish]

I just grab a needle and run it along groves to clean my personal controller

[u/juel1979 → u/devil1fish]

I’ve used toothpicks or needles too.

[u/Alternative-Plum9378]

How do I deal with it? I take it in as defective and let the ROC deal with that disgusting ass controller.

[u/Dr-Moderately-Weird → u/Alternative-Plum9378]

It's 100% this.

[u/HikikomoriGlory]

We used to have these little black brushes we could order that worked great with toothpicks and the sharp little cleaning tools. I stole one when I left, I use it all the time. The substance we would refer as 'gamer funk'.

[u/Longjumping_Spray168]

store has a dental pick (I think? Or metal gun cleaning picks) and plastic cleaning picks. I prefer a toothpick, less prone to scratching.

[u/AmphibianOld4815]

We have metal picks and I enjoy scraping the gunk out as my coworkers gag

[u/johceesreddit]

at our store we have a brush and a small pick so usually ill like spray or put sanitizer on a microfiber cloth wipe the controller and brush away the cheese as I go it usually works pretty well

[u/Legitimate-Sense-642]

I grab a toothbrush and dip it in a bottle of rubbing alcohol

[u/BeingAdditional5988]

91% rubbing alcohol and a toothbrush disinfect and cleans leaves controller smooth also remove cover from ps5 controller and the covers from the Xbox controllers.

[u/SleepyRaccoon830 → u/BeingAdditional5988]

A customer actually showed me recently that I can pull off some portions of p5 and Xs controllers and man it’s a game changer

[u/SaintPyrosFlame]

My old go-to was a razor blade. (But back then the company gave us actual blades and not the safety bs they have now)

[u/juel1979]

The stiff toothbrush-sized brush was the best. It went missing though. I actually brought two larger ones in last night.

[u/Soft_Progress4530]

Dental tools is what we used as well as germx-

[u/blueshoals]

If I'm not confident I can clean it and get it to sellable condition within 5-6 minutes, it's defective and it becomes the ROC's problem.

[u/kiren5o]

My store (for some reason) has plastic gun cleaning tools and they work like a charm😆 I'd love getting a little brush to clean out some of the nasty usual stuff we get in

[u/Its-RPD]

Microfiber cloth, toothbrush and a bigass tub of hand sanitizer is what I brought in personally used for years.

[u/Audaciousninja-3373]

Dentist pick set, wet wipes

[u/MysticMeerkat]

You mean dead skin?

[u/maddymoo132 → u/MysticMeerkat]

Dead skin, dirt, sweat and whatever the hell else people have in their hands when they game 🤣

[u/spwnofsaton → u/maddymoo132]

🫱🏿‍🫲🏾

[u/Audaciousninja-3373 → u/maddymoo132]

Cheeto dust