I hurt my keyboard......

[Shawn Badger]

I have been know to put keyboards in the dishwasher for a good cleaning.
Keyboards always seem to collect all kinds of stuff. So I started running
mine though the dishwasher when I felt the need.  Don't use soap to avoid
the film and turn the heated dry off. I take it out after the wash dip it in
some distilled water and set it out in the sun for a couple days.  I have
been doing this for years with my old school IBM keyboards and never had a
problem, but YRMV.

On 7/4/07, Matt Graham <danceswithcrows at usa.net> wrote:
>
> Cat Chapman:
> > On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 14:58 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
> >> I'll let it sit a week THEN I'll take it somewhere. Where would you
> suggest?
> >> If I take it in I'll also have them clean the keys. The tops of them
> are
> fine
> >> but the sides look gross. Or else.... how do I put them back on; is
> there
> >> like a putty or something to 'glue' them on?
>
> Desktop keyboards' keys are usually secured semi-loosely and can be pried
> off with a flathead screwdriver.  Try this on a key you don't use much
> first,
> just in case.  And pry gently, or the key may fly off at high speed, hit
> your domestic animal, and freak it out something fierce.  Then you just
> press the keys back in firmly, and they're secured.  (NOTE:  May only work
> on rubber-dome and capacitative-switch keyboards.  Buckling-spring
> keyboards
> may have their keys fastened in a different way.)
>
> > Ahem, I'm not a gentleman. There are, believe it or not, girls on the
> > internet! :P
>
> I thought the females on the Net were all played by 50-year-old guys :-)
>
> > I've heard that denatured rubbing alcohol is
> > especially good to clean electronics with.
>
> Yep, isopropanol should work fine.  Or water with a bit of soap in it,
> once
> you've pried the keys off the keyboard.
>
>
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