Ahem, I'm not a gentleman. There are, believe it or not, girls on the
internet! :P
But back to the main topic, I've heard that denatured rubbing alcohol is
especially good to clean electronics with.
That's all I have to say about this issue, can't think of anything else.

On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 14:58 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion, gentlemen.
> 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?
> 
> On Wednesday 04 July 2007 2:47 pm, Cat Chapman wrote:
> > Last year I spilled ramen soup on my laptop. Keyboard started screwing
> > up, but letting it dry out for ~1 week did the trick. Works fine, this
> > email is proof.
> > That's what I'd do if I were you. Let it dry for a week or so and see
> > how things turn out.
> >
> > On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 17:44 -0400, Matt Graham wrote:
> > > Michael Havens:
> > > > I have a keyboard that has a touchpad built into it. I spilled some
> > > > water
> > >
> > > onto
> > >
> > > > the touch pad and it no longer works. Any suggestions?
> > > > It appears the water got onto the circuit board.
> > >
> > > If the keyboard was powered on while this happened, you may be PWN3D.  I
> > > did this
> > > a few years ago (orange juice, not water) on a keyboard without a
> > > touchpad. The
> > > cure was to soak the keyboard in distilled water overnight, then take all
> > > the keycaps off and let it dry for 2 days.  It's worked fine ever since.
> > >
> > > > {the keyboard is currently being used to move the mouse}
> > >
> > > Shift+NumLock, not the greatest thing ever, but it will serve.  This is
> > > one reason
> > > why I have a spare PS/2 mouse or 2 floating around at all times.
> > >
> > > > I turned it over and set it outside for about a half hour.
> > >
> > > Might not be long enough (though with heat and low humidity, it should've
> > > been.)
> > >
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