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 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. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >