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On 15 Mar 1996, Mikael Borg wrote:

> > You would think so.  However, when a company I worked for had some PC boards
> > stuffed the way the assembly house cleaned the solder flux off was in a
> > dishwasher.
> 
> Who ever came up with the stupid idea of using a dishwashing machine to 
> clean a keyboard.

I don't think it's stupid.

> Just use a skrewdriver and pop the keys of the keyboard out and then your should
> me able to manually remove eny dirt.

You're a lot more likely to bust it this way than by washing it.

I spilled yogurt on a keyboard once. First I wiped up as much as I could 
with a damp rag. Of course, the yogurt had already flowed in between the 
keys. Eventually it dried and, of course, many of the keys were stuck. 
While I was able to push some of the keys down, most of them didn't come 
back up. I pried one cap off and tried to clean it out but only succeeded 
in bending the spring and contacts. I bought a new keyboard and for some 
reason set the old one aside in my closet.

Years later, I'm building a new PC. I temporarily need a 2nd keyboard. I
say, "Hey, what about that old yogurt infested one." I get it out, keys
still stuck. What have I got to lose? I take the keyboard into the shower
with me, let it dry out for 24 hours, and it works!!! Except for the one
key I pried off. I wish I had never tried that. Coulda saved myself $30.

John G. Heim                                     jgh@rufus.macc.wisc.edu

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