water damaged keyboard

**hwinn** · 01-02-10, 01:21 PM

Yeah so last night, I happened to spill a glass of water on my keyboard. I immediately unplugged it and shook it until when it appeared that most of the water had come out. After that I hung it upside down so the water leftover could drip out over nite. So, this morning I go to type and it's completely usable for most things, except gaming. A few of my keys on the left hand side of the keyboard work but are sticking (keys including w, a, s, d and ,). My question is: Is there anyway I can undo the stickiness without buying a new keyboard?

Thanks,
h.winn

**ProbeFarm** · 01-02-10, 01:22 PM

was it water or something with sugar? If its literally sticky you could pop out the keys and scrape the dried kool-aid out

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If it was just water and they don't work you're probably out of a keyboard or should let it dry longer x_x.

**~~Cyanide~~** · 01-02-10, 01:22 PM

... -_- ... There goes our ringer. *sigh*

Looks like I'm starting eCo!

**AKshun** · 01-02-10, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by hwinn

Yeah so last night, I happened to spill a glass of water on my keyboard... My question is: Is there anyway I can undo the stickiness without buying a new keyboard?

You call that sticky stuff "water"? Weird!

Anyways, most keys on a keyboard can be popped in/out of their sockets. Pop 'em out, clean 'em, then put them back in.

**!Qtip** · 01-02-10, 01:31 PM

I've done the same thing before and all i did was took my keys out and got some alcohol and a Qtip BABY!!! and cleaned that shit up! Qtip works for everything

kinda like duck tap!

**Thorsen** · 01-02-10, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by !Qtip

I've done the same thing before and all i did was took my keys out and got some alcohol and a Qtip BABY!!! and cleaned that shit up! Qtip works for everything

kinda like duck tap!

Wha...

**!Qtip** · 01-02-10, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by [SWC

Erik Thorsen ]

Originally Posted by !Qtip

I've done the same thing before and all i did was took my keys out and got some alcohol and a Qtip BABY!!! and cleaned that shit up! Qtip works for everything

kinda like duck tap!

Wha...

I got QTIP's and some alcohol, soaked the qtip in alcohol and cleaned out about where the keys were!!!

Do i need to explain in detail ?

**Buddhist** · 01-02-10, 04:39 PM

I recommend you this for your new keyboard...
http://www.unotron.com/US/index.html

**Imisnew2** · 01-02-10, 04:55 PM

some keyboards are layered... Plastic(outside casing)/Rubber(Inbetween)/Circuitry.
Usually you can just unscrew the KB and separate the parts, then wash the washable parts...

Protip- Don't wash the Circuitry.