[G4] milk spill on keyboard

[Steve Adams]

This is an outright lie. Working in electronics for 30+ years I have  
seen the results of Coke spills many a times.

It WILL destroy the board with it's acid contents. The destruction  
will start within minutes and the results are non-repairable. Within  
30 minutes, circuit board electrical traces will start dissolving,  
ruining your board forever.

How could sugar residue do any good??? How can it make things even  
better??? Sugar is not a conductor of electricity and it certainly is  
not a lubricant!

The acid in the coke may help clean residue off of key contacts but  
you had better clean thoroughly with alcohol for 30 minutes to be  
sure to remove ALL the coke. I would only do this only as last  
resort, must rescue attempt. I would then use the keyboard  
immediately after drying and expect to throw it away 2 days later.

Steve Adams





On Jun 3, 2005, at 10:58 PM, Robert Hazelrigg wrote:

> One other liquid you can use to clean your keyboard is Coke-Cola.  
> Believe it or not but when the Coke dries it leaves a sugar residue  
> behind which makes most keyboards work even better then new.  
> Warning your result may vary.
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 3, 2005, at 10:40 PM, R.Sigismonti wrote:
>
>
>> Just to set the record straight, the drug store isopropyl alcohol  
>> you can purchase is either 70% or 91% alcohol, the remainder being  
>> water.  It depends upon the store and what brands they stock.
>>
>> Sig
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 3, 2005, at 5:37 PM, Doug McNutt wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> At 00:40 -0700 6/1/05, Crandon David wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Alcohol can damage some components and will disolve many glues  
>>>> holding things together. I don't recommend it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ethanol and isopropanol are specifically recommended for cleaning  
>>> of printed circuit boards. Plastic electronic parts are safe by  
>>> specification with those solvents.
>>>
>>> Rubbing alcohol from the drugstore is usually over 50% water.
>>>
>>> Folks on the LowEndMac list talk about "repairing" keyboards and  
>>> whole motherboards in a dishwasher. It's pretty successful even  
>>> using soap and hot water. The internals of the key switches on a  
>>> keyboard can be a problem of access depending on the design.
>>>
>>> List-Archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com:8100/Lists/compact.macs/ 
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>>>
>>> It's bad to leave water with minerals in it to evaporate.  
>>> Distilled water for a final rinse or isopropyl alcohol, which  
>>> dissolves remaining water, from your local commercial cleaning  
>>> supplier is appropriate. Ask for "dry" or "anhydrous" alcohol.  
>>> Should be about $3 US for a gallon. No license, as for ethanol,  
>>> required.
>>>
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