[G4] milk spill on keyboard

[Robert Hazelrigg]

it was a joke

On Jun 4, 2005, at 1:26 AM, Steve Adams wrote:

> 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
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> 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:
>>
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>>> 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
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>>>
>>> On Jun 3, 2005, at 5:37 PM, Doug McNutt wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>> At 00:40 -0700 6/1/05, Crandon David wrote:
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>>>>> 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/ 
>>>> List.html>
>>>>
>>>> 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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