[G4] milk spill on keyboard

[R.Sigismonti]

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.
>
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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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