[G4] milk spill on keyboard

[Robert Hazelrigg]

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
>
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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:
>>
>>> 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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