[G4] milk spill on keyboard

[Crandon David]

Ahh...your concentrations are correct, however the remainder isn't 
always all water. Sometimes fragrance as well.

David


On Jun 3, 2005, at 7:40 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:
>
>> 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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