[G4] milk spill on keyboard

[Crandon David]

Dude, I think your smoking something real strong....


On Jun 3, 2005, at 7:58 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.
>
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> 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:
>>
>>
>>> 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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