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My daughter spilled Coke on the keyboard and it got a chance to sit overnight. Day by day, the keys get harder and harder to press. Remember the old manual typewriters? My spacebar is morphing into fast! Any help for me? |
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"imissmom" <imissmom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CF1395E0-22C5-4653-9411-E8E3E4C39011@microsoft.com... > My daughter spilled Coke on the keyboard and it got a chance to sit > overnight. Day by day, the keys get harder and harder to press. Remember > the > old manual typewriters? My spacebar is morphing into fast! Any help for > me? Keyboards are very cheap - why not buy a new one. You can clean them if you want - the keys can be 'gently' lifted off their settings - warm water and a cotton-bud will do the cleaning. Lay the keys out after cleaning them, one at a time and in the order you take them off. Be careful of the longer keys which have very thin delicate springs underneath and can become detached from their fixings. Once you have removed all the keys you can then get at the part where all that sticky coke is. Rgds Antioch |
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If you have a wired kayboard without anything special on it - such as a display screen, then just run it through the dishwasher. I have done this before, and it works great. If there are things that don't like getting wet, like LCD screens, then take each key off and clean them. Or spend 15.00 on a new one. antioch wrote: > "imissmom" <imissmom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:CF1395E0-22C5-4653-9411-E8E3E4C39011@microsoft.com... > > My daughter spilled Coke on the keyboard and it got a chance to sit > > overnight. Day by day, the keys get harder and harder to press. Remember > > the > > old manual typewriters? My spacebar is morphing into fast! Any help for > > me? > > Keyboards are very cheap - why not buy a new one. > You can clean them if you want - the keys can be 'gently' lifted off their > settings - warm water and a cotton-bud will do the cleaning. > Lay the keys out after cleaning them, one at a time and in the order you > take them off. > Be careful of the longer keys which have very thin delicate springs > underneath and can become detached from their fixings. > Once you have removed all the keys you can then get at the part where all > that sticky coke is. > Rgds > Antioch |
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"imissmom" <imissmom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CF1395E0-22C5-4653-9411-E8E3E4C39011@microsoft.com... > My daughter spilled Coke on the keyboard and it got a chance to sit > overnight. Day by day, the keys get harder and harder to press. Remember > the > old manual typewriters? My spacebar is morphing into fast! Any help for > me? Get a new keyboard. It will only get worse. -- Rock [MVP Windows Shell/User] |
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"imissmom" <imissmom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CF1395E0-22C5-4653-9411-E8E3E4C39011@microsoft.com... > My daughter spilled Coke on the keyboard and it got a chance to sit > overnight. Day by day, the keys get harder and harder to press. Remember > the > old manual typewriters? My spacebar is morphing into fast! Any help for > me? Well... you could get a new keyboard, they aren't that expensive. Here is a link about washing your keyboard. http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1160094 |
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imissmom wrote: > My daughter spilled Coke on the keyboard and it got a chance to sit > overnight. Day by day, the keys get harder and harder to press. Remember the > old manual typewriters? My spacebar is morphing into fast! Any help for me? You can take the keys off, take the thing apart wash in soapy water and rinse. Dry everything off, then re-assemble. Make sure any connectors are dry. If you run into a problem keyboards are cheap. Dave Cohen |
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imissmom wrote: > My daughter spilled Coke on the keyboard and it got a chance to sit > overnight. Day by day, the keys get harder and harder to press. > Remember the old manual typewriters? My spacebar is morphing into > fast! Any help for me? I have no personal experience washing keyboards, but I understand from others that immersing it in a bathtub full of water works very well. Worst case, just buy a new one. They are only $10 US or so. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 19:19:28 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote: >imissmom wrote: > >> My daughter spilled Coke on the keyboard and it got a chance to sit >> overnight. Day by day, the keys get harder and harder to press. >> Remember the old manual typewriters? My spacebar is morphing into >> fast! Any help for me? > > >I have no personal experience washing keyboards, but I understand from >others that immersing it in a bathtub full of water works very well. Everyone of the wash it out crowd has forgotten to mention to make sure it is -dry- before using it again. Details are important gang. -- Ciao, Falcon |
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