Spilt coke on apple keyboard

Inazuma · 5 May 2011 at 14:08

Hi everyone,
As title says, I've spilt coke on my apple keyboard and now some of the keys are sticky and have lost their tactility. Is it a good idea or not to soak it in soapy water?

artaxerxes · 5 May 2011 at 16:25

You can use de-ionised water - or distilled water - and soak it.
Soapy water is just as bad as coke.. pure water please!

Then dry for a week or two - packed in with rice or other dessicant.

Do not try http://www.brunerd.com/blog/2009/08/25/apple-keyboard-a1243-disassembly/

=)

rippling · 5 May 2011 at 16:58

you could soak it in wd40? will dissolve the cola suger and do no harm at all to the keyboard might it might smell of wd40 for a week or 2 , not an unpleasent smell though

Deleted member 651465 · 5 May 2011 at 17:16

I always put mine in the dishwasher. Just take out batteries (or power sources) and leave to dry thoroughly.

Rameses · 5 May 2011 at 17:28

Dishwasher?

Even the aluminium keyboard(s) ?

Inazuma · 5 May 2011 at 18:01

Should have mentioned that mine is a wired aluminium keyboard - I believe from last generation macs?

Also, I need something thatll work quickly and not cost me anything.

So deionsed water, no. WD4- no. I have no dishwasher (and that seems like a bad idea anyway).

rippling · 5 May 2011 at 18:05

m8 wd40 end of ......... will polish alu up nice to

niallroe · 6 May 2011 at 10:07

This one time my mate at uni purposefully spilled an ice cream float all over my apple keyboard as an April Fools joke. Half the keys didn't work and it was a real sticky situation. We ended up cleaning the mess with window cleaner by spraying and scrubbing it (because its good at cleaning stuff and its all we had in) but the keys were still broken and the keyboard smelled funky afterwards. We took our keyboard to an iStore but the employees there accused us of damaging the product on purpose so we had this massive argument which I lost.

Deku · 6 May 2011 at 10:52

niallroe said:
This one time my mate at uni purposefully spilled an ice cream float all over my apple keyboard as an April Fools joke.

I don't think my friend would have lived to tell the tale if he did that to mine

Brian8bit · 6 May 2011 at 11:05

I don't think he has a friend and he's just trolling.

Nash · 7 May 2011 at 20:37

He has no friends.

godinman · 10 May 2011 at 08:07

Just put your face really close to the keyboard and inhale sharply through your nose all over it, how much did you spill? A gram, 2? You might need to leave it a bit between 'cleansing'.

And · 10 May 2011 at 09:38

Depending which Mac keyboard it is and (you having the right tools since Apple like hex head screws) you can take it apart and clean it up with water as necessary. Dry it off with a cloth then use a hairdryer to get rid of any remaining moisture, should be good to go once it's put back together.

Done it myself (older white-keyed G5 keyboard) and it didn't take more than an hour.

Spilt coke on apple keyboard

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