giovin@ecs.umass.edu (04/23/91)
Has anyone ever tried to "clean" their IIGS or Mac keyboard? I spilled some orange juice on mine and now 4-5 of the keys stick. I think using alcohol must be pretty safe but don't really know how I can get under some of the keys without just pouring the alcohol all over it. Rocky
whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song) (04/29/91)
| Has anyone ever tried to "clean" their IIGS or Mac keyboard? I |spilled some orange juice on mine and now 4-5 of the keys stick. I think |using alcohol must be pretty safe but don't really know how I can |get under some of the keys without just pouring the alcohol all over it. | |Rocky Try running the keyboard under hot-tap water... bath, maybe... for about 10 mintues and let dry for several hours. Or you could use a blow dryer for about 30 minutes. I've done this, with several electronic boards, that got stuff spilt on them... ice cream, soda. INET: whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com UUCP: crash!gnh-starport!whitewolf ARPA: crash!gnh-starport!whitewolf@nosc.mil
SM3401A@ACAD.DRAKE.EDU (THE MAD ORCHESTRATOR) (04/29/91)
If you really have to get UNDER the keys, then soaking it (without totally taking it apart) is about the only way to do it. However, if you have to get IN-BETWEEN the keys, take your alcohol (or whatever you're gonna use) and get some Q-tips and go at it. Soak the Q-tip in the solution and swab away. Let it dry and see if that helps any. --- Scott McChesney --- SM3401A@DRAKE
plucky.duck@pro-midnightex.cts.com (Terry Guelfo) (05/04/91)
In-Reply-To: message from whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com |Try running the keyboard under hot-tap water... bath, maybe... for about |10 minutes and let dry for several hours. You ARE kidding, right? Won't this ruin it? I thought you weren't supposed to get electronic things wet? ______________________________________________________________________________ PLine: plucky.duck@pro-midnightex |"What a torture! What a delicious INET: plucky.duck@pro-midnightex.cts.com| torture, Bateman! Greater than Poe. UUCP: crash!pro-midnightex!plucky.duck | Poe only conceived it; I have done ARPA: UUCP + @nosc.mil | it, Bateman! Poe, you are avenged! |--Dr. Richard Vollin, The Raven/1935 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) (05/08/91)
In article <9034@crash.cts.com> plucky.duck@pro-midnightex.cts.com (Terry Guelfo) writes: >In-Reply-To: message from whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com > >|Try running the keyboard under hot-tap water... bath, maybe... for about >|10 minutes and let dry for several hours. > >You ARE kidding, right? Won't this ruin it? I thought you weren't >supposed to get electronic things wet? This was discussed extensively on the net a couple of months ago. The consensus (as I interpret it) was that tap water is the way to go. Personally I would strongly prefer a final rinse in distilled water. Apparently there is nothing on the board that will be physically harmed by water. Of course, if it's still even a little damp when you put current through it, that's another story entirely. Be sure to dry it very thoroughly. I'd suggest a blow dryer set to cool or to very slightly warm (NOT hot!), then letting it air-dry for another 24 hours. -- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com) I don't speak for my employer. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | When I was young, my family bought a color TV. Our neigbors, who | | were poorer, had only a black-and-white set. They bought a piece of | | cellophane, red on top, yellow in the middle, and blue on the bottom, | | and taped it over their screen, so they could claim that they had a | | color TV, too. | | Now there's Windows 3.0. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------
whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song) (05/08/91)
||Try running the keyboard under hot-tap water... bath, maybe... for about ||10 minutes and let dry for several hours. | |You ARE kidding, right? Won't this ruin it? I thought you weren't |supposed to get electronic things wet? Of course, not... on the other hand you put it in the water while the connected to the GS and the power is on that's a different story... then you'd have a problem. INET: whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com UUCP: crash!gnh-starport!whitewolf ARPA: crash!gnh-starport!whitewolf@nosc.mil
keith@pro-merlin.cts.com (System Administrator) (05/09/91)
In-Reply-To: message from whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com Watch out what kind of acolhol that is used. Regualar grade that is available thru drug stores is not recommended for cleaning components. Technical or Hospital grades are. They don't leave a white residue on the board after it dries up. Even better, use some tape head cleaner. This is a spray on alcohol based solution and a cotton applicator. -- Keith Foster Pro-Merlin Internet: Keith@Pro-Merlin Post Office Box 161 Uncasville, Ct 06382-0161 Thames River Apple User Group. (203) 848-1151 Connecticut. 300/1200/2400 baud.