Mark Lipton wrote:
> Ken Blake wrote:
>
> > I've never tried it myself, but I'm told by people I respect that
> > if such a thing happens, you should soak the keyboard in a
> > bathbub of water, then let it dry.
> >
> > It sounds weird to me too, but considering how low the price of a
> > keyboard is, and the difficulty of taking it apart, if it
> > happened to me, I'd try it.
> >
>
> That should probably work, Ken, but in times past (when keyboards
were
> considerably more expensive) remediation from coffee and soft drink
> spills (no wine in the workplace, please!) was carried out with
> supercritical CO2, otherwise known in the coffee biz as the "Swiss
water
> process." Since most households aren't equipped with supercritical
CO2
> production, soaking in water might be the most practical solution --
but
> I'd use distilled water to make sure that no salt deposits were left
in
> the keyboard and dry the thing for a week before putting any current
> through it.
>
> Mark Lipton

At one time, I knew a guy who "cleaned" his PC keyboard by taking it
into the shower with him. Then, he put it out in the sun to dry. (Sun
is mighty scarce here in the NE US right now!)

Dan-O (never tried it - not an endorsement!)