OK, Kaitlyn, I have to admit I was skeptical when you said to wash keyboards in the dishwasher, but I've been reading PC Hardware in a Nutshell and was surprised to find that it actually contains instructions for cleaning a seriously dirty keyboard in a dishwasher. They say they've been doing it for 20 years. The instructions say to... disconnect the keyboard from the computer put it keys down in the top rack of the dishwasher secure the cable with a rubber band to keep it from getting tangled in the dishwasher's moving parts set dishwasher to gentle, coolest water temperature, and air dry run through entire cycle using detergent remove keyboard and thoroughly rinse keys with water towel dry place in oven at 150 degrees or lowest temperature and finally, and I quote "Bake the keyboard until done, usually one to two hours. Let the keyboard cool, remove, and serve." OK, fellow skeptics, if you don't believe me and have to see it for yourself, then download the 3rd edition of PC Hardware in a Nutshell and take a look in the chapter on keyboards. Gerald