[bksvol-discuss] Re: Washing computer keyboards
- From: "Katie Star" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:17:52 -0700
HI Cindy,
That is correct. I have done it without soap and the keyboard was fine. I
did have one I did that way and still had problems but I think it was well
beyond its general life cycle.
Katie Hill
Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but in opposition to
what we know of Nature.
-St. Augustine
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 10:57 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Washing computer keyboards
I can't find where I saved the instructions. My
recollection is that that you put the keyboard upside
down on the top rack of the dishwasherand run the
machine through the cycle. Gerald added that you wrap
the cord around the keyboard and fasten it with rubber
bands so it won't hang down or get caught on anything.
I think Gerald said to use soap but Kellie or whoever
didn't, and I don't think we did. My husband was
extremely skeptical, but since he couldn't use the
keyboard anyway, and I had great faith in Gerald and
Kellie, or whoever, we tried it and it worked.
Stop the wasing machine before the dry cyle. Turn the
keyboard upside down and let dry on paper towels for a
couple or a few days--or one set of instructions I
found online said to dry it at a very low temperature
in the oven for two days, but we did the airdry
method.
I don't know if you could soak it in hot water in the
sink, but I don't see why not. Gerald? What's your
advice?
I just googled, and basically the above is the correct
procedure. Some people added soap, but it wasn't
necessary. One person went to far as to take the caps
off the keys afterward, but that isn't necessar
either.
Cindy
--- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Cindy,
>
> Surely you jest! I was going to post some dubious
> humor about having a
> sinkful of dirty dishes and another sinkful worth of
> pots and pans on the
> side and wishing I could toss the keyboard in with
> the lot. Then I read your
> message. I thought liquid in any form was murder to
> anything electronic.
>
> It rattles, but I've never spilled a drop on this
> keyboard. It isn't tacky
> or crummy. But, after reading Katie's advice, I ran
> my finger from right to
> left, horizontally, between the rows of keys and did
> delve out a mini clod
> of dust.
>
> So, no dousing until I get further instructions.
> And, I have a dish washer
> but haven't used it in decades. I like washing
> dishes by hand but love
> kitchen gadgets etc. My dishwasher is full of pot
> lids of every imaginable
> size. So, I'll need my instructions for washing my
> grubby keyboard in the
> sink, or did you say the washing machine worked just
> as well?
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 11:32 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT opinions is the
> keyboard or keyboarder?
>
>
> > Actually, you can wash a keyboard in the
> dishwasher.
> > Both Gerald and someone else--Katie? Kellie, gave
> us
> > directions once. My husband, doubtfully, followed
> them
> > with a keyboard on which he'd spilled coke and it
> > worked just fine.
> >
> > I know I saved them. I'll look.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > --- Katie Star <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> HI Lissi,
> >>
> >> Yes, I have seen keyboards get dirty or just
> start
> >> to give out after a
> >> number of years. Using a keyboard every day for a
> >> few years or more can take
> >> its toll. Disconnecting it from the computer and
> >> vacuuming it out and wiping
> >> it down good can sometimes help. As careful as
> one
> >> might be stuff can get
> >> down between the keys.
> >>
> >>
> >> Katie Hill
> >> No one is given a dream without also being given
> the
> >> power to make it come
> >> true.
> >> Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >> Behalf Of Estelnalissi
> >> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 7:48 PM
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT opinions is the
> >> keyboard or keyboarder?
> >>
> >> Dear Volunteer Friends,
> >>
> >> This question isn't one of my important, urgent
> >> ones. I don't need to have
> >> an answer to continue working on a book.
> >>
> >> It's to do with my typing. Most of the errors the
> >> spellchecker points out to
> >> me before I post an e mail or save a document are
> >> words where I've
> >> incorrectly typed a letter twice. Here are some
> >> examples.
> >>
> >> boook b-o-o-o-k instead of book
> >>
> >> playy p-l-a-y-y instead of play
> >>
> >> sttorm s-t-t-o-r-m instead of storm
> >>
> >> starss s-t-a-r-s-s instead of stars
> >>
> >> iit. i-i-t instead of it
> >>
> >> I used not to make these kinds of errors.
> >>
> >> So, is it me, or my keyboard? Is my typing
> getting
> >> funky or, since this is
> >> the only keyboard I've ever used, can I blame it
> for
> >> getting funky? The keys
> >> definitely rattle more than they used to. The
> noise
> >> is sometimes tiresome.
> >> Has anyone here ever worn out a keyboard? Have
> you
> >> noticed anything it does
> >> to show it's wearing out?
> >>
> >> Really wondering.
> >>
> >> Is this question something like, "What came
> first,
> >> the chicken or the egg?"
> >>
> >> Always with love,
> >>
> >> Lissi
> >>
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