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Route44
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Well then go ahead and get back to us with the results.
Relic
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The way I clean my keyboard and most electronics is take them apart and use compressed air, small hand-held vacuum cleaner and Q-tips. I will wash off plastic pieces that I take apart but never anything else. Most of my stuff is just full of dust and dirt since I live in the desert. Hope that helps 
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hellokitty[hk]
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Well...technically yeah water will do nothing as long as you make sure it doesn't leave residue and is completely problem.
My friend has a waterproof keyboard, he washes it heh.
My friend has a waterproof keyboard, he washes it heh.
red1776
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don't do that Punk!
you might get lucky, but among other things, water can get into tight spots and take weeks or months to dry. and water,soap, and other contaminants cause separation of the materials used to manufacture it. it can also cause conductive and non conductive layers to separate.
red1776
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your gonna do it huh?
, nowadays they are merely pressure fit. should just pop out and press back in.
hellokitty[hk]
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They should be. One time I removed my enter key, and it took me like 30 minutes + removing all surrounding keys :/. I think i'm just stupid.
I'd rather not throw it in the washer, a light rinse with water at most is what I would do. Plus if you're like me and you eat/live in front of your computer, its the keys that are sticky.
I'd rather not throw it in the washer, a light rinse with water at most is what I would do. Plus if you're like me and you eat/live in front of your computer, its the keys that are sticky
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red1776
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They should be. One time I removed my enter key, and it took me like 30 minutes + removing all surrounding keys :/. I think i'm just stupid.
I'd rather not throw it in the washer, a light rinse with water at most is what I would do. Plus if you're like me and you eat/live in front of your computer, its the keys that are sticky
Thats a bit harsh
. sometimes the larger keys with more than one contact point require you to remove the surrounding keys because you have to start at a different angle when you push them back in.sometimes it used to work fine for me (washing and drying keyboards) but, as others said, it's best if you could dismantle the entire keyboard and dry them completely. cause i used to wash keyboard about twice a year until i upgraded to a wireless keyboard.
most of the keyboards, i suppose, have their keycaps secured into the plastic chassis. when you open up your keyboard, none of them will comes off, unless you 'unhook' them. take caution when dealing with transparent 'plastic' and the keyboard components (with LEDs).
example: http://www.sunstormlabs.net/blog/2008/05/23/how-to-dismantle-a-logitech-g15-keyboard/
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