From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 7/27/23 10:34 PM, whit3rd wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 6:45:34 PM UTC-7, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >> 1. If you spill coffee into one while it's powered and it stops working    
   >> forever, is there any hope of repair?    
   >    
   > Sure; I've given whole keyboards a soak in deionized water ,with a little   
   > alcohol and/or a drop or three of PhotoFlo or similar wetting agent.  It   
   worked.   
   >    
   > A day or so, with some agitation and pressing of keys, then remove, let   
   drain, and   
   > air-dry for a week before you try it.   
   >    
   > Pull keycaps off, and remove casing and cords if possible, first.   
   >    
   > On buckling-key keyboards this is all OK; on membrane keyboards, though,   
   > the water wicks into the sandwich layers and never comes out.   
   >    
   We poured distilled water through it and let it dry overnight (SoCal,    
   we're having a heat wave here).  One worked.  One partially worked, so    
   I'm going to be less gentle with that one and let it dry longer.  Yeah,    
   we have half a dozen waiting for revivification.   
      
   The differences are interesting.  On one the top just goes on easily.    
   On another you have to fit the bottom (closest to the spacebar) part in    
   first and remove some of the keytops and even then there's some magical    
   thing that we're missing.   
      
   And how many nutdriver sets have a thinwall 5.5mm or 7/32?  FEH!   
      
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   Cheers, Bev   
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