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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: TopreFan333 on Sat, 13 September 2014, 14:47:38
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This is going to sound insane, but my cat actually puked on my new Keyed Up Labs KUL ES-87. Yeah, WTF. I don't understand it either. Jealousy?
Anyway, it wasn't a TON, and as soon as I got home and discovered it I wiped carefully everywhere and pulled keys around the affected area and used a damp paper towel to wipe everything up.
Long story short: my 0 and - keys are still a bit sticky. They press down and register OK but they don't pop straight back up as they should. I mean they do after a moment, but it takes a second. If I hit them a bunch of times in a row they loosen up but then they seem to get sticky again and being those particular keys, they don't get typed on that often.
Thoughts?
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OK after reading elsewhere, I moistened a cloth with a little bit of pure isopropyl alcohol and wiped the switches down and that seems to have gotten it.
Anybody want a free cat?
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I don't even know what meme to post for that.
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I'm so sorry.
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Well at least I know what her opinion of this keyboard is? She didn't have a problem with my old flat Apple keyboard. Maybe she's angry that this one is not as comfortable to sleep on.
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i dunno, maybe your cat is into data entry and saw the lack of a numpad? or maybe its like when you bring a new kid into the house and the old one gets jealous.
its a bit rude whatever the case. try not feeding it tomorrow and if it makes a fuss show him the board. he will know what he did.
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Eeewww :eek:
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You don't have to send the cat alive, do you?
I'm hungry.
(if Sifo isn't going to post those jokes here, then I will)
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I was half expecting another keyboard poop post
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This is why I hate cats. Worst. Pets. Ever. The most selfish and moody animal on the planet is a house cat. Dogs for the win! They have 10x the personality and are 1000x more loyal. Plus if they're trained properly they don't destroy your ****.
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sell cat, use funds to buy new keyboard.
i hate cats
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I sometimes watch my cat wash for ages. It's quite mesmerising. Until the spin cycle starts. Yeah, then I just end up getting dizzy.
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I sometimes watch my cat wash for ages. It's quite mesmerising. Until the spin cycle starts. Yeah, then I just end up getting dizzy.
This just got DARK.. !!
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I hate cats.
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We already know how Cherry MX Brown switches are made. (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=25632.0)
Now, this is probably the manufacturing secret surrounding long discontinued Cherry MX Yellow switches.
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I hate cats.
everything is great about cats IMHO, except the cat-pee smell..
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punch the keyboard until it works, just gotta rattle that ****
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The most selfish and moody animal on the planet is a house cat.
really need to agree this. but i love cats
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The most selfish and moody animal on the planet is a house cat.
really need to agree this. but i love cats
Cat owners seduced by their cuteness wholly accept smelling like cat pee all day, everyday..
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OK, now that people have registered their anti-cat views, back to the original point: my poor 0 and - keys are feeling a little sticky again. Everything else is fine. A drop of some kind of oil, I'm guessing? Anything recommended in particular?
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Hm, perhaps clean it again and then use some of the thin Krytox that Techkeys or Mechanicalkeyboards.com carries.
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Oh that's just nasty. I hate cats for the most part.