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Offline NaturalHacks

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Spilled Coke Nightmare
« on: Sat, 10 December 2011, 08:51:40 »
I spilled a whole large glass of coke on my Cherry MX blue switch keyboard. I then immediately flipped it upside down so the coke would pour out of my board and onto my desk. After a clean up I flipped my board back over and it appears the coke that was spilled got into the caps once it was flipped, then into some of the switchs when it was flipped again. Now some of my keys feel like horrible rubber domes or even stiffer. I read a thread previously about someone who did the exact same thing, but a solution was never presented. So my question is, what do I do?

I have considered soaking it in water then letting it thoroughly dry for a day or two in the sun.

advice anyone?
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Offline dorkvader

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« Reply #1 on: Sat, 10 December 2011, 13:53:21 »
Quote from: ripster;467807
Persistance is the KEY to success in finding the wikis.  Hint:  F3 for Wiki on this page.
fixed. Get it? "KEY" haha.


Also: links for the lazy. It's like a woman's purse: no one wants to go delving into the depths of the GH wikis.
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Cherry+Corporation+Switch+Wiki ("repair")

http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=All+About+Keys ("key maintenence") (for later)
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Offline RPro

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Spilled Coke Nightmare
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 10 December 2011, 15:22:23 »
Drinking coke leads to sticky keyboards and diabetes.

DO NOT WANT
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Offline Kick

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« Reply #3 on: Sat, 10 December 2011, 15:23:50 »
I thought coke was for sniffing
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« Reply #4 on: Sat, 10 December 2011, 15:38:16 »
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tp thread is tp thread
Sometimes it's like he accidentally makes a thread instead of a google search.

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Offline dorkvader

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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 11 December 2011, 01:09:36 »
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OK, when the pull down menu is there click "Other Wiki Articles".

And them, if your desired information is not on the first page, "prepare for pain"! (quoting some bolt mod guide I read somewhere. Guess what happens if you don't sand the rivets properly?)
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Offline gilgam

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Spilled Coke Nightmare
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 11 December 2011, 04:42:17 »
maybe the keyboard doesn't work anymore ...
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Realforce 105 FR, HHKB Pro 2 black, 1 Raptor K1 Black Cherry and 1 Raptor K1 Red Cherry , Compag MX 11800  tBrown Cherry, G80-3000 Clear Cherry , G80-1000 Blue Cherry / Ghetto red, Lexmark 1992 SSK Buckling spring, Unicomp 2011 Customizer 102 Buckling spring
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Offline Gin

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Spilled Coke Nightmare
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 11 December 2011, 04:43:14 »
Poor guy is probably freaking out right now. Seems like he might have to give that keyboard a bath to get rid of the stickiness. Hopefully he won't RMA the thing..

OP: If you do soak it in water, remember to not go through any drastic means to dry it. Don't apply too much heat, it might permanently warp the keyboard. And unless you're into that wasiwasabi thingy, you might not like it.
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