For the first time in my entire life yesterday, I accidentally spilled some latte in my ergonomic keyboard.
The keys are starting to stick a bit now, and I was just wondering if there was some way to get those keys unstuck short of buying a new keyboard.
Update
Last week I accidentally choked on some ironically named "Berry Blast Naked Juice" and spewed it all over my Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 keyboard at work. This time I had to clean the entire keyboard.
Ah, after watching a video from Russia on YouTube on how to clean the keyboard I tried nearly the same thing on my keyboard. I just took the keys off, and washed them in the sink.
The keyboard still works, but I had to wait an entire week for the thing to dry out enough for use. Although the keys looked dry to me when I initially reinstalled them in the keyboard, my belief is that there was still some water drops lodged in the dark/hollow cylinders that extend up into the key. These water droplets are probably what caused all of the extra j's I would get when pressing the backspace key when I first tried it out a week ago. After a week of letting it dry out, it seems to work again.
A small note about reinstalling the spacebar
Also one more tip I would like to add, if you are re-installing the spacebar make sure that the connected side of the wire is attached to the actual spacebar key (it snaps right into place); Also, the disconnected part of the grey wire that lies bellow the space bar should fit between the two planks that jettison away from the back and forward keys/caplocks indicator lights.
Connect this end to the Spacebar Key
------------------------------------
| | <- grey wire from bellow the spacebar.
| |
--- ---
| | | | | <- planks
\ /
caplocks lights
Best Answer
Somewhat controversially, Throw it in a dishwasher!
Pro + Howto: Scott Mochella
Against: NPR
Anecdotally: Worked great for me, but make sure you let it sit for a day or two to let it dry completely. Water doesn't hurt electronics, water hurts electronics that have power to them.
Otherwise, yes, pop the keys off and wash/clean those. It's a long process, but it does tend to work well.