As stated in the ffaq

It is possible to clean a keyboard by taking it into the shower. What
is not stated in the ffaq is that it is possible to do it with one of
them cordless type ones. I can now confirm that you can.


Batteries out first and a then five minute shower, it would have been
longer but I had had one a month or two ago and didn't really see the
need to hang around too long. I left it for two days in the airing
cupboard and it didn't work, so I took it apart to find it was made from
laminated plastic sheets inside that you can't quite completely separate
but enough that you can let it air better than when it is together. I
left these in the sun to dry for another day and have just this minute
finished reversing the disassembly process and it works.

 

ITYF that if it's an old style keyboard (as in no fancy gadgetry or
buttons) then most of the time, you should get away with washing them
in the shower with you. Not all the time though.

The problem with washing anything (including any keyboards with some
form of circuitry in them) is that the water leaves traces on the PCB's
and this can have an adverse affect on the equipment.

But as you said, there are plastic sheets in most modern keyboards that
assist in the contacts, so these need to be dried out completely before
the keyboard will work 100%.

If you need to just get out fluffy gunk from a keyboard, use a
compressed air aerosol. If you've dropped jam from your sandwich (or
lager, curry and any other liquid type stuff) in, you'll be better off
doing exactly what you've just stated.

Once you've dried the keyboard parts out, a light coating of contact
aerosol does very well in keeping the parts moving and clean. A light
coating of WD40 also can do the job. This can also be applied to the
PCB's.

If you do insist on water-only washing, add in a dash of washing up
liquid, as the washing up liquid helps the water to disperse easier. I
used to do this with photographic films.

 

Err,,,

 

Point taken. I've not had many probs in using WD40. Mind you, I've
never used it onnna keyboard. :-3

Bugger. I suppose there are big differences in films and keyboard
plastics.

 

Well, photographic film does not have to (or not) conduct electricity to
work.

Hard tap water can also contain large amounts of salt. Where I live I
would give electronic devices another rinse in a mixture of isopropanol
and de-ionised water (80-20 %) - it dries _much_ faster.

 

I wouldn't want to risk using a keyboard that had seen you in the shower.