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Wash keyboard in dishwasher?

Posted on 03/23/2006 5:41:57 AM PST by IndyTiger

My wife was complaining about her dirty keyboard at work the other day and the IT guy suggested putting the keyboard in the dishwasher! I looked it up on the web and it actually can be done...provided you put the keyboard on the top rack, do not use soap, and take the heat dry function off. Still a little uneasy about trying this, though, and would like to find out if other freepers have done this. Thanks!


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1 posted on 03/23/2006 5:42:00 AM PST by IndyTiger
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To: IndyTiger

Ummm... why not just buy a new keyboard. They are cheap.


2 posted on 03/23/2006 5:43:06 AM PST by rhombus
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To: IndyTiger

You're kidding, right?

Seriously- don't.

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3 posted on 03/23/2006 5:43:07 AM PST by Dawsonville_Doc
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To: IndyTiger

Don't try this with your laptop.


4 posted on 03/23/2006 5:43:32 AM PST by umgud
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Did it once at work. Worked, but we had a drying oven set for 125°F and let it thoroughly dry for a day...............


5 posted on 03/23/2006 5:44:10 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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Won't it kill my sprouts?

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6 posted on 03/23/2006 5:44:25 AM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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If it is so bad that you would try this, why not? The dishwasher should be done by the time you get back from the store with a new one.


7 posted on 03/23/2006 5:44:35 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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National Semiconductor Corp's analog design guru Bob Pease suggests this for circuit boards and some other electronics. The boards can definitely survive, they make it through photoresist and etch without problem. But all the keys might trap water, so I'd want to turn the thing over several times to make sure it's really dry.


8 posted on 03/23/2006 5:45:03 AM PST by coloradan (Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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BTW, we had spilled an entire cup of hot chocolate in the keyboard............


9 posted on 03/23/2006 5:45:24 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: IndyTiger

I did see washable keyboards in the latest Cyberguys catalog.


10 posted on 03/23/2006 5:45:30 AM PST by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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You can use the top rack of the dishwasher to cook salmon, too.


11 posted on 03/23/2006 5:45:40 AM PST by linda_22003
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To: IndyTiger

Throw it away and buy a new one - they start at $10.


12 posted on 03/23/2006 5:46:02 AM PST by nina0113
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I've done it - no harm whatsoever. Don't let it go through the dry cycle. Air dry it.


13 posted on 03/23/2006 5:46:19 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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From Kim Komando:

Cleaning your keyboard

14 posted on 03/23/2006 5:46:42 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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My keyboard at work gets pretty gross after a while (gotta stop eating lunch at my desk). What I have done is actually pop the keys off the keyboard, and then shake out all the dust and crumbs and then wipe it clean. It helps if you layout the keys on a table in the way they are arranged on the keyboard so putting them back isn't a guessing game. Use a couple of water-dampened Q-Tips to get some of the heavier grime out. A cloth with a cleaner to clean the keys as you pop them back on should do the trick. Some of the larger keys (spacebar, shift) have a little metal bar that needs to be clipped in, but with a little patience, you should be able to do it no problem.


15 posted on 03/23/2006 5:47:45 AM PST by reegs
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Yes....it works on laptop computers too, just make certain the top is open and on the top rack.......really...trust me...


16 posted on 03/23/2006 5:48:21 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: coloradan

Several decades ago I had a telephone get soaked in a basement flood of murky water. Phone wasn't working due to mud shorting out the innards, so I opened it up, flushed it out with a garden hose, and baked it dry at 140 degrees F. Phone worked great. This was one of the old phones with dial and mechanical bell.


17 posted on 03/23/2006 5:48:56 AM PST by The Red Zone
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To: IndyTiger

Sure!

It works with Cell phones and TV remotes as well. The dishwasher will clean anything you put in it.


18 posted on 03/23/2006 5:49:05 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (Not today.)
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Doe some reason this reminds me of a story a friend once told me about his dad.

His dad had an encounter with some poison ivy, with the usual results. Some of his fraternity brothers convinced him that it was possible to become completely immune to poison ivy by picking a few leaves, putting them between two slices of white bread, and eating them.

He was in the hospital for a long time...


19 posted on 03/23/2006 5:49:16 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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Yep, with newer keyboards you can wash them in the dishwasher - top rack, no soap, no heat cycle as they're 'supposedly' waterproof.

That being said, some only cost $4.99, like the one I'm using now, most are $9.99 so why bother???

I'd also have a backup keyboard ready just in case :-)

20 posted on 03/23/2006 5:49:30 AM PST by Condor51 (Better to fight for something than live for nothing - Gen. George S. Patton)
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