Used to be you would throw them in the washer, then in the dryer, (wedged in
somhow, i used to half a lttle shlef made, or strap with bungie cords, to
dry and throw water off.  'Corse, keyboards weren't $10 then...

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Gill <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 9:01 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Keyboard in dishwasher?


> This one sounds a little crazy to me...I wanted to get a few opinions.
> This is third hand information, so I may not have all the details.
>
> My sister is a teacher. There was a ceiling leak at her school right
> above a computer. (I know the computer is a MAC but I don't have further
> information regarding age, model and so on.) Currently the keyboard is
> not functioning. Two "computer teachers" have stated they learned at a
> seminar that the keyboard should be run through a dishwasher to fix it.
> This leads me to believe that some of the keys are sticking and the
> thought is that the dishwasher cleaning will rectify this. Again, I
> don't have first hand knowledge but I assume the keyboard suffered water
> damage. It seems to me that putting a keyboard in the dishwasher is akin
> to throwing a drowning victim back in the water to revive them. If
> anyone has ever heard of this practice, can you explain it in more
> detail?
>
> Thanks for any enlightenment that list members might provide.
>
> Jim Gill
>
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