Interesting. The last modem I installed had a "Remove after washing" sticker
on the piezo buzzer. I have washed a few keyboards with good results. They
were however unusable as they were so I had nothing to loose by it.

TTYAL

vic

> -----Original Message-----
> The big trick was that no residual ionic solids were left on the board.
> (No water spots!)  Also, any parts that could be damaged by residual
> moisture - such as fine coils in a speaker - were supplied with a
> peelable seal which was removed after cleaning.
>

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