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Coffee spilled in Apple keyboard
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Our dog jumped up and spilled my wife's coffee into our iMac's keyboard. The spacebar no longer works, plus other keys stick. How can we clean it out?? Do we just need a new one?
Thanks in advance!
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Replacement most likely needed.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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I never have drinks within reach of my keyboard, always on a separate surface for just this scenario.
Keyboard cheap, iMacs and others not.
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iMac Intel Core i5, 2.5GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB 21.5" Monitor 10.8.3.
iMac 17" 2.0ghz Intel Core 2 Duo w 3gb memory (White one) 10.6.8.
Internal 500gb / 8x external HDD's 250GB - 3TB (4x Time Machine)
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stand by for a new keyboard. But, if you are resigned to buying a new one try this first.
Put the keyboard in the dishwasher with no salt or liquid and run on coolest setting. Leave keyboard in warm dry place for a couple of days.
Worst case you still need a new keyboard, but I've had several clients report their keyboards comng back to life after a good wash.
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Originally Posted by Andrew Stephens 
Put the keyboard in the dishwasher with no salt or liquid and run on coolest setting. Leave keyboard in warm dry place for a couple of days.
I used to do that to a white Apple Keyboard -plastic enclosure- without any issues, but I thought you can't do that to the newest keyboards -aluminum enclosure- since they sort of melt… isn't it so?
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Originally Posted by angelmb
I used to do that to a white Apple Keyboard -plastic enclosure- without any issues, but I thought you can't do that to the newest keyboards -aluminum enclosure- since they sort of melt… isn't it so?
The new ones should stand up to a very cool rinse, but yes the older ones are better for washing.
As I said best to bank on a new keyboard, but try this anyway.
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Thanks for the clarification Andrew.
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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Originally Posted by angelmb
I used to do that to a white Apple Keyboard -plastic enclosure- without any issues, but I thought you can't do that to the newest keyboards -aluminum enclosure- since they sort of melt… isn't it so?
So while plastic apparently survived just fine, aluminum is supposed to melt at, hmm, let's say 150F? 
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