Awesome Tips How to Clean Sticky Keys on Your Keyboard
Sticky keys can make typing tough. Soda and juice won’t do your keyboard any favors, so here’s how to clean up the mess.
Sticky keys can make typing tough. Soda and juice won’t do your keyboard any favors, so here’s how to clean up the mess.
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0:00 Clean up sticky spills
0:08 What to do if you spill soda on your keyboard
0:56 Clean the debris out of your keyboard
1:29 Remove keycaps to clean underneath
2:17 Clean the sticky keys
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this voice is rly similar to Tom Hanks ..wtf man …
thank you this really works on my mini mechanical keyboard
Must have used a Q-tip and 99% isopropyl alcohol thirty times by now in the last few weeks but every day or so they just are sticky again, all the same 13 keys from a soda spill awhile ago… I wipe and work around they keys vigorously for like an hour or two every time… a ducky one two mini is what I have… if anyone has any ideas I'm happy to listen.
are there tips to disassemble laptop keyboard?
OK well what if it's on my laptop
The Isopropyl alcohol is the key to removing the stickiness in the keyboard. This is what worked for me. If it is sticky, the air does not work. You have to clean the stickiness carefully with the alchohol.
Thanks for the hints. I use a vacume cleaner to clean my keyboard with a peace of cloth in front of it so I won't lose a keycap in the process.
With… tongue ? 😁😋
Wow. Fantastic advice. Never would of thought about doing any of that…
I would never let soda dry over any keyboard, I would rather pour pure water right after the accident because soda is much more corrosive than water. Then I would proceed with the process of drying it. About vacuum cleaners: apart from obviously being appropriate for liquids, you can safely use it without fear of sucking small parts if you cover the end of the tube with any fabric that is thin enough to let the air pass through and at the same time prevent small pieces to be sucked in. Thin socks are perfect.
I'm realizing so many things in my life are analogous to a problematic key cap. And that I keep trying to fix them by soaking it all in alcohol 😶
the presenter on this is actually legitimately funny
Just remove all power source and throw it in a dish washer, when it’s done let it dry for a couple days before connecting to power.
I will look for that tool. It seems very useful.
I thought you were talking about another type of stickiness on the keyboard….. Excuse me.
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I'm a stoner .. picture of the key board before removing anything is needed .. haha
Nice one, my keyboard gets sticky all the time and I don't even drink soda.
come on, people. No comments about human fluids yet? where has the comedy in this world gone to? SMH 😩🤦
Outstanding short solution to an occasional problem with sticky keys! Solutions not so good for an IBM Selectric Type II machine…alignment of metal underworld and connected points take a professional/specialist to deal with slow, aging, unused typewriter or gummy lubricant of past that acts like/stiffens over time…a complete disassembly is required to renew the action and, speed of keys hitting the mark on paper as expected!
Easy, bin it and buy a new one.
This only works if you unplugged the keyboard before any liquid reached the mainboard. The moment any liquid hits that mainboard, it’s over. Board will be fried almost instantly. If you were able to unplug the keyboard fast enough, go and buy some 99% isopropyl alcohol, soak the entire keyboard in it. This will clean any sticky residues. Dry dry dry (1% water can kill your keyboard) dry dry dry dry dry dry dry dry (best is to open up your keyboard and let it air dry for few days).
¡Great tip! thank you
How does CNET know that I spilled a whole cup of Mio water on my keyboard 2 nights ago? I didn't even search anything about this… Now my offline life is in the algorithm!? 😬… But thanks, I'll try those pointers. 👍🏽
How to clean a flat screen while having explosive diarrhea. Asking for a friend.
The humour in these videos are always welcome!
Handy thanks