The Day My Keyboard Drowned

I chanced upon this fantastic site, while searching for How To Clean Your Keyboard.

http://www.coudal.com/keywasher.php

Go watch the video. It shows a keyboard being placed in a dishwasher. Then I realized that my keyboard had not been cleaned for almost 2 years. I ripped out all the keys...

Time to clean the keyboard.

Tossed everything into a bucket, started to wash them in soapy water.

Washed them thoroughly.

Sprayed the keyboard with water.

Left them to dry for over 48 hours.

Satisfied that the keyboard was dry enough, I plugged it into the computer.

Nothing worked. I pounded on the keys, mashed them up, but not even a single button worked. I guess my keyboard just drowned. I rushed down to Sim Lim Square to buy a black Logitech keyboard for $16.

I'll still wash my keyboard again. But ONLY the keys. I think only some keyboards are meant to be washed. So do that only if you have a spare keyboard sitting around.