HELP PLEASE!!!

[gymbeau]

Does anybody know how to remove honey from underneath the spacebar on my keyboard? Seems I spilled a cup of tea on my keyboard last n ight.

It's a mess! ALL SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!!!

Comments

[lovegym]

Ooo, Sam! I don't know!

I love the little space between "n" and "ight" as if we needed a demonstration of how your keyboard is sticking today! Ha! I had to laugh! Sorry! Don't mean to be laughing at your problems...

I'm really not sure what you can do. You should see the crap stuck inside my entire keyboard (thanks to my kids)! I've sort of found that no matter what gets spilled down in there, as long as the keyboard doesn't totally crater, whatever it is will eventually dry up and you'll be fine! I've applied that philosophy on many occasions all over the house. Gross, yes, but part of having kids!

[gymbeau]

Hah hah! I didn't notice "n ight" til you pointed it out! But LJ is cleaning up a lot of my space issues automatically, which is handy!Anyway, I love your advice! Thanks, Carol!

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um, no kids here! So, what excuse can I use?

[gymbeau]

so, has anybody every tried putting baby powder on their keyboard to neutralize sticky substances? Something I am seriously considering because prying the spacebar up with a nail file is getting really old ...

Please let me know if you've tried this or something thatFREAKINGWORKSFORMAKINGTHESPACEBARQUITSTICKING!!!!THANKS.

[genevievehatesu]

get a new keyboard. they are cheap.

[lovewrite]

I'm inclined to agree with Eve. New keyboards aren't expensive, and I don't see how you could possibly remove honey from under a key without ruining the keyboard. (I don't think it would take well to being immersed in warm soapy water--and then you'd have to wait a while for it to dry, even if that didn't kill it!)

That reminds me that I need to take my canned air and clean out my keyboard. It has a very icky buildup of dust. (I too could probably use a new keyboard, seeing as how the little ridge has worn off of my "J" key, and you can barely see the "N" and "M" on those keys anymore!)

[hooked_on_hamm]

Try prying it up and using alcohol to clean the honey...btw my "E" is worn off my keyboard too!