I just took a quick pic n upload from my iPhone cam. Going out for dinner now. Will post the whole story later, after I come back from dinner.

I dont get it.

is tat an apple keyboard?

u going to wash it??

weird...if wash keyboard better jus wash the keys...not the whole thing rite?
rosak la wei

Uncle ianho, what did you do with the keyboard? . Wont it be short circuit later after you plug it to the pc?

i tot apple got their keyboard water prove one... is this is it ?

now got many keyboards water resistant one, so should be fine doing it.

cant wait uncle ianho update more piccies.

even with non-water resistant should be fine as long its dried....

You wont plug in the keyboard when it is wet right?

There is no keyboard that are water resistant. Its spill resistant.

Yup, thats right

so, the chronicles of drowned keyboard will begin after uncle ianho back..
hahaha..

Wont rosak. Just make sure it's completely dried before using it, or u might get some weird characters.

i saw one water-resistant keyboard b4. forgot its brand, some kinda like A4 tech gaming keyboard or something like that...
they put the keyboard complete in the aquarium then the fish starting to typing...joking2..

i think its logitech one.

yup i know. what i mean is, after you already dry it up, will it work as usual or not...?

Uncle....just to make sure.... u aren't drunk right?

he's going out for dinner rite now.. so, i think hes not drunk yet..

it will, just make-damn sure its dry b4 plugging it

Most keyboards can be dumped into water. Just dry it and it will work perfectly again.

can wash like that ar? my keyboard is very dirty ler....
all cigarette ashes:)

better disassemble everything

easier to wash & much hell quicker to dry up

now all keyboard is like that, water proof....

Haha..
There isn't a single desktop keyboard in my house that hasn't been washed at least once..its ok as long as you use mild soap and leave it to dry perfectly later (few days is best).

Wokeh, back from dinner. I'll just answer all the questions 1st. It's an Apple Keyboard which my kids have been using. It's extremely dirty n I decided it was time to give it a total overhaul. Those who asked if it will be damaged, no it doesnt get damaged. U hafta make sure to leave it to dry properly n it works perfectly after that.

I've been telling ppl about washing the keyboard this way sooooooo many times but most ppl just think I'm nuts n tokin nonsense. So this time I'm gonna take pictures n document it for every1 to see. N to prove my point, I used a pretty expensive keyboard so that ppl wont say it's just a cheap experiment with rm10 keyboard.

Uploading the pics to Photobucket right now. Will update once they're in the bucket.

phew... at last uncle's home now...

hm... wanna how uncle gonna dry it later. might follow his steps

Haih. Took ages for Photobucket to get those pics in. Must be our dearest Streamyx slowing down on weekend. Anyway, here goes.

A warning 1st. The picture coming up is extremely gross n if u havent eaten dinner or about to go out for supper, u better avoid the 1st pic. It gruesome!





Here's how gruesome a KB gets after a year of usage. Food, dust, hair, n god knows what else ends up inside. I thought of just using compressed air and a microfiber cloth to wipe it clean. Then I decided to pry off a few keys to see how bad it is. I immediately decided that the only way to get it clean was a total bath after seeing how gross it was.














Close up shot of just how gross it is.















So, off I went to the bathroom to mix up a nice soapy bath for my dirty rotten Apple.
















Taped the USB plug to the wall so it stays dry.

















SPLASHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh!















Scrubiddy scrub scrub. this is to get the surface of the keys back to brand new whiteness.















Leaving it to soak for a while. This is for dissolving all the built up grease inside. I gave it sum vigorous shaking n swishing to make sure the soap water gets into all the parts. I'll just leave it there for a while b4 rinsing it out with clean water.










That's it. It's still in the bucket of water right now. I'll go take it out, rinse it out n prepare it for drying. I'll update again after that.

wah...
sink in the the water tank,
I will try it later with my few year used RM15 keyboard,
but I have to get another keyboard as backup 1st lol...

I cant survive without a computer for one day,
if the keyboard need to dry up for few days,
sure it kills me

i think you should clean your bathroom too!
LOLZ

woah, means all those keyboard that claims to be water resistant is just some lie to attract customer?

That bathroom is not used at all so I cudn b bothered to clean it. It's where I do all the dirty stuff while modding.

uncle ianho, how you going to dry it? put it under the sun?

i guess its all about the drying part...donno gonna take how long and how to make sure everything is 100% dry

I haf plenty of keyboards so this keyboard can take it's own sweet time to dry. I'm in no hurry. I'll just leave it to dry for a week.

uncle gonna make the keyboard go sun bathing or moon bathing ?

I thought keyboard itself got some sort of grease on beneath larger key like space bar and shift keys..

Wouldn't those got washed off and result a bit stiff during typing process ...

or uncle's keyboard is different...

uncle washing his keyboard...while my housemate washing his mobo >_>

This post has been edited by noobianz: Dec 23 2007, 06:59 AM

I think some keyboards do have that, my cheap Logitech has become noticably sitffer since I washed it (no choice then, some ants started to build a colony in my keyboard, believe it or not). Gonna do something bout it soon.

Edit : Must have been half asleep when I typed that..I guess I gave the wrong idea..wat I need to fix are the stiff keys..about the ants, read below.

This post has been edited by lohwenli: Dec 23 2007, 03:21 PM

The Apple kb doesn't haf any grease. Even if the kb uses grease, it's very simple to rectify, after washing just use sum white grease on it.
I actually modded my Apple kb with sum grease on the WASD keys to make them smoother last time. Since my kids dont play FPS games, I'll just leave it alone this time.






Ya actually mobos can cleaned like that too. No problem. The extreme overclockers who do subzero cooling wash their mobos coz it's the only way to clean off the grease from the CPU socket.

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Added on December 23, 2007, 1:00 pm Show us pics of ur ant farm when u open it up.

This post has been edited by ianho: Dec 23 2007, 01:00 PM

Didn't have a digicam then (still don't, cos the ony one I had conked out), and I've cleaned out the keyboard the moment I found them..tossed them outside onto the grass then gave the keyboard a bath to get rid of the stragglers and their leftovers..

Suspected something wrong then when there was always an ant trail on my table, and always got stuff under my keyboard no matter how many times I clean it..suspected something like that but didn't expect to be right when I unscrewed open the keyboard..god..there must have been thousands in there, with all the babies too..

Now I make sure I don't let crumbs fall between the keys anymore. No more little brown ants making their home in my hardware

i cant live without my pc if the keyboard is still wet ler....
should buy another keyboard as back up before sending it for wash.
i think if using hairdryer also can as long as it is dry enough.

It's A Best Water Resistant Keybaord You Want To Show Us?

Lolzzz..

My Town Really Banjir La..
This Season...

I washed my keyboard also today after looking at this thread, but not using this method lah, the dust & hair under the keys can't easily cleanup by just directly sink in water. I disassembled the keyboard, took out all keys, then wash them, faster to dry also, I am using the newly washed keyboard to type right now.

This post has been edited by kok_hui: Dec 23 2007, 10:30 PM

All I did was swirl it like hell inside the tub of soap water n all the gruesome stuff came out like magic. I din hafta remove anything. After that I used the sponge to clean off the key surfaces to amke them pure white again. Will take pics of my "new" Apple keyboard later.

So to say that this method is applicable to all keyboards in general? Or just those that can be disassemble?

nex time hav to make water prove cpu...

I tought uncle Ianho want to make watercooled keyboard....

dont use tiner ya...
it will destroy it ok

Those keyboards with shortcuts key like music controller etc is safe to be "banjir-ed" as well?

Am tempted to dump my logitech in the water too .....

Almost all electronics can survive clean water, just need to dry them properly. Its liquids other than pure water which are a problem, especially carbonated drinks.

what i'm scared is corrosion. cause you know la.. the the circuit part is zink/tin solder. so its most likely prone to corrosion.

Ya it works on all KBs but u must do it right n not rush it. Must make absolutely sure it's 100% dry after washing.




Actually I'm thinking about making a UV coolant reservoir at the bottom of my Apple KB coz the bottom part is crystal n can see the UV coolant inside.






After drying them out completely what is there to corrode?

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Added on December 25, 2007, 1:25 pmCan 1. As long as u dry it out 100% then it shud b ok. Even handphones fall into swimming pool will survive if u pull the battry out immediately, open up the case, rinse with distilled water n let dry 100%. Most ppl panic n start making test call to c if the phone is still working n that's what kills it.

This post has been edited by ianho: Dec 25 2007, 01:25 PM

Wokeh, finally got time to take pics n upload after a hectic xmas week.



Just look at how spanking clean the KB is now. N no scrubbing involved too. All I did was dunk teh KB into the bucket n swirl it in the soap water.









This was how it looked like b4 washing.












Everything done. Keys installed back n looking nice n shiny white like new.

when can we see you doing this to your G15?

Just repaired n cleaned out my G15 the difficult way. Next year when it gets all dirty n disgusting again, I'll be sure to use this easier method.

Nice cleaning job bro.
Ive done it to my logitech KB too to remove all those cigarette ashes.

Hmm, how do you leave it to dry? Directly under the sun?

U can put under the sun or put it in a nice dry place with a lot of airflow. Ur usual place where u turn on the table fan wud b good too coz it'll make sure it dries out nicely.

If you are referring to what i did,i leave it to dry a few minutes and dry it again using hair dryer.
I dont put it under the sun,i just leave it at the bathroom.

I see. But when you put it into the soap water, won't the water get into the board?

My purpose is to let the soap water get in n do it's job. That's y it's sparkling clean now. After that, fill the tub with clean water n keep rinsing n changing the water a few times to make sure u wash out all the soap water. Then just take it out, give it a few good flings to fling out the water, then put under the sun.

Ok, I understand now. Thanks.

if wireless keybooard how???

still can do this type of cleaner r?

I wish i can wash my office's apple keyboard...dam dirty lol..

lol, like this also can open a thread. Anyway good job ianho.
My method wont be dunk in the whole keyboard. I just open the top part inlcude the key. And leave the rubber contact and those thin flims aside. This method fast to dry up. So that the water wont go indise between the fllims, if get inside will get stick, u know la soap characteristic if you dont rinse it well. And is impossilbe to rinse well.

i just followed the method that you did uncle ianho. but i still need to pull out all the keys because the stain is even tougher. I never clean this keyboard since 2002 . After i pulled out all the keys, you can imagine the worst scenario ever maybe 100x stain than your apple KB.

This post has been edited by jchou87: Dec 27 2007, 10:21 AM

U just need to make sure it's totally dry.




LOL. All Apple KB oso end up like this coz white color. Really cant tahan to c it all black. Take home n wash it, or ask boss to replace with the new alu version.




Mine was extremely dirty too. I just swirled it like mad in the soap water n then left it there to soak for few hours. That's y all teh dirt got dissolved I think coz of the few hours in the soap water.

Try put that keyboard dalam air laut. Lagi best. (can try this at laut china selatan or selat melaka)

dude. logitech classic keyboard with spill resistant can wash too?

That would be really bad, salt does no good to electronics..

Thats mine! The one which ants built a nest in and forced me to wash!!

batter buy ass tray rather than keybord

haha, ianho, done in TechARP, also make one in here too? lol!

anyone tried to throw inside washing machine?

Very nice! Will try it on my acer keyboard someday.. LoL

So any keyboard can do ? hmm interesting, might try clean my tarantula after a year two or after ianho try to clean his G15 KB

wow!! nice! i wanna wash my samsung keyboard too although only RM20, but the dust started to make the black keyboard turn white, last time i accidentally spilled my coca-cola at my keyboard

all the keyboard r spilled proof, i spilled water, coca-cola, cream soda, even ice-cream and it still works fine....

hope can done this to my mobo and gc too, but some ppl say the capacitor in mobo and gc will spoiled

U can do it for mobos n stuff. But the drying time will be even longer coz of all the tiny lil gaps in between the caps contacts. For that u really need to make sure they're really dry.

u try wash it with ur mobo first lar, and then teach us and show us the pic

haiya, unless u have a spare mobo

go ahead

just buy the damn compress air can

I am actually gonna do that n post it up for u fellas. Just dont have much time now. Year end is a very bz period for my company n I dont have much time. Will do it as soon as I have sum free time.

here dont hv compress air can sell ler....

and the dust will fly out if i blow it, i dont want to hv lung cancer and die

This post has been edited by amduser: Dec 30 2007, 03:55 PM

bhahaha

don't blow the dust in ur room la

blow outside ur house/hostel or whatever hole u live in

i don't think the dust is clever enough to identify u & tailgating u to ur room

everytime i blow those dust will go back to my direction is it becoz last time i use vacuum cleaner as blower?

wah, u using vacuum blower to blow off the dust?

of course la the dust will fly back to u

vacuum blower is nothing if compare to those compress air can

heck, those compress air can also can make ur mobo/gc capacitor tercabut one wor

I have one of the new alu keyboard at office..simply amazing..easy to maintain as well..

My keyboard sun bathed for 4 days. When i try to fire it up.. it goes a bit crazy. Some key auto repeat

Dismantled it and bring it to sun bath again ... hopefully it'll be fine

is it abit too late??

Since already KO ... might as well as give it a last try mah...

Goodbye 2007, the year that gives me nothing but headache ...... welcome 2008 .. wonder what it will bring me

bro, mind to share what type compress air can u use, and where can i buy it.Sorry for noob question .
i also use vacuum cleaner.

Aiyoooo y so impatient? U see the start date of this thread? Until now I'm still leaving my KB to dry.

my vacuum cleaner if u connect the hose to the back of it then it will act as a blower, if u connect the hose in front it will become vacuum cleaner

what type?

what u mean by what type?

compress air can also got type one ka?

as far as i know, only its size is different, dunno got different type

or u meant brand? if yes, any brand will do the job

Both impatient and forced to use the KB ...

sigh... force to used my desktop and that is the one KB i have ATM....

lesson learnt.

ya, i know got those type of blower

this compress air ca is more powah la

like i said, it can make ur mobo/gc capacitor tercabut one

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Added on December 31, 2007, 4:50 pmLOL, imagine those ppl wanna wash their mobo

hell long of time gotta wait, that's why if u got another hardware as backup, go ahead, wash it, the outcome is like

but i don't think ppl got 2 mobo at the same time

keyboard xpa la, RM15 leh beli

This post has been edited by E-J@1: Dec 31 2007, 04:51 PM

not yet wash the mobo then capacitor tercabut more cham lar....

i think mobo will dry more faster gua?? coz mobo is thin and more exposure area...