Re - New Imac keyboard

2007-11-14 Thread Paul Weaver
Distilled water is a suitable medium for washing contaminated items - in the olden days there were some celebrated demonstrations of TVs working while fully immersed in tanks of distilled water. The problem with a keyboard is drying it out. But if the keypad is a sealed one-piece membrane you ma

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread Robert Howells
STOP THERE : WD40 is good for getting rid of moisture , BUT with it's oil content it's not so good for electrical contacts. But the idea is well founded ... just use a different product . The one I know about is ULS Electrolube : quote " A fast drying cleaning solvent for use on electronic

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread Rob Davies
Sorry for your misfortune, but actual design of keyboard could be saviour? As it looks and feels if there is not much chance of liquid penetrating surface too much as with powerbook keyboards. Try a good burst of WD40 or some other lubricant of similar purchase, then blast it with air hose

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread John Winters
Phone +61 8 9244 4564 Fax      +61 8 9446 7709 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Paul Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:45:04 +1100 > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: New Imac keyboard > > As a last resort you could always try putting it in the dishw

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread Paul Doyle
As a last resort you could always try putting it in the dishwasher. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11029793 That is a last resort and I don't intend this to sound like a recommendation in any way. Hope the you are all coping well with the heat. Paul Doyle ( Who should

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread samantha whitely
That sounds like a very good idea actually, i am getting a little infuriated that we can get all these lovely things, and yet to look after them properly you need to buy so many after market products, for my husbands MacBook we have the plastic case, screen cover, keyboard cover (maybe I sh

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread Wendy S. Austin
Very sorry about this Sam, best of luck!Not that this information will help you but, Thomas has just flown the Airbus A380 simulator in Toulouse and the keyboard which is mounted on the fold away table which is stored on the instrument panel in front of the pilots is waterproof because,

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread Reg Whitely
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of samantha whitely Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2007 7:14 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: New Imac keyboard Hello all, I have a new I mac keyboard that I have spilt a cola based drink on. I mopped it up as best I could straight away, but am unsure if I am able to take it

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-12 Thread samantha whitely
parts when I finally get around to replacing it. Adam. -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of samantha whitely Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2007 7:14 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: New Imac keyboard Hello all, I have a new I mac keyboard

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-12 Thread samantha whitely
more than me about keyboards asap. Oh Sam, This is not your new iMac Keyboard but it does show you step by step how to clean an Apple Keyboard. <http://theminiblog.co.uk/archives/2006/11/16/how-to-cleaning-the- apple-keyboard/> Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group M

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-12 Thread Ronda Brown
cola + sugar + lovely new keyboard won't be a good combination. If anyone has any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated, or else its off to someone who knows an awful lot more than me about keyboards asap. Oh Sam, This is not your new iMac Keyboard but it does show you step by

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-12 Thread Adam hewitt
> Subject: New Imac keyboard > > Hello all, > > I have a new I mac keyboard that I have spilt a cola based drink on. > I mopped it up as best I could straight away, but am unsure if I am > able to take it apart and clean it as the keys are now sticky , and I > am thinking

New Imac keyboard

2007-11-12 Thread samantha whitely
Hello all, I have a new I mac keyboard that I have spilt a cola based drink on. I mopped it up as best I could straight away, but am unsure if I am able to take it apart and clean it as the keys are now sticky , and I am thinking that cola + sugar + lovely new keyboard won't be a good com