Spilled Beer On My Keyboard

I spilled 1/3 if my beer on to the top part of my G110 Logitech Keyboard

At first it worked fine, than my '2' key kept pressing the shift key with it, and then later my whole keyboard didn't work


After 6 hours, they keyboard works but now different keys (like when I press 'L', the it comes out as 'lm'. But the 2 works fine now.


Do I just need to wait it out? I love this keyboard I really don't want to replace it

You have most likely ruined it. If you can take it apart try cleaning it. You said the "2" key correct? shift and 2 are no where near close to each other. Or did you mean the "z" key?

johnb35 said:

You have most likely ruined it. If you can take it apart try cleaning it. You said the "2" key correct? shift and 2 are no where near close to each other. Or did you mean the "z" key?

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the 2 Key and the Shift Key, yeah.

that happened first, but now it works fine.


its just a couple of other keys now, when L is pressed M is also pressed (vice versa) and N & W, NumLock And S, . & /



but before nothing was working, I'm just clinging on to hope that if it dries more it will be ok

With the keys not being next to one another I'm assuming it has dripped down onto the circuit board or similar. You may have to take it apart and clean it.

johnb35 said:

With the keys not being next to one another I'm assuming it has dripped down onto the circuit board or similar. You may have to take it apart and clean it.

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What would I clean it with? And I actually clean the circuit boards? With water??

isopropyl alcohol

Hahhah, ive spilt litres of beer in my G15. As john said, just wash it out with isoproply alcohol and hang it keys facing down for some time.

Okedokey said:

Hahhah, ive spilt litres of beer in my G15. As john said, just wash it out with isoproply alcohol and hang it keys facing down for some time.

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hmm do you guys know a good youtube video? or webpage that has step by step.

i looked at some but its a bit different from the G110, if theres videos u guys know of that handles similar type of keyboards that would be great.

or just a quick 1,2,3, step summary of what i should do.


i opened it up, but I'm really nervous about taking it apart and messing it up even more, because the the my keyboard was a bit different from the one on youtube, (no rubbery stuff)


i got to the point where it has those layers, but i just screwed it back in because i didnt know what i was doing, LOL.


i put it out in the sun, still same problem, except now, when i press space a time stamp comes up (anywhere i am capable of inputing text)

I wouldnt even open it up. Just drown it in the IPA, work the swithces, and let it dry.

Okedokey said:

I wouldnt even open it up. Just drown it in the IPA, work the swithces, and let it dry.

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like just put it in a tub full of IPA? or just pour all over it.




lol, is this for real though? seems like drowning it in alcohol doesnt seem too conventional

LooN3y said:

like just put it in a tub full of IPA? or just pour all over it.




lol, is this for real though? seems like drowning it in alcohol doesnt seem too conventional

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oh yeah and what do you mean work the switches?

Just spray/pour liberal amounts on and in the keyboard. It evaporates pretty quickly. Work the keys means press them over and over again, to work the alcohol and get rid of the crap.

Make sure it's not plugged in when you do that. Figured it would be obvious but you never know.

Distilled water is another viable option to clean out the keyboard, will take longer to evaporate/dry than isopropanol will, though it's usually a fair bit cheaper (although neither are expensive). Also eliminates the risks of isopropanol attacking some polymers.

bomberboysk said:

Distilled water is another viable option to clean out the keyboard, will take longer to evaporate/dry than isopropanol will, though it's usually a fair bit cheaper (although neither are expensive). Also eliminates the risks of isopropanol attacking some polymers.

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Rust?

Okedokey said:

Rust?

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The majority of the IPA you find at the store is going to be anywhere from 9-30% water regardless, and there's almost no ferrous material inside of a membrane keyboard (aside from the guides typically used on Shift/Return/Space/Caps Lock/Tab keys). The oxidation process of Iron occurs at a very low rate unless it's in the presence of an electrolyte such as salt...and you're not really providing much of an electrolyte aside from any residue left on the keyboard; which after rinsing/dilution with even just a liter of Distilled/DI water will result in an extremely negligible concentration. Far more likely for IPA to attack the various polymers a keyboard is constructed from than for a rinse in distilled water to cause the very few components made of ferrous material to rust. The vast majority of the water will have evaporated within the course of an hour or two anyhow...concerns of oxidation are really only founded under prolonged periods of time in a high humidity environment...not a single rinse.

bomberboysk said:

The majority of the IPA you find at the store is going to be anywhere from 9-30% water regardless, and there's almost no ferrous material inside of a membrane keyboard (aside from the guides typically used on Shift/Return/Space/Caps Lock/Tab keys). The oxidation process of Iron occurs at a very low rate unless it's in the presence of an electrolyte such as salt...and you're not really providing much of an electrolyte aside from any residue left on the keyboard; which after rinsing/dilution with even just a liter of Distilled/DI water will result in an extremely negligible concentration. Far more likely for IPA to attack the various polymers a keyboard is constructed from than for a rinse in distilled water to cause the very few components made of ferrous material to rust. The vast majority of the water will have evaporated within the course of an hour or two anyhow...concerns of oxidation are really only founded under prolonged periods of time in a high humidity environment...not a single rinse.

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Firstly you're not correct about the oxidation of iron, as it will oxidise readily with water. Yes, it will happen faster at lower ph and with electrolytes, but it will happen readily with water.

You're also incorrect about IPA and plastics. In fact most commercial keyboard and screen cleaners are IPA. For many plastics such as nylon, polyester, ABS, and especially solvent- sensitive polycarbonate (Lexan), isopropyl alcohol is recommended for cleaning purposes. In fact, because of polycarbonate's high solvent sensitivity, the only universally recommended cleaning solvent for this plastic is isopropyl alcohol. The only real exception is vinyl.

Id rather take the very limited possibility that any of the plasticisers diminish rather than putting water on my electronics any day as PET, HDPE, PVC, LDPE, PP,PS and PC are have very low solubility in isopropanol and even their plasticisers require prolonged exposure.

Essentially my point is, water (even dionised) will rust metal parts, whereas IPA is very very unlikely to affect plastics.