Pro Tip:

Keeping your desk covered with obsolete paperwork can be an effective
first line of defense against beverage spills.

(A thorough mix of obsolete and important paperwork -- not so much.)

Confirmed by experiment.

Also, the "sticky keys" keyoard setting has no effect on coke stains.

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On 1/29/2016 6:36 PM, clipka wrote:
> Pro Tip:
>
> Keeping your desk covered with obsolete paperwork can be an effective
> first line of defense against beverage spills.
>
> (A thorough mix of obsolete and important paperwork -- not so much.)
>
> Confirmed by experiment.
>
> Also, the "sticky keys" keyoard setting has no effect on coke stains.
>

I coughed and spit some water on my monitor once. There's still a dark 
splotch near the bottom where the pixels are dead.


Mike

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Le 2016-01-29 18:36, clipka a écrit :
> Pro Tip:
>
> Keeping your desk covered with obsolete paperwork can be an effective
> first line of defense against beverage spills.
>
> (A thorough mix of obsolete and important paperwork -- not so much.)
>
> Confirmed by experiment.
>
> Also, the "sticky keys" keyoard setting has no effect on coke stains.
>

I heard that - although never tried - most keyboards can go in the 
dishwasher (without soap), upside down on the top rack.  You just have 
to make sure they dry completely before reconnecting them.

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Am 30.01.2016 um 02:14 schrieb Francois Labreque:
> Le 2016-01-29 18:36, clipka a écrit :
>> Pro Tip:
>>
>> Keeping your desk covered with obsolete paperwork can be an effective
>> first line of defense against beverage spills.
>>
>> (A thorough mix of obsolete and important paperwork -- not so much.)
>>
>> Confirmed by experiment.
>>
>> Also, the "sticky keys" keyoard setting has no effect on coke stains.
>>
> 
> I heard that - although never tried - most keyboards can go in the
> dishwasher (without soap), upside down on the top rack.  You just have
> to make sure they dry completely before reconnecting them.

 FEAR THE KEYBOARD SFFERED A LTTLE BT:::

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Francois Labreque wrote:

> Le 2016-01-29 18:36, clipka a écrit :
>> Pro Tip:
>>
>> Keeping your desk covered with obsolete paperwork can be an effective
>> first line of defense against beverage spills.
>>
>> (A thorough mix of obsolete and important paperwork -- not so much.)
>>
>> Confirmed by experiment.
>>
>> Also, the "sticky keys" keyoard setting has no effect on coke stains.
>>
> 
> I heard that - although never tried - most keyboards can go in the
> dishwasher (without soap), upside down on the top rack.  You just have
> to make sure they dry completely before reconnecting them.
> 

Never put a keyboard in a dishwasher, it gets too hot and will most likely 
deform the keyboard. 
What I use is hand warm water in a tub, gentle dish soap and a soft brush. It 
will get the keyboard clean and shiny again. You just have to rinse it 
thoroughly to get the soap out. After that just let it dry. For that I put it 
on a fan.
-- 

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It's easier to just throw the keyboard away at the end of the day, and use a new
one daily. I have 1,732 new keyboards sitting in my closet, awaiting use...

Of course, if you're environmentally-minded, you can recycle 'em as art. I glue
the old ones together, to make a big impressive-looking ball. It's now 17 meters
in diameter. People are always complimenting me on my ingenuity and aesthetic
taste.

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Am 30.01.2016 um 09:57 schrieb Kenneth:
> It's easier to just throw the keyboard away at the end of the day, and use a new
> one daily. I have 1,732 new keyboards sitting in my closet, awaiting use...

Not really an option in this case -- we're talking about a Logitech G19
here. They're not even making them anymore.

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On 1/30/2016 12:10 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 30.01.2016 um 09:57 schrieb Kenneth:
>> It's easier to just throw the keyboard away at the end of the day, and use a new
>> one daily. I have 1,732 new keyboards sitting in my closet, awaiting use...
>
> Not really an option in this case -- we're talking about a Logitech G19
> here. They're not even making them anymore.
>

FYI
http://www.amazon.de/Logitech-Gaming-Tastatur-schnurgebunden-deutsches-Tastaturlayout/dp/B001S2W5U2

or
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-920-000978-G19-Gaming-Keyboard/dp/B001RORKH4


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     Stephen

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On 1/30/2016 8:05 AM, Ger wrote:
> Francois Labreque wrote:
>
>> Le 2016-01-29 18:36, clipka a écrit :
>>> Pro Tip:
>>>
>>> Keeping your desk covered with obsolete paperwork can be an effective
>>> first line of defense against beverage spills.
>>>
>>> (A thorough mix of obsolete and important paperwork -- not so much.)
>>>
>>> Confirmed by experiment.
>>>
>>> Also, the "sticky keys" keyoard setting has no effect on coke stains.
>>>
>>
>> I heard that - although never tried - most keyboards can go in the
>> dishwasher (without soap), upside down on the top rack.  You just have
>> to make sure they dry completely before reconnecting them.
>>
>
> Never put a keyboard in a dishwasher, it gets too hot and will most likely
> deform the keyboard.

But you will have lots of hot keys. ;-)

> What I use is hand warm water in a tub, gentle dish soap and a soft brush. It
> will get the keyboard clean and shiny again. You just have to rinse it
> thoroughly to get the soap out. After that just let it dry. For that I put it
> on a fan.
>
The fan is more than a good idea.
When I used to work for a living. It was essential to blow the water 
off. Otherwise you get mineral deposits and that can cause tracking or 
changes in capacitance.
Now here is something you might find hard to believe because I did. 
Coffee with milk is good for cleaning the outside of equipment such as 
the beige system boxes of old.

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Regards
     Stephen

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On 1/30/2016 3:57 AM, Kenneth wrote:
> It's easier to just throw the keyboard away at the end of the day, and use a new
> one daily. I have 1,732 new keyboards sitting in my closet, awaiting use...
>
> Of course, if you're environmentally-minded, you can recycle 'em as art. I glue
> the old ones together, to make a big impressive-looking ball. It's now 17 meters
> in diameter. People are always complimenting me on my ingenuity and aesthetic
> taste.
>
>

I purposefully got my keyboards second hand. I like them because they 
are nice and solid. Not the cheap flimsy things you get when you buy a 
PC at the local box store.


Mike

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