Keys are stiff after spilling soup on keyboard.

[popesloth]

Last week I spilled soup on my keyboard, I cleaned the keyboard and let it dry for a few days, It works fine now except for a few keys on the right side are extremely stiff, I'll push the key down and it'll get stuck and rise slowly. What should I do?

 

[PCBuilderProbs]

cotton swabs, 91% isopropyl alcohol (get it at your local pharmacy over the counter).

 

[USAFRet]

Last week I spilled soup on my keyboard, I cleaned the keyboard and let it dry for a few days, It works fine now except for a few keys on the right side are extremely stiff, I'll push the key down and it'll get stuck and rise slowly. What should I do?

Take it apart completely and clean it.
There is dried goop inside.

 

[PCBuilderProbs]

Take it apart completely and clean it.
There is dried goop inside.

depends on the keyboard, in some cases you won't have to even open it up. Just getting a good amount of rubbing alcohol in-between the keys with a cotton swab can disintegrate the goop.

 

[popesloth]

It's not really the key it's the switch that's stiff

 

[USAFRet]

Is this a laptop or a desktop keyboard?

 

[popesloth]

Is this a laptop or a desktop keyboard?

It's a mechanical desktop keyboard

 

[PCBuilderProbs]

hmm, the stakes are high for a mechanical keyboard (lol), yeah, you should open her up and clean it up with some rubbing alcohol and cotton swabs.

 

[USAFRet]

Is this a laptop or a desktop keyboard?

It's a mechanical desktop keyboard

Take it apart and clean it.