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I did this teardown of the Aluminum Keyboard and was wondering what your thoughts were on cleaning it. It looks to me like I can just stick it in the dishwasher and let it dry for a couple of days if I take the power button, bluetooth board and batteries out on the wireless and just stick the wired in. http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/intro/5239

Actually the dishwasher is a very good idea. I would run the dishwasher 1 time through all of it’s cycles to rinse it out and remove any left over soap residue. Dishwasher soap is caustic. - Nice guide

I just take a swab, alcohol and wipe it O_O. I’m not sure what you need to clean that requires a dishwasher… Note: Apple Wireless Keyboard may not be used to hold food.

I prefer to submerge it in Methylated spirits (batteries removed of course) for awhile then give it a burst with compressed air, leave it over night to dry (you could leave it for half an hour but I like to be sure) and its like brand new… if you do spill something on your keyboard disconnect the power or remove the batteries as quick as possible, its your best chance at salvaging it.

To clean the keys on a keyboard, just use a pre-injection swab and they look like new.

Usually I clean my wireless keyboard with a small brush, it works perfectly even if it seems !!

Modern electronic devices are absurdly reliable. My AirPods have been through the wash machine and dryer and they still work. My late 2001 iBook (Mac OSX 10.4.11, 500MHz PowerPC) drank a thermos of coffee with sugar and creamer in 2012. I took it apart, cleaned it with alcohol and that didn’t work, but using water worked perfectly. It still runs great, just booted up to be sure. I prefer its keyboard to my MacBook’s by the way. In terms of keyboards, I’ve used the top-rack-dishwasher technique on Apple’s wired keyboards pretty frequently and never had a failure. Haven’t tried wireless. As an aside: With the dreaded Covid-19 virus running around, you may want to disinfect your devices. Clorox wipes seem to be useful. There’s a device soon to come on the market that uses ultraviolet C to disinfect your phone, remotes, etc, but it won’t do anything the size of a keyboard. It runs $100.00-plus. A UVC bulb is about $15-20 but BE CAREFUL! UVC will fry your eyes and cancerize your skin. Put it and your keyboard/CPAP mask or whatever in a box, close the box, and turn the light on remotely by plugging in an extension cord or using a switched outlet. I lined mine with aluminum foil, which reflects UVC very well. The commercial device runs five minutes. I use my home-made one for an hour at a time, which is probably over-kill. If you use this technique insure that children or unsuspecting persons of any age won’t mess with your set-up. Again, please be careful, and stay well.

Spilled some soy sauce on my A1314 wireless keyboard that caused the keys to be bit sticky. After reading this thread, I removed the BT circuitboard and went to the kitchen. Sprayd the whole keyboard with dishwashing soap, thoroughly brushed it and then rinsed it. Blowed most of the water of using air in can and then dried it with paper towel. Couldn’t bother waiting for it to dry, so I just assembled it and threw in the batteries. Tadaa! it works (and looks) like its a brand new keyboard. Nice!