IIc sticky keys

[tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Tom Kelly)]

Unknown User writes:
>Someone from the Navajo reservation has delivered to me a IIC with ALPS 
>keyboard.   About half the keys are sticky.  (This is the late-model 
>keyboard with metal black-painted plate ----- NOT the el-cheapo IIc 
>keyboard from Atlanta photocircuits with plastic brace.)
>
>I once ruined an ALPS  Apple Keyboard II with WD-40 sprayed into the keys.
>
>What material should I use to clean the sticky keys on this ALPS IIc 
>keyboard?
>
>Please reply to me via e-mail and also to the net.
>
>Steve Buggie			buggie@unm.edu

1) You can carefully remove the key caps, remove the rubber membrane, vacuum
     or air blow debris away.
2) You could try cleaning it in a degreaser bath (if you have access to one).
3) Replace/unsolder and disassemble individual switches.
 
Taking in shower is pretty far out.
You would risk contamination and the force of water might cause damage.
Drying by baking would be best (if you wash it in shower), but the temperature
is tricky, so as not to melt things.
Bottom line is:
If you can't fix it easily, I recommend just use the keyboard for parts.
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