What to do if you spill liquid on your keyboard

After searching on Internet, I found many interesting answers. The one that I tried worked out for me. I found you can unclip each key one after another.
So if you spill juice or any liquid on your keyboard, This is what I recommend.
1- take the bateries out of your keyboard (unplug it if it is a wired keyboard) and put it upside down to let some liquid drop out of it.
2- Before it dries, firmly grip one key and pull it until you here a ''click''. (try to pull the top and not the bottom)
At the beginning, you will probably think you broke it but it should be all right. (to make sure you dont brake anything by taking the keys out, try it out first in the useless keys at the top of your keyboard.)
3- Take Q-tips and alchool to clean the interior of the keyboard. (you can try to RINCE IT BUT I NEVER TRIED AND IT MIGHT BRAKE YOUR KEYBOARD) if you ever try it, let a reply to tell me if it still worked after.
4- Once you consider the key and the part of the keyboard where it was is clean, snap the key back in. place it right side up and push until you hear a ''click''. If it doesnt work, make sure it is not upside down.
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE ONLY ONE KEY OUT AT THE TIME SO YOU DONT MIX THEM UP AND PUT THEM BACK IN THE WRONG WAY!!!
(you might notice the keys are still sticking a little once they dry but it will be better then nothing.)
I hope this advice helped you! :)

The important lesson to learn from all of this, never leave food nor drink near computers. Many computer labs won't let you in if you have either food or drink.

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