Blackwidow key sticky - Page 2

HoBoJo

United States26 Posts

December 30 2011 00:42 GMT

#21

Great news! The keys are mostly unsticky due to the rubbing alcohol!
I just used a syringe to inject the alcohol into the switches of the keys that were sticky, let it dry for a little... and it works!... might have to do it 1 or 2 more times just to get to fully unsticky but I can play starcraft again! Thanks to all that responded. <3's to you all.

MODS: may close this thread now problem solved =).

caradoc

Canada3022 Posts

December 14 2012 01:45 GMT

#22

Well, I spilled honey water all over my Black Widow. The keys on the entire left half of the keyboard were sticking, slow to come up, not clicking. I removed all of the keycaps and attempted to use a syringe to drip 99% isopropyl alcohol while hitting the keys-- this freed them somewhat, but wasn't sufficient, and they'd return to sticking after 45minutes or so. (Honey is probably the single worst thing you could ever spill on your keyboard). I said to hell with it, put my keyboard in a giant ziplock bag, filled it with distilled water, sealed it, then hit every single key probably 50 times or so, let it sit a few minutes in the water, hit the keys a few more times for good measure, and took it out.

It's draining now. So far the click and normal motion of the keys seems to have returned to more or less normal. Hopefully the keyboard works after it all dries out. I'll repost here or edit this post when I try to plug it in again.

caradoc

Canada3022 Posts

January 08 2013 23:47 GMT

#23

And it's good! keyboard works 100%.
Me and my BlackWidow: 1
Honey Water: 0

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