Hi all,

I have an apple wired keyboard and spilled cold milk all over it this
morning. I dried it off with a paper towel but the milk got inside the
keyboard and made the keys sticky. So I took it to the sink and washed
it with cold water under the tap. The water got rid of the milk and
cleaned out the keys. I then dried it off as much as I could, and
stuck the keyboard beside a space heater for half an hour to dry it
off. I then plugged it back into the USB port. The keyboard didn't
work. Pressing the keys did not result in anything happening. So I
went to the Windows device manager and saw that the keyboard was
recognized.

Did I make the mistake of plugging the keyboard in too early? Not
giving it enough time to dry?

Could the damage be permanent?

I know I should have used distilled/deionized water to clean it off,
but I didn't have any. I didn't want the sugars in the milk
precipitating underneath the keys. I'm glad I washed it out when I
did.

It's a really nice keyboard.
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