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   On 18/11/2025 17:56, Andy Burns wrote:   
   > The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >    
   >> In such cases simply submerge the thing in reasonably fresh water.,    
   >> shake it a bit and leave it to dry...   
   >> Water doesn't harm electronics that are not switched on...   
   >    
   > I wasn't convinced that washing a nice-ish mechanical keyboard would do    
   > the keyswitches much good ...   
      
   It's a funny thing, but people associate water with rust, and rightly so.,   
   But it takes a lot of water AND air to do rust.   
      
   Iron in oxygen free water does not rust. One of the experiments we did    
   at school...   
      
   Key switches are gold plated bronze most likely. Washing is fine...just    
   the springs to worry about...   
      
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