Spilled red bull in my keyboard, how to clean?

Hi.
I remember that old keyboards you could just drag out the keys and place em back, but with the force ive tried i dont dare do it any harder without asking someone if its still a possible way to do it.
Any other useful tips would be nice as well.
its the keys *-+9865 in the num pad section that are affected, they're just sticky so not the end of the world, but it's quite annoying when paying bills etc.

 

I dont know about the G73 keyboard, but after I spilled soda in my desktops keyboard, i ran it through the dishwasher (top rack, no soap, no heated dry) and let it dry out for a few days before I used it again. Works fine for it, but with the tape, and foil backing on the G73 keyboard, I am sure this would not be a good solution.

My recommendation would be to buy another keyboard from asus, and replace it. no downtime, and if you can clean your current one up, you then have a spare. Thats what I would do

 

eBay.ca : ASUS G73 G73J G73JH Keyboard With Backlit objet 250744063623 fin)

 

Isnt buying a new keyboard a bit drastic before even trying to clean em?
As i said, they're just a bit sticky, not defect

 

The scissors on the keys and their tabs are very flimsy on the ASUS backlit keyboards - but you can rip them off from top down or bottom up, use a guitar pick or something. It takes a bit of force, more than I'd like, just do it in a defined motion and pull straight up. You will see the tabs that you need to align when putting it back. That's really all you have to worry about.

 

when my spacebar button started to squek i used that metod AlluGroceries described
yeah you need force and courage to do that
don't panic

 

Eh. $20-30 for a replacement keyboard isn't drastic. Consider it cheap, when you could have ruined your mobo.

As for cleaning a sticky keyboard ... good luck. If you take all the keys off, clean then and reattach them ... AND you don't miss any residue, AND you don't ruin any of the backlighting, AND your keys are still secure (and you didn't break any tabs) ... then you'll be able to clean up the keyboard just fine, and never notice a difference.

Chances of that happening ... slim.

 

You're not going to mess up the backlighting, the risk really is only breaking the tabs that hold the key on. It's going to be a challenge to clean, especially something as sticky as red bull. A new keyboard can be really expensive too, if you've got a non-US layout.

 

After you fix this, make sure you put and keep something heavy above your laptop all the time, a rock or something. Since it was redbull, it might randomly fly away.

 

Id still go with a new keyboard personally, but thats cause if I break it trying to clean it, I want a spare on hand for immediate replacement.... I really don't like my toys to be broken

 

Q-tips and alcohol ftw

 

Quoted for the truth, imo you only need to clean the area you actually touch with Q-tip + rubbing alcohol. The sticky part you don't see/touch can be ignored as it won't get in the way at all.

 

Norwegian keyboard layout is if i would have to guess a bit harder to get than the US
Only source i could find from atm is asusparts.eu 101 euros