Help spilled tea on my keyboard ?

[backen6971]

Hey guys. This is my first post been a ltt subscriber on youtube for over a year and figured id use the forum for the first time. 

 

Keyboard: corsair k70 rapid fire

 

so i spilled a cup of tea on my keyboard. It had some lemon juice in it, no sugar or milk. The computer was on and after the spill I immediately went to unplug it from behind the tower. As i was unplugging it it apeared to be hitting a bunch of keys at once. It ended up at the ctrl alt delete window when i unplugged it. 

 

I think everything will work once its back together but i disassembled it down to the frame and pcb. Would it be okay to wash it in the tub and let it dry for a week? Is it ok to get water inside the cherry mx switches? I inverted the board to drain the tea after the spill which is why i think the tea might have gotten in the switches and i want to wash it out. Is this a bad idea? I dont want to ruin all the switches since i think only a few might have been affected. But i also want to clean it and make it like new again since it is pretty dirty and i want to take advantage of having my keyboard disassembled lol. Thanks in advance for your suggestions 

[Fasauceome]

Using water introduces rust, some rubbing alcohol is better.

[mxk]

The Cherry switches have metal in them so you probably don't want to get it with water.

[backen6971]

11 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Using water introduces rust, some rubbing alcohol is better.

Do you think it will have a hard time evaporating out of the switches? I could inject 91% rubbing alcohol directly into the switch with a syringe i suppose..  i have 3ml and 15ml syringes in a tool kit 

[backen6971]

11 minutes ago, mxk. said:

The Cherry switches have metal in them so you probably don't want to get it with water.

Good call. I might get crazy with a bottle of isopropyl instead if thats the case. 

[mxk]

Just now, backen6971 said:

Good call. I might get crazy with a bottle of isopropyl instead if thats the case. 

Look into switch cleaning. You could even go to the r/mechanicalkeyboard subreddit. They might get you for spilling tea and having a gaming keyboard, but they'll probably have some great suggestions for cleaning.