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Originally Posted by
OkanG 
If a keyboard is on while something is spilled on it, I'd say the chances for saving it is quite slim. However, if the keyboard is off, I'd say the chances of saving it is much higher. I'm not sure though, I've never broken a keyboard in that manner
My comp was on when the soda incident occurred (actually it was a cap top Monster Energy which is stickier than soda) and the keyboard spazzed out, acting as if I was hitting random keys. I unplugged it, drained out what I could, opened it up, rinsed it with distilled water and hand soap and rinsed it again, dried up the circuit board and the casing/ keys with a lint free cloth (ShamWow in this case), waited a couple of hours and it was good to go. This happened during the summer when it was really hot so I didn't really need to wait long for it to dry.
There also others on this board that spilled drinks in their mech boards and got them cleaned and working again. Of course that's not to say you should go spilling stuff on it...
Then again the incident did give me a reason to get a new mechanical keyboard as I initially thought it was fried.. ended up buying a mech board with brown switches anyway and kept the BlackWidow around for those times I want to type on a clicky board.
