OK, the keyboard isn’t drunk, it’s more like slightly soaked, and there aren’t really 12 steps, just a couple.

If your keyboard does get wet under the keys, first stop using it because using it will just move the liquid around and possibly put it into deeper places.

Next, and this is obvious but we’ll say it anyway, is turn the keyboard over above a couple of paper towels and gently shake it. A good part of the liquid will come out.

Next, gently spray up and down each row of keys with a dusting spray, with the keyboard at a slight angle. A few drops of liquid spray will probably come out.

Then place the keyboard upside down on some dry toweling for about a day and see if it will work. Generally speaking you can get a keyboard to come back from the brink of death if:

· The volume of liquid is fairly small
· The liquid contains very little starch or sugar. For example, black coffee and water are good candidates for recovery. If there is starch or sugar — aka “sticky crap” — in your offending drink you may be out of luck as the gunk may make keys simply stick too much to work.