tea spilled on keypad

[Farhan6]

i spilled a substantial amount of tea on my laptop. i turned it upside down and placed it on cloth immediately. later, i took it to an HP support center where they cleaned the fluid that had seeped donw to the battery etc. my laptop works fine in its functions right now, but the keys are quite sticky and are sticking very much. is there a way this can be resolved without having to replace the entire keyboard altogether?

Thank you!

[The_Fossette · Accepted solution]

Hi @Farhan6

Welcome to the HP Forums!

Thank you for posting your query in this forum, it's a great place to find answers.

I reviewed your post and I understand that the keyboard keys are sticky as you had spilled tea on the keyboard.

I’d love to help!

I would like to inform you that to resolve this issue you need to remove each key and clean it and install it and it is a time-consuming process.

You can refer to the below reply from an expert for a similar issue and you can follow the steps provided in the link to clean the keyboard.

http://hp.care/2mFW5Yp

Let me know how it goes and you have a great day!

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Cheers!

[Farhan6]

hello! thank you soooo much for that extremely helpful resonse!! i just want to confirm one thing. does the solution of removing keys apply to spectre x360? i can see that something thin might be fitted between my keys and their panel so that they may be removed (if my laptop model allows it), but i want to confirm that my laptop does not have another mechanism. i am doubtful because a) there is only an extremely tiny space between my keys and the panel they fit in, and b) the HP Support people i went to told me that my laptop can only be repaired by replacing the keyboard altogether.

please help, and thank you again!

[The_Fossette]

Hi @Farhan6

Thank you for posting back.

I appreciate your time and efforts.

HP support people have given you the right suggestion to replace the keyboard. It is difficult to remove the keys and clean on most of the laptop keyboards.

To answer your question, laptop keyboards usually will not have buttons or switch below each key like the traditional keyboards. You can remove the keys and clean the surface as you mentioned that the keys are sticky. HP doesn't recommend this as it may damage the internal parts of your computer. You can try these steps at your own risk.

Hope that answers your question.

Good day! Take care 🙂

Cheers!