I don't know why every one is freaking out on the use of WD40 on the keyboard. The board will still work perfectly as it should do. It was developed in 1953 by Norm Larsen (then working for the Rocket Chemical Company) to eliminate water and prevent corrosion on electrical circuitry. WD-40 stands for "Water Displacement, 40th attempt", a name which came from Larsen's laboratory notebook. Larsen was attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion by displacing water, and arrived at the formula on his 40th try. Its first commercial use was by Convair to protect the outer skin of the Atlas missile from rust and corrosion.
The product will work great in lots of other applications, too. It really helps remove adhesive leftover from labels. Works great removing ink from clothing. Gotta remember, very little of WD40 is actually lubricant, around 10%. The majority of the product (50%) is actually solvent.....Stoddard solvent to be exact, or more commonly known as mineral spirits, also commonly known as dry cleaning solvent. The darned stuff is very, very inert around electronics and most everything else.
As for it being a lubricant, good luck. While its uses are many and varied, WD-40 should not be used as a general-purpose lubricant, as it dries very quickly and collects dust. This can result in serious damage to machinery and equipment designed for use with heavy oils when they are lubricated with lightweight WD-40.
Demon-Xanth...about your ascertion that oil doesn't do a good job of cleaning grease off your hands......ever tried it? It actually does work. Oil will indeed remove heavy grease from your hands quite well.....a very light oil will actually strip off heavy grease. And cleaning light oil off your hands, something like WD40, is very much easier than getting heavy grease off.
The WD40 "facts" are provided by the Wiki entry on WD40 .....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40
And by the WD40 website ........
http://www.wd40.com
