Awh, come on guys. Jam, jelly and Maple syrup are the greatest things for keeping the keyboards from sliding off the desk. Crud under the mouse? There's no place for it on mine. The pads, or feet are worn completely flat and that gunk is what's left of the label on the under side. Cleaning wireless keyboards...You can wash them like any other, I mean it's not big deal to take the batteries out. OTOH disassembling one isn't any great task either if you can keep track of a few screws, where they go, the keys, springs, and membrane position. Hold the keyboard "upside down" and all those parts won't fall out. They really aren't that difficult to take apart and put back together. Then again, maybe it just takes practice. I've been doing it for years and *Usually* without spare parts left over, or not enough to finish.
Speaking of that membrane, if you wash one of these it's a good idea to take that out that membrane afterward and pat it dry with a lint free towel. That thing does such a good job of sealing that I think it'd take weeks for water to dry in one of those. Warm, distilled water would be the best way to go. However I've seen hardened build ups of what had to be syrup, jam, or things I'm afraid to ask about that took *lots* of HOT water, and/or a pick to remove.
However with the feet worn off the mice, the letters worn off the keys, and a collection of who knows what under the keyboard, good old 120 PSI shop air is great for blowing the dirt out, just before you pitch the keyboard into the waste basket because after that it's unlikely to ever work again.
BTW when I worked for the one company we used "keyboard condoms" out in production. They were a membrane much like the ones inside the wireless keyboards except they were made to cover the entire keyboard. Yes, they were Latex! :-)) As I say, practice safe computing and use a keyboard condom.
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