Space bar not working properly

[spainlads]

The space bar on my laptop doesn't always work. Is there an easy way to clean it or something? It's really annoying when you type and don't look, and then you have to go back and put spaces in everywhere.

[vehelpfulguy]

This is often caused by either drink being spilled on the keyboard, making the keys sticky, or food being dropped on the keyboard (crumbs etc).

I would not suggest removing the keys as they can be fiddly to put back.

I would suggest turning it upside down to shake out crumbs, and also blowing out any dirt or crumbs with a hair dryer, or sucking them out with a vacuum cleaner.

I have seen keyboard cleaners in shops like PC world, but have no idea if they are any good or not.   

[vehelpfulguy]

Couple of hints.

NEVER eat or drink above your laptop. I know this from bitter experience when I was eating a bowl of corn flakes with milk while working on my laptop.

I knocked the bowl and all the milk went inside the laptop, it never worked properly again.

Also, consider a separate keyboard. You can buy a USB keyboard, plug it into the laptop, and use that.

Then if the keyboard breaks, or you spill drink on it, you can go out and buy a new keyboard for �10 rather than a new laptop for �500