Conductive Ink Pen?

[Oakey]

Yesterday I spilled a drink on my Mac Pro Keyboard. I don't actually own a Mac, but this keyboard is fantastic and has served me well for about 8 years.

The keys Q through to O no longer work and after opening it up it appears that the trace circuit for 'O' is completely eroded away. I understand that this can easily be repaired with a conductive ink pen, HOWEVER, these fking things are £20 on Maplin. That's right, TWENTY POUNDS of your hard earned. For a pen. For that I'd want it to write in gold leaf. Is this the norm for these pens? Because for £14 (inc Del) I could just get a replacement Mac Pro keyboard off Ebay.

Anyone into electronics who might know where I can find one cheaper or is my keyboard now a Cat C writeoff?

[TheEnd]

Maplins are incredibly expensive for anything

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE-SILV...

90p postage, so will be with you sometime this year (or the next)

[Oakey]

Thanks for that. Looks a damn sight more fiddly but beats paying £20

[Ydnaroo]

You can use thin strips of masking tape to control where the paint goes. Position the tape, apply the paint, wait until the paint is dry and then remove the tape by picking up the end and then pulling it off so that it pulls AWAY from the edge of the applied paint.

Car accessory shops sometimes sell Conductive Silver Paint to repair damaged heated rear window tracks, this might offer a quick and convenient way of getting hold of some conductive paint.

[Neil_H]

Halfords sell conductive silver paint for repairing heated rear screens but I forget how much it is.