Washed my key!

[DaveB]

Yesterday afternoon I decided that the jeans I was wearing were a little bit grubby, so I decided to wash them.

So, quick change, dirty jeans into washing machine, out to garage. . . where's my car key?

Yes, you guessed it - in the pocket of the jeans in the washing machine.

Cancelled the wash programs, took the suds-laden jeans out of the pocket & retrieved the key.

Opening up the key showed that no water had penetrated the part housing the electronics, so a quick dry off of the wet bits & a few minutes on a radiator to ensure that everything was completely dry & it's as good as new!

So, the moral is: always check the pockets of any garment you wash - sod's law says that on the one ocasion I didn't check there was something in there!

. . . & the good news, DS3 keys are wash-proof!

[Bigfeet]

I once dropped a watch into a cement mixer while making concrete, didn't notice until I levelled off the base and kept hitting the watch with my float, quick rinse and it was fine!

[XanderCage13]

Yesterday afternoon I decided that the jeans I was wearing were a little bit grubby, so I decided to wash them.

So, quick change, dirty jeans into washing machine, out to garage. . . where's my car key?

Yes, you guessed it - in the pocket of the jeans in the washing machine.

Cancelled the wash programs, took the suds-laden jeans out of the pocket & retrieved the key.

Opening up the key showed that no water had penetrated the part housing the electronics, so a quick dry off of the wet bits & a few minutes on a radiator to ensure that everything was completely dry & it's as good as new!

So, the moral is: always check the pockets of any garment you wash - sod's law says that on the one ocasion I didn't check there was something in there!

. . . & the good news, DS3 keys are wash-proof!

My mother goes mental at my father for leaving things in his pockets. Paper, money etc I was just as bad as a kid, but i used to leave tissue paper in my pockets... :-/

Lucky key still works! But you've got a spare so it would have been okay.

[NeilF]

I did that with my C2 key, except I didn't realise until the wash program had finished. Left it in the airing cupboard to dry naturally for a while and it was fine, and spotlessly clean.