I spilled Syrup on my keys.

I stupidly spilled some ice cream and syrup on a few of my keys. I cleaned it off the best I could but there's still syrup under my keys some. What can I do about this? What can I use to clean it or can I take this to somone to clean? As far as I can tell all the keys are still working but I want to get this taken care of asap before they stop working.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Jan 10, 2009 11:03 PM

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Jan 11, 2009 9:24 PM in response to michachan

Both of our replies show how to remove the keys. You can ask at the Apple Store, but I believe they are not under any obligation to clean your spill. I am sure your local laptop repair store will be glad to charge you an outrageous sum of money to do it for you, but they may recommend replacing the whole keyboard for an even greater sum of money and less effort on their part.

Jan 10, 2009 11:28 PM in response to michachan

You may luck out, as that stuff probably didn't ooze out to the edges of the plastic sheet under the keyboard that has the electrical contacts.

You should be able to use the G4 Powerbook Keycap Replacement instructions for the MBP keys. Take off as many keys as you want to clean them and the mechanisms under them. The rubbery bump pad under the keys should be pretty safe to clean with damp sponge or brush, but do NOT do anything that lets water/fluid run off the edges of the keyboard assembly, as it will run into the edge of the key contact sheet and also down into the electronics.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2310

Jan 11, 2009 12:31 AM in response to louie

Well that's helpful but I don't really know how to go about taking keys off. I don't have any kind of tools to help me with this either. Is this something they could do for me at an Apple Store? I know it's not covered or anything but is this something they do? Or if not, is this something someone might do somewhere else?

And the keys are now really hard and sticky to make work.

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I spilled Syrup on my keys.

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