spilt appletiser on 2010 17" macbook pro

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Yes, I am a moron. I spilt appletiser on my macbook on Monday. It luckily still works fine. When it happened I quickly cleaned it off and turned it upside down. It's now been 3 days and everything is still totally ok. The only problem is some of the keys are a bit sticky. Do you think I should take it to an istore and have them clean it out inside? Do they do that? Everything works perfectly and all the keys work, just a few of them stick a little. I know if I take it, they will see the liquid residue and void my warranty anyway so whether I take it in now to get cleaned or take it In if something else unrelated happens, they will know and void it regardless. I don't mind paying to get it cleaned up, just wondering If anyone has any experience with this?
 
How ironic, your Apple Mac is leaking some tiser :D :D :D

Spilling the drink was a small mistake, buying the Mac was a huge one !
 
Spill some water on it and turn it upside down? If it didn't die from the tiser then the water might remove the sugar.

Is the keyboard removable?

Edit: switch off and do at your own risk ;)
 
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biometrics said:
Spill some water on it and turn it upside down? If it didn't die from the tiser then the water might remove the sugar.

Is the keyboard removable?
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I lol'd, however you should add a disclaimer...
ADD WATER AT YOUR OWN RISK :?
 
phoenix911 said:
I lol'd, however you should add a disclaimer...
ADD WATER AT YOUR OWN RISK :?
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If the keyboard is removable I'd actually do this. Lenovo Thinkpads have a drainage hole at the bottom of the laptop for spills and the keyboard can be removed.

Probably best to use distilled water.
 
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Macbooks and all modern laptops are now designed to handle sticky keyboards.
 
MS windows been having "sticky keys" for ages...only now Apple catching up...:D
 
If it was a normal laptop he would have probably spilled Coke on it.
 
Get a can of co contact cleaner, spry the rubbish away and leave upside down overnight.
 
Managed to fix it. Just watched a few youtube videos on how to remove the chicklet keys and cleaned the ones that were sticky. all 100% now:)
 
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