Fact is, no apple store wants to do anything to help.
So, I'm using it for now, seeing what happens.
RULE number 1 -
No liquids at the same plane as electronics.
Get a riser device to keep it above the surface.
1) should have never been fired up still covered/filled with juice -
not having time to do it right - is costly.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/16643480/
That post is your only choice -
- battery removed -
Inspect this zone as well - flood scrub it clean.
Get out the paint brushes -
trim them with scissors to make them stiffer per choice to
get soapy warm water scrubbed around keys.
Flood with water with unit on its edge.
Everyone knows - water with a drop of soap -
makes water wetter - try washing your hands w/o it.
Keep applying - till key actions feels normal.
Do Not lay it flat. Leaning 45 - maybe.
Place thick towels under it's edge too keep water in check.
What ever edge has the best draining option to vent out.
Force dry - baked as described in post - making a small baking zone with heater - not the hairdryer.
Use taken apart box to contain/ corral / bathe it all in heat.
Electronics are mfg by baking - not in some wet grow pot.
Common sense in this area is totally out of whack.
There are thousands of connections on circuit boards - covered with modules.
It needs to be baked dry as quick as possible.
It's not a wet tennis shoe - in the sun.
Blanket the heat zone evenly so it flows around entire laptop -
keep the hinge point raised about an inch for even flow -
This is with screen open 90 degrees to keys.
Use hand near laptop to judge temp aimed at it.
It should not burn the hand to keep it there. That's about 160 - 180F air temp.
Let device come to room temperature on it's own after a few hours of baking -
4hrs minimum - it should be good to go.
Never dry flat - Never.
Spill on electronics -
and not make any attempt to remove that substance by flooding with water is simply insane -
It's already wet.
Letting substance coat any of it and the inside - then let it rot -
Electronics staying wet for hours / days -
vs minutes - sealed up wet corrodes everything.
I repeat - Whacked - by some magic going to be Ok = Not.
Might as well take a bunch of screws - some AA's -
put in a plastic bag - not sealed at zip - spill anything in it -
and wait a few days in the Sun to see the new experiment come to life.
Good luck with that nonsense.
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I would NOT use a heater or a blow dryer to try force the water out quicker.
You will end up evaporating the water into steam which I believe would cause more corrosion.
Wrong - moderate heat (150F-200) bakes it bone dry - within less than a couple hours.
The source of water is no longer there.
It's surface water - not 8" of bath water in bath room.
The fact the mirror is fogged - it's colder than the air.
Heated mirror - it would be clear.
Adding Iso-Alcohol to water is not a bad idea.
Flooding out the zone is critical. Then quickly baked dry.
Never dry flat - Never.
Keep animals off the electronics -
No reason for hair wound up around keys as if a warming bed for them. It's not a cute cat toy.
It's simply disgusting working on them.
I'd charge 200 extra if full of hair.
Should be good as New.