Help! Spilled *beer* on Macbook!

[nanofrog]

Does anyone know if you can remove / pop off a key from the keyboard on a Macbook Pro Unibody (the newest version)? I've seen this done on the previous non-unibody version, is it still doable? Need to clean stuff underneath the key.

iFixit has disassembly guides. I think this is the one you want (MBP Unibody 15").

 

[p1x3l]

No no, just the individual keys, I found one here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/667097/

 

[nanofrog]

No no, just the individual keys, I found one here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/667097/

Got it.

It might not be a bad idea to go ahead and disassemble the entire computer though, then clean out everything (rubbing alcohol and perhaps distilled water). It would also help to make sure everything is completely dry. Just a thought.

 

[l.a.rossmann]

I give up. Use rubbing alcohol even though the cost is the same as the kind of alcohol that is actually effective.

 

[nanofrog]

I give up. Use rubbing alcohol even though the cost is the same as the kind of alcohol that is actually effective.

Hmm...

Isopropyl alcohol: ~$1.00 for 1 pint.

Ethyl alcohol: I can't get a beer that cheap around here.

 

[KINGBEEZ36]

Yes clean it using 91% rubbing alcohol.(Not Beer). lol Alcohol to clean up alcohol.

 

[nanofrog]

Yes clean it using 91% rubbing alcohol.(Not Beer). lol Alcohol to clean up alcohol.

Isopropyl alcohol's inactive component is just distilled water. No impurites left behind, and it evaporates cleanly, just as the alcohol does. Leaving a nice clean board.

 

[clyde2801]

Guy putting down a beer and typing on a macbook: <Hey, jinny, itzz mee. Eye know thinngggssss didt end wel betwenn uss, an itz ben a whyle, butt mayybe wii kould git togitherrr an tallk...>

His roommate cover over and closes the lid on the macbook

Voiceover: "Friends don't let friends...browse drunk. This message has been bought to you by the National Safety Council and your local Mac Users Group."