I spilled laundry detergent on my MacBook Pro

[iPhonesandMacs]

Too much water. But 99% Isopropyl Alcohol will do the trick. You can the rinse components with it, and if you use a soft (I said soft!) brush, cleaning them should be a breeze.

That's the beauty of isopropyl alcohol.

lol maybe where your from you have other rubbing alcohols, but all of ours are pretty much 99% that you see at the grocery store... lol

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If it's not a Retina model, get that back cover off ASAP and remove the hard drive.

That way, even if the laptop is toast, your data is ok. You could in theory buy a second hand laptop of similar specs to your current one and pop in your old drive.

It doesnt even have to be of similar specs...

 

[thekev]

Okay, but water? Should I really rinse it???

Not water. You should be able to clean the insides with something like isopropyl. Typically you don't want to use any liquid that can conduct electricity.

 

[quasinormal]

That detergent is going to be extremely difficult to remove. It will require complete disassembly and probably a new top case to replace the keyboard.

http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/9284/Is+it+possible+to+replace+JUST+the+keyboard

What model is the MBP? You might be better off selling it as is and upgrading.

 

[KPOM]

If it's not a Retina model, get that back cover off ASAP and remove the hard drive.

That way, even if the laptop is toast, your data is ok. You could in theory buy a second hand laptop of similar specs to your current one and pop in your old drive.

was dumping clean laundry on the bed, macbook was on the bed, bottle of detergent was hidden in the basket, bottle fell onto macbook, loose cap flys off, ~2.5 cups of laundry detergent pours directly onto my macbook pro keyboard.

Absolutely do this first. If no detergent got onto the controller, the HDD is likely safe, even if the rest of the notebook is damaged.

 

[hfg]

If you don't have a valid backup ... my first priority would be to get the disk drive out of the machine, clean it off as best I could, and put it in a safe place while you deal with the rest of the mess.

If you have access to another computer, get a cheap USB enclosure for your disk drive and extract your critical data for safekeeping to another drive.


Now ... back to trying to save the computer ...

 

[Giuly]

lol maybe where your from you have other rubbing alcohols, but all of ours are pretty much 99% that you see at the grocery store... lol

Especially in grocery stores, there's usually the 70% stuff around.

 

[Alucardx03]

Certain laundry detergents glow under backlight, just like some other bodily fluids. If you ever sell your computer, the new owner will think you watched a lot of porn.