Well this sucks

Earlier today at Starbucks i spilled hot chocolate on my macbook pro... Thankfully it only got a small corner of the comp and i cleaned it up very quickly. It works fine but I can see when the keyboard lights up that the play button and skip button at the top of the keyboard are brownish underneath when they light up cuz of the hot chocolate, and a bit sticky to push. however, thankfully they still work. Is there any way I could sort of pop those keys out and clean underneath to get the brown and sticky off? if i did this can i pop them back in? I have 3 year warranty on the computer, is it worth it to send into apple for a repair?

Apple won't fix it as it is accidental damage, which is not covered by Applecare.

And getting to the keyboard on Macs is a hassle. Check out ifixit.com to see if they have a keyboard disassembly link.

This is the one reason why if I did not get a student discount I would have never bought my mac from apple. Bestbuy has the best warranty ever. Hardware warranty, and accident warranty = Awesome. Anyway, ifixit.com should help you out.

Here is a video on how to replace/pop up a key
YouTube - How to replace a Key on an APPLE MACBOOK keyboard topcase
Good luck!

Ok i took the key off and attempted to clean underneath, but no matter what I do the brown color will not go away. is there any sort of safe bleach i could use to make the key shine white again that wouldnt hurt the laptop?

macsarecool said:

Ok i took the key off and attempted to clean underneath, but no matter what I do the brown color will not go away. is there any sort of safe bleach i could use to make the key shine white again that wouldnt hurt the laptop?

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LOL there is no such thing as a safe bleach ;P

When i had my White MB i just used a damp cloth with a mildish cleaner on them and they came up crystal . . . . There is no magic fairy dust cleaner out there. Just use a little common sense

TattooedMac said:

LOL there is no such thing as a safe bleach ;P

When i had my White MB i just used a damp cloth with a mildish cleaner on them and they came up crystal . . . . There is no magic fairy dust cleaner out there. Just use a little common sense

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I have magic fairy dust... Use a microfiber with little water on it. Do you think that the hot chocolate could be on the LED itself?

roflitskyle said:

I have magic fairy dust... Use a microfiber with little water on it. Do you think that the hot chocolate could be on the LED itself?

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What do you mean on the LED itself? the screen? plus i did put a little Shout triple acting stain remover on a paper towel and attempted to clean it, but it did nothing to remove the brown.

I'm thinking you should leave it as a constant reminder never to have liquids next to your computer and to be thankful how lucky you are not to have ruined you MacBook.

Where is the hot chocolate, under the key?

roflitskyle said:

Where is the hot chocolate, under the key?

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Yeah it is. I popped the key off and scraped some out but the stain is probably there forever

Yes forever and hopefully no liquid has found its way insides the machine, as forever maybe be a very short time.

If some hot chocolate is on the key, put it in your mouth. You might think this is a joke, but it's not. Chocolate melting point is 93 F (34 C) so it might melt away ;D

roflitskyle said:

If some hot chocolate is on the key, put it in your mouth. You might think this is a joke, but it's not. Chocolate melting point is 93 F (34 C) so it might melt away ;D

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This really is brilliant. Seriously, get your tongue in there to dissolve the chocolate. Again, I'm not joking either.

If you don't want to get all oral on it, put it in hot tap water, and use a Q-tip. Though the mouth thing might be the key. Saliva will kick the snootles out of that chocolate.