Comments on: How to remove and clean your Macbook Pro Keyboard

By: Vaughn Thibeau

Vaughn Thibeau — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:08:14 +0000

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By: Mike Alport

Mike Alport — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:20:10 +0000

Just some feedback from my recent efforts.
MBP 17″ X, C and Apple keys went bad. Either not registering or calling up strange functions eg Google search indicating that it could be a software problem. However, I went ahead and removed both the cover and the scissors mechanism beneath – noticed some fluff that I sprayed lightly with alcohol and then blew dry with compressed air. Replaced the keys – everything worked fine. So, concluding that the fluff was interfering with the keypad contact and either not generating a keypress – or an erroneous signal.

By: Eddy G

Eddy G — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:23:56 +0000

Does it work with and Intel MacBook Pro.
I tried to get the Space bar off – but it didn’t seem like it wanted to go.
Also is there a fix for a sticky trackpad button?

Thanks,
EG

By: peter

peter — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:42:38 +0000

a stubborn/non-responsive s key….read all and went at it….worked great. easy fix with the fingernail from the left side. had a bit of gunck under it….a spray of air, pressed it back into place and presto…thanks

By: uachtan

uachtan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:08:19 +0000

I got the mechanics working,
but even though I was trying
to be careful cleaning with
toothbrush, I got some water
on something that needs to
be dry. After 36 hours
of drying, all but 3 keys
on the right side were working.
Then I got a hair-dryer and tried
to finish it off as I was getting
impatient. In no time, I had
melted 5 keys. They are just
plastic caps. Watch out for
hair-dryer, and make every effort
to see that no excess water,
not even a drop, from the tooth
brush goes anywhere. It would
probably be safer to disassemble
the entire MBP and then you could
get the keyboard out and
clean the mechanical parts
separately without problems.

By: Takako

Takako — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:10:41 +0000

After an orange juice accident, I tried it with my space bar… and that works! Crazy, I was so afraid to do something wrong, but it worked perfectly. Thank you SO much!

By: David Watkins

David Watkins — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:25:21 +0000

I have an orig 15in MBpro onto which I spilled about a half a teaspoon of coffee (this time). 3 of 4 arrow keys now don’t work. Spills are not covered by AppleCare, and I have about 6 mos of AC to go which I don’t want to void by opening up my machine.
Here is my plan.
1 Remove battery and pop off offending key tops
2 Apply 1-2 drops to key subsystem of
a) distilled water
or
b) 95% ethanol
3) Wiggle around the rubber key subsystem
4) Blow with hairdryer on low for (a) long time or (b) short time.
5) Start up and hope for best.

I assume the volatility of the alcohol is an advantage.
Will it damage parts?
Thanks,
David – Dallas

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:55:17 +0000

I accidentally my whole keyboard…

What do i do?

By: sydney

sydney — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:36:18 +0000

hi…. i removed all of the keys on my mbp bc i had spilled beer on the keyboard. if the keys do not work even when cleaned… is it possible that the liquid damaged them… and how do i fix that!?

By: John R

John R — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:47:35 +0000

I spilled wine on my MBP keyboard; keys got sticky and erratic. Took it to local authorized repair shop. They replaced keyboard same day for a little over $100 US. Not bad. But I soon spilled on it again, not as much. Not as sticky but need to try to clean up a couple of keys. Will try the advice posted here.

It was easy to remove entire keyboard on earlier models w/o even using any tools. MBP requires removal of, I believe, 32? screws; a bit of a project. Since this spill was small I’m simply going to try turning machine upside down and using a spray bottle to spray some warm water up into keyboard from below w/o flooding machine then drying w some compressed air. If that doesn’t work I’ll try removing some keys.