How do I clean under my key board on my 1st generation, Intel Core 2 Duo?

I need to get under my key board and clean it. should i take it apart? the keys arnt as east to take off like the uni body and the whole key board doesnt come of like the pre intel machines.. any help?

it needs to be a bit more involved. I spill some soda in it. and the keys are getting sticky.. I dont know what apple made it impossible to do that on this model... Apple has been disapointng me lately.
note when i spilled soda i turned it upsidedown, removed the battery and plug so, there should be no penitration too deep under the membrane.

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