I spilled soda on my Macbook Pro and now my homerow keys short/stop working

As to the title, I spilt soda (Mt.Dew) on my keybored and part of my left speakers the 2nd day I had it. My homerow keys do not work sometimes. I cleaned it like some of the forum topics have said to do and that helped for the first semester I had it. Now that it's second semester, the keys are shorting out on me more often. What can I do to fix this problem. I would say my warranty doesn't cover it because Ihave tried cleaning it myself. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Seiger
Macbook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

You should do what you should have done when it happened. Take it in to an Apple service center. Either they can clean it properly or, more than likely, replace the keyboard assuming there's no other damage. It will not be covered under warranty.
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