What do I do if I spill a drink on my MacBook?

I was trying to grab my girlfriends iPad out of her hands, in soon so she spilled her some if her soup onto the key board of my MacBook. What should I do?

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Tonight I spilled some apple-flavored white tea drink on my MacBook. Not a whole lot - most of it was on my desk and on the floor. But some of it spilled on my keys.
Now for some reason, whenever I start up my Mac, it acts all screwy. It takes forever to start up, the mouse doesn't work on a lot of occasions (it's not just the touchpad - I've tried and hooked up a USB mouse and it still doesn't work).
Am I doomed to resort to a MacStore for repairs? Is there nothing I can do? I live in Eastern Washington and I think the nearest MacStore is six hours away in Seattle...

Hi matt,
Welcome to macbook forum.
You shouldn't turn it on right away, at least let it dry up to 48 hours or you really sure it is completely dried.
Even if it still working, sugar trace will act as electrolyte and might damaging your logic board in the future.
Try to consult apple store, but I think this incident is not covered by apple warranty.
Good Luck.
ps: use this as comparison http://www.macservice.com/macbook.html

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Don't attempt to turn it back on. Remove the battery if you have a user removable battery. Take the mac to an Apple Store or AASP and expect a very large repair bill. More times then not, a liquid spill on a keyboard results in a damaged logic board, which usually costs several hundreds of dollars to replace. Liquid damage is not covered under warranty if you have AppleCare. Check with your renters/homeowners insurance to see if it may be covered.

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