[SOLVED] Guide to Removing MacBook Air 2014 keyboard WITHOUT destroying the keyboard?

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Hi I got macbook here that had some wine spilled on it and I need it cleaned out. I want to just take apart the whole thing and take out the keyboard and clean the insides of it, but all the guides are for "broken keyboard replacement" and they literally rip the broken keyboards out. Well I want to keep this keyboard, it's not broken, I just need to clean the insides. Instead of trying to figure it out myself and possibly damage the keyboard, do you know of any guides on how to do this or can someone make a guide here on how to take out a keyboard of a macbook air without destroying the keyboard then putting it back in? Thanks
 
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Ha, nope. Almost every keyboard Apple has made has been glued down to the topcase since 2010. You will have to rip it out and replace it, or buy a whole new topcase and replace it. Both of those involve removing all of the internal components, the black ESD tape covering the whole bottom, then ripping the keyboard out and placing the new one in. Recovering the black covering, then reassembling the components. Sorry bud.
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Ha, nope. Almost every keyboard Apple has made has been glued down to the topcase since 2010. You will have to rip it out and replace it, or buy a whole new topcase and replace it. Both of those involve removing all of the internal components, the black ESD tape covering the whole bottom, then ripping the keyboard out and placing the new one in. Recovering the black covering, then reassembling the components. Sorry bud.
 
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