Spilled orange juice on my computer, need help.

Matifls

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I accidentally spilled almost a full cup of OJ on my PC, it went through the upper fans downards. It mostly spilled on the motherboard and the GPU from what i noticed. I automatically shut down the PC, unplugged it and let it dry for about 24hours. The motherboard is kinda sticky now. Once i plugged it back in, the PC didnt want to start up at first. After a lot of tries, the PC started starting up again but there is absolutely no output video from the GPU. Since i cannot see anything on the monitor, i tried shutting it down with the power button but that didnt respond even after holding it for about a minute. Which means i had to cut off its powrr suddenly, a few times (im stupid but had to test it).

Today i bought a this surgical spirit:

http://imgur.com/a/zsqTz

And plan to clean my PC with it. Is this liquid safe to clean a motherboard with? What should i do next?
 
Solution
I've only used 70% rubbing & soft bristle toothbrush for cleaning. Take your time and let dry for a good while. This worked for me a few years back from coolant mix(Hydrx additive) spill on watercooled setup. Also, did the OJ have pulp? If so, going to want to check PCI-E slots, RAM slots, even CPU socket perhaps to be sure there isn't some wedged in there.
I've only used 70% rubbing & soft bristle toothbrush for cleaning. Take your time and let dry for a good while. This worked for me a few years back from coolant mix(Hydrx additive) spill on watercooled setup. Also, did the OJ have pulp? If so, going to want to check PCI-E slots, RAM slots, even CPU socket perhaps to be sure there isn't some wedged in there.
 
Solution
Pour some OJ on your kitchen counter. Let it dry for 24 hours. See all that goop left? That is in your PC.

You let it dry, but you didn't clean it.
Then you turned it on.

Drying out removed most of the actual 'water', but left behind a bunch of solids.
It needs to be really cleaned. If it isn't too late.