[ILUG] Cleaning mouse balls

[Paul Jakma]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Gareth Eason wrote:

>   I find that they (normal ball mice) lose their accuracy tracking and tend 
> to start sticking and becoming slightly erratic after about a 2 ~ 2.5 year 
> period of heavy usage.

Right, which is what happens if:

> Paul Jakma wrote:

>> If you dont clean them, sure.
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Take the mouse apart, soak the ball in water+mild soap, clean the 
rollers, hey presto.. good as new..

regards,
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