How do you clean the mouse scroller?

[aolj]

I've a Microsoft Intellimouse, the old one where it still runs on a mouse ball. Buttons and all are still working great. But the scroller is like stuck. I opened the mouse up before, but I couldn't find a way to get the scroll to move smoothly again. Any ideas guys?

Don't feel like buying a new mouse. hhehe.

 

[MichaelD]

This usually works very well.

 

[GizmoFreak]

I usually take a tack and just scrape out the lint. Takes a couple of minutes to get it nice and clean but it does the trick quite well.

 

[Harvey]

I wipe the ball with a damp towel, and I use a Q-tip dipped in alcohol to clean the rollers.

 

[peter584]

Lick it

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Harvey
I wipe the ball with a damp towel, and I use a Q-tip dipped in alcohol to clean the rollers.

that and I also use a thick vinyl scraper to get the gunk off that doesn't easily come off with a q-tip. (heavy duty cable ties work well. Just make sure it's vinyl, you don't want to score the rollers.)

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: peter584
Lick it

Smack it.

 

[Shelly21]

Use a sharp pointed object, scrape the gunk/lint off the rolling thingy.

Or buy an optical mouse.... I love 'em.

 

[StageLeft]

Pen knife to scrape rollers. Optical is sooo much nicer tho!

 

[AntaresVI]

16-molar HCl works well too.

 

[Smolek]

toothpick to scrape the built up dirt on rollers off.

 

[Kelvrick]

He's talking about the scroller guys, the round thingy between the two buttons. SOrry man, I don't know how to clean that. Bump for you.

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