Rejuvenating mouse skates?

[The Sauce]

I use a hard surface for gaming and buy the Hyperglide mouse feet from FrozenCPU. Over a month or two these things tend to get chewed up a bit by dirt and dust on the mouse pad and get "grabby." A simple cleaning does not get them back to slippery anymore. Anyone have any ideas to restore these things? Seems wasteful to toss them every time they wear a little since they are a bit pricey.

 

[corkyg]

Why not get a polished hard surface - polished slab or block - and wipe it off before you play? Those "skates" are made of teflon. You might try an adhesive teflon tape to resurface them.

http://www.dewalindustries.com/teflon_adhesive_tapes.html

A clean, polished surface seems like a better plan.

 

[The Sauce]

Hey that's not a half bad idea! I was thinking along the lines of like sanding them down or something but it makes more sense to put tape over them and trim it down. Smart.

 

[zagood]

Try these, I've had good luck with them...last time I bought was a while ago though so can't vouch for current line.
http://www.slicksurf.com/

 

[The Sauce]

Well as long as I was going to tape them I figured I'd try something. Took a sharp pocket knife and ran the blade across it perpendicular to the surface just scraping off a very tiny layer until all the scratch marks were out and it looked smooth again - voila! Smooth action once again. This maneuver ought to extend the life of these things about 10-fold.

 

[dbailey]

I use armor all on my old everglide mouse pads when I put new skates on.. Do that every few weeks and they last.

 

[0roo0roo]

you can buy ptfe tape in various sizes and thickness, thats essentially what they are selling you...by the roll instead.