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From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Removing Mouse Grunge -- Summary
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 8 Aug 90 00:35:56 GMT
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In comp.sys.sun I write:

| AIIIEEE!!!!  I've got MOUSE GRUNGE!!!  And it's TERMINAL!!!

Got a couple of requests to summarize, and a lot of really interesting
solutions.  Here are some of the best:

Don "Truck" Lewis (del@mlb.semi.harris.com) wins with his suggestion both
its simplicity and being almost the only person claiming to have actually
cleaned one:

>Remove the two screws on the bottom, take the bottom off the mouse
>(careful not to lose the the round plastic lenses!), take it to the
>restroom and wash the pads with soap and water.  I've done it lots of
>times.

Jeff Poskanzer (jef@well.sf.ca.us) also suggested soap and water, but
added:

> . . . [or] remove them and replace them with teflon, which works
>better anyway.

Teflon . . . and I can rename the mouse Ronald!  David Collier-Brown
(davecb@Nexus.YorkU.CA) wins an award for best suggestion using commonly
available replacements:

> . . . felt pads from the china store.  They're for sticking on the bottom
>of china figurines and such so that they don't scratch the furniture.

For those who doubt the efficacy of soap and water, Tom Currey
(tcurrey@x102a.ess.harris.com) suggested something slightly higher tech:

>Try using rubbing alcohol or fingernail polish remover very lightly
>on the pad.  That should clean off whetever is on them.
>
>PS. I have never tried this on mouse pads, but It works on other material.

Most humorous award goes to someone I'll call The Anonymous Rodentophile:

>I rub the mouse on my jeans.  Not only does it get the grunge off, but
>it also excites the mouse.  :-)

Don't you mean "gets both the grunge and the mouse off?"  :-) Thanks to
all!  Gentle soap and water did the trick, and I'm keeping my eyes open
for teflon pads.

Steve