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From: whit@milton.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: mice and the slipery pads
Summary: Try gluing Teflon onto the mouse
Message-ID: <16942@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 22 Feb 91 04:31:42 GMT
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Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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In article <Y'`&=M|@rpi.edu> grendel@itsgw.rpi.edu (Thomas E DeWeese) writes:
>
>    Hello,  I have a problem with my mouse.  The pads that it rests on 
>are worn away.  I went and talked to my apple dealer and he told me
>"get a new mouse" well besides not wanting to spend ~$100.00
	'nuff said.

	The same thing happened to me; I got two small (3/8 inch square)
chunks of 1/16 inch Teflon.  Clean the mouse and wipe the nubs
down with a Q-tip soaked in acetone.  Then carefully char one surface
of the Teflon bits (with a match).  DON'T clean off the scummy
charred-looking stuff, just put a dab of superglue on it, and
press it to the mouse.
	It'll take another decade or three to wear down that
much Teflon.  Bevel the edges on the Teflon with a sharp knife,
and your mouse will roll slicker than new.
	Bye the bye, be wary of fumes from hot Teflon; it's possible
to generate some NASTY gasses from fluorocarbons.  You'll be burning
at most a milligram or so of the stuff, so it's not terribly 
dangerous in this instance.

	John Whitmore