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From: rieman@boulder.Colorado.EDU (John Rieman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Cleaned my mouse... Broke my mouse?
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Date: 29 Dec 89 20:01:54 GMT
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In article <21521@mimsy.umd.edu> folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta) writes:
>In article <9422@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
>"...  But *don't* remove the black stuff in a
>"thin layer on the rollers; they provide traction.  If this is the scum
>"you mean, all I can say is, whoops.
>
>That is what I was worried about, a coating that Apple purposely put there.
>I cleaned the steel rollers to the metal.
>

My ADB mouse started to stumble when it was about a month old.  I also
cleaned the rollers to the metal -- looked like scum to me!  I didn't
need to add additional spring power, and the mouse has worked fine,
with no cleaning needed, for six months.

Seems like the black traction stuff is mostly good for picking up dirt.

-john

rieman@boulder.colorado.edu
U. of Colorado