Started on one computer mouse needing a new AA battery. Then re-glued the foot pad that had fallen off and was making it rock. While vigorously testing the other foot pads, they came off, and so I ended up re-gluing them all.
Then went one to another mouse and started to clean some dust in the corners of it. Turned out the dust was enough that I had an excuse to take it apart. Then there was enough random tiny fibers/hairs that I couldn’t get off that I went to use the air compressor to really get it clean. And re-glued the feet pads here, because, why not.
With as much as I take apart my computer mice, it causes the factory sticky tape to fail. So I actually cut out an access whole where the foot pad covers the hidden screws. And then I can use gel super glue to keep the foot pads down fully without curling.
I remember having to clean the little wheelies inside the ball mouse. No one understood you had to do this at companies and it was rough being “the I.T. guy.”
It’s weird that I miss doing this.
What’s sad is I had a ‘ball’ mouse for 14 years of 7x16 use, with only regular cleaning keeping it going.
I liked doing it, too. I have a trackball mouse, so I still get to do that sometimes.
Heck yeah, cleaning little tufts of grime out from blocking the trackball sensor is so satisfying