If you still have a "ball" mouse and are tired of cleaning it, just
throw out your mouse pad and use a large, old, cloth-bound book. It
will stay where you put it, and the old linen cover won't produce
lint. I stumbled across this idea out of frustration, and my mouse
has worked flawlessly ever since. Clean your mouse ball and rollers
first, of course. Use isopropyl alcohol and a Q-tip or toothpick to
get the junk off the interior rollers. Never underestimate low
high-tech!

i use one for my optical mouse. love it. has a good pattern on it so the
mouse works well.

randy

"aha" wrote in message
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If you still have a "ball" mouse and are tired of cleaning it, just
throw out your mouse pad and use a large, old, cloth-bound book. It
will stay where you put it, and the old linen cover won't produce
lint. I stumbled across this idea out of frustration, and my mouse
has worked flawlessly ever since. Clean your mouse ball and rollers
first, of course. Use isopropyl alcohol and a Q-tip or toothpick to
get the junk off the interior rollers. Never underestimate low
high-tech!

I have a plastic laminate pad that has a fabric-textured look and feel, but
it also has some shine. This didn't work well with my newer optical mouse.


"xrongor" wrote in message
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i use one for my optical mouse. love it. has a good pattern on it so the
mouse works well.

randy

"aha" wrote in message
om...
If you still have a "ball" mouse and are tired of cleaning it, just
throw out your mouse pad and use a large, old, cloth-bound book. It
will stay where you put it, and the old linen cover won't produce
lint. I stumbled across this idea out of frustration, and my mouse
has worked flawlessly ever since. Clean your mouse ball and rollers
first, of course. Use isopropyl alcohol and a Q-tip or toothpick to
get the junk off the interior rollers. Never underestimate low
high-tech!

In article
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says...
If you still have a "ball" mouse and are tired of cleaning it, just
throw out your mouse pad and use a large, old, cloth-bound book. It
will stay where you put it, and the old linen cover won't produce
lint.
The "dirt" that accumulates in your mouse doesn't originate
from the pad.

It's mostly comprised of airborne dust and shed skin from
you.

Changing pads won't alter that.


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Mark

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Your perception may be different.

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"aha" wrote in message
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If you still have a "ball" mouse and are tired of cleaning it, just
throw out your mouse pad and use a large, old, cloth-bound book. It
will stay where you put it, and the old linen cover won't produce
lint.

Of course, you'll need surgery on your wrist after using something that high
off your desk, but hey - knock yourself out.

or, you could take the cover off the book and its profile would be lower
than a lot of the high tech pads out there.

again, never underestimate low-tech.

"jeffc" wrote in message
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"aha" wrote in message
om...
If you still have a "ball" mouse and are tired of cleaning it, just
throw out your mouse pad and use a large, old, cloth-bound book. It
will stay where you put it, and the old linen cover won't produce
lint.

Of course, you'll need surgery on your wrist after using something that
high
off your desk, but hey - knock yourself out.


or, you could take the cover off the book and its profile would be lower
than a lot of the high tech pads out there.

again, never underestimate low-tech.

"Joe C" wrote in message
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or, you could take the cover off the book and its profile would be lower
than a lot of the high tech pads out there.


I did just that. I had a few old books to get rid of so I cut off a cover.
Works well.