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WD40 on a mouse
Drez
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Now, before you accuse me of animal cruelty, I'm talking about a COMPUTER mouse. Not a real mouse. Besides, rodents are slippery enough without additives.
I recently dumped an entire cup of coffee on my mouse (the computer mouse) about 2-3 days ago. Like an entire cup. About 10 oz of twice-sugared coffee.
This morning, it started clicking and sticking and the middle mouse button hasn't worked since the incident.
I'm trying to figure out what I can do without opening it, since that is quite the feat according to what I've read. I have a Logitech G502 Wireless LIGHTSPEED. I should mention that it retails for $150 so...yeah.
I was thinking about spraying inside the various crevices and abyssal voids within and without the surface of the mouse. Will this work? Is it dangerous (to the mouse)?
I recently dumped an entire cup of coffee on my mouse (the computer mouse) about 2-3 days ago. Like an entire cup. About 10 oz of twice-sugared coffee.
This morning, it started clicking and sticking and the middle mouse button hasn't worked since the incident.
I'm trying to figure out what I can do without opening it, since that is quite the feat according to what I've read. I have a Logitech G502 Wireless LIGHTSPEED. I should mention that it retails for $150 so...yeah.
I was thinking about spraying inside the various crevices and abyssal voids within and without the surface of the mouse. Will this work? Is it dangerous (to the mouse)?
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Even if I get a new mouse, I'm not going to toss this one unless I somehow make it worse which is partly why I'm asking. I could always use it as a slightly-less-function travel mouse or something.
Thanks, will try that.
I prefer lagers but I’ll try the Isopropyl Alcohol fir-
Ohh! Ohh...
Ok thanks, I’ll keep that in mind.
However, if you're otherwise going to have to buy a new one and have the confidence, you may as well see if you can gently remove bits till you can get to the problem to clean it, as long as you can remember how to put them back. I tend to do that if I know I'm going to replace it anyway.
I’d recommend opening it up and cleaning everything as best you can. It’s not very difficult and there are some great tear down videos online, so it is pretty cookbook.
I did something similar with my G903 a couple years ago. The exact layout will of course be different, but it ought to give you an idea of what to expect.
It probably won't ever be perfect again without wear and tear getting rid of the gunk buildup.
I disassembled it as much as I could following an internet teardown guide (there are screws underneath the pads on the bottom). Then I carefully wiped away as much the gunk as I could and then started gently wiping everything with kimwipes soaked in IPA.
I thought about just squirting it with IPA but decided that the risk that it attacks some plastic somewhere too great and thought I'd put it back together and try it first and if that fails I can be more liberal with the IPA. I put it back together and the mouse works near perfectly all of the clicks feel normal except for the top left (+dpi) button, which resists pressing for a little more than before but I almost never use that button so this extra depress force doesn't bother me.
YMMV but I would strongly suggest you try taking it apart and gently wiping everything you can see with IPA.
If you are really desperate here you can try warm running water, not boiling water just hand warm though.
On more than one occasion friends and I have rescued keyboards and even a computer that had been hit by spillage of some liquid, simply by disconnecting, removing batteries and hen giving it a good hose down. The thought being that say a keyboard that has been milk poured on it will get pretty nasty if nothing is done, so when the choice is discard or try something desperate then why not go with the later.
In no way is it an ideal solution, but if you let it dry out for a few days afterwards it could work well and better than using all sorts of chemicals.
I'm fairly sure the problem was sugar crystals forming.
Unfortunately that isn't easily reversible. Maybe you can find a video online how to replace the moving parts, take those apart and clean them. Those moving parts sound like your problem.
If it is sugar, that doesn't solute well in very nonpolar liquid. I'm pretty sure not even ethylalcohol.
Which makes it hard to clean fully.
Any parts that are purely mechanical, maybe you can separate and put into water, and then dry. I did that with my laptop keys.
Electronic parts, maybe dry swab them?
I ended up buying a new G502 wireless. I really like the mouse and it's fully functional except for the middle mouse button so I figure I'm going to use it for my work laptop instead and ditch the garbo one they provided.
If I get bored some day, I may disassemble the mouse and try to fix it. Maybe I'll also (or first, rather) reach out to Logitech to see if they can replace it cheaply.
Thanks for all the advice.