Posted September 11, 2013
I just cleaned my mouse for the umpteenth time a few minutes ago, and thought I might share my little living tip.
It wasn't too long ago when I first realized that mice attract shite from fingers and accumulate. I tried to ignore the grime at first, then gave up and used my fingernails to scrub off little bit by little bit. Occasionally I'd use a piece of tissue, and that process repeated for a few years (the results were subpar at best). Then I discovered the magic of isopropyl alcohol, or more precisely, isopropyl alcohol swabs (they're also called alcohol pads or wipes).
Like these: http://www.drugstore.com/curad-alcohol-swabs/qxp37586
They're under 2 cents apiece when you buy a box, and unlike disinfectant wipes, you don't get toxic chemicals into your bloodstream by using them. It's so quick and easy to clean my mouse now, the experience is actually enjoyable. It's like magic, how good a previously shitty-feeling mouse can feel like after a few seconds of cleaning.
The last couple years, I've always kept small stacks in various places around the house for easy reach and continue to use them to get grime off eyeglass frames, screen protectors, e-cigarette cartridges, dirty toenails, belly buttons..... :) Not to mention effectively disinfecting dirty little smudges left from killing dirty little creepers like roaches and camel crickets. They also came in handy when my toddler was a newborn and I couldn't get myself to put water in her ears for cleaning.
Some side info:
- A cheaper and very similar method is to wet a tissue or napkin with the isopropyl alcohol most homes keep a bottle of, but you have to be a bit more vigilant about not getting any of it into electronic devices.
- High-proof alcohol beverages like Bacardi 151 or Everclear can also do the trick, but beware of additives that make up the remaining 25% or so.
- Isopropyl alcohol can come with 90%+ purity, but the more common 70% or even 50% ones should do fine in most cases.
- Don't clean your eyes or nostrils with this stuff, you'll thank me later.
(It's okay to take my recommendations with a grain of salt. The LoL friend I taught how to make a lazy-man's version of chicken soup to erased me from his friends list. Not so tough for a self-proclaimed "descendant of the Vikings", he was.)
EDIT: below
TL;DR
Alcohol is cheap and trumps water as a solvent.
It wasn't too long ago when I first realized that mice attract shite from fingers and accumulate. I tried to ignore the grime at first, then gave up and used my fingernails to scrub off little bit by little bit. Occasionally I'd use a piece of tissue, and that process repeated for a few years (the results were subpar at best). Then I discovered the magic of isopropyl alcohol, or more precisely, isopropyl alcohol swabs (they're also called alcohol pads or wipes).
Like these: http://www.drugstore.com/curad-alcohol-swabs/qxp37586
They're under 2 cents apiece when you buy a box, and unlike disinfectant wipes, you don't get toxic chemicals into your bloodstream by using them. It's so quick and easy to clean my mouse now, the experience is actually enjoyable. It's like magic, how good a previously shitty-feeling mouse can feel like after a few seconds of cleaning.
The last couple years, I've always kept small stacks in various places around the house for easy reach and continue to use them to get grime off eyeglass frames, screen protectors, e-cigarette cartridges, dirty toenails, belly buttons..... :) Not to mention effectively disinfecting dirty little smudges left from killing dirty little creepers like roaches and camel crickets. They also came in handy when my toddler was a newborn and I couldn't get myself to put water in her ears for cleaning.
Some side info:
- A cheaper and very similar method is to wet a tissue or napkin with the isopropyl alcohol most homes keep a bottle of, but you have to be a bit more vigilant about not getting any of it into electronic devices.
- High-proof alcohol beverages like Bacardi 151 or Everclear can also do the trick, but beware of additives that make up the remaining 25% or so.
- Isopropyl alcohol can come with 90%+ purity, but the more common 70% or even 50% ones should do fine in most cases.
- Don't clean your eyes or nostrils with this stuff, you'll thank me later.
(It's okay to take my recommendations with a grain of salt. The LoL friend I taught how to make a lazy-man's version of chicken soup to erased me from his friends list. Not so tough for a self-proclaimed "descendant of the Vikings", he was.)
EDIT: below
TL;DR
Alcohol is cheap and trumps water as a solvent.
Post edited September 11, 2013 by grape1829
