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   From: <pp@enterprise.net>

   I have always found that really careful cleaning has fixed these problems.
   I have never used any chemical cleaning agents.

Particularly for cleaning the rollers in mice, I've always found that
Freon 113 (trichlorotrifluoroethane) or 1,1,1-trichloroethane on a
Q-tip works really well.

Unfortunately, by governmental fiat these chemicals are no longer
available on the open market.

If you don't have a secret stash of Freon or 1,1,1-trichlor, 90%
isopropanol (not 70% rubbing alcohol) should do the trick.  You can
get 90% isopropyl alcohol from any place that sells injection
supplies; ask your pharmacist where the insulin needles are kept.
None of the chemicals I've mentioned are particularly horrible on
plastics; nevertheless, do your best to keep the isopropyl away from
the mouse housing itself and just on the rollers.

                                        ---Rob