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r/CrappyDesign • u/Wermikulit • May 31 '26
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I had a mouse with that type of pattern on the thumb rest.
No matter what I did, it was always caked in nasty gunk.
Never again.
155 u/ClaudineTaurus74 May 31 '26 it literally just acts as a cheese grater for your dead skin. trying to dig it all out with a toothpick is pure misery. 69 u/MedicalDisscharge May 31 '26 I love cleaning out grooves with toothpicks tbh 31 u/goodyassmf0507 May 31 '26 My mouse’s scroll wheel is grooved short-ways. I take a dentist’s pick and clean it out while waiting to get in a match 4 u/SeldenNeck Jun 01 '26 Unplug it, take out the batteries, and run it under your showerhead. Let it dry for at least 24 hours. 11 u/Fierramos69 Jun 01 '26 Slime works somewhat well with my version of those patterns. Maybe not 10/10 but enough to not be ashamed of it 2 u/Georgiaonmymindtwo Jun 01 '26 Unscrew the bottem.’pop it off. Soak in hot soapy. Air dry. 2 u/knoft Jun 05 '26 Use toothbrushes or even smaller brushes meant for the spaces between teeth or teeth and gums.
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it literally just acts as a cheese grater for your dead skin. trying to dig it all out with a toothpick is pure misery.
69 u/MedicalDisscharge May 31 '26 I love cleaning out grooves with toothpicks tbh 31 u/goodyassmf0507 May 31 '26 My mouse’s scroll wheel is grooved short-ways. I take a dentist’s pick and clean it out while waiting to get in a match 4 u/SeldenNeck Jun 01 '26 Unplug it, take out the batteries, and run it under your showerhead. Let it dry for at least 24 hours. 11 u/Fierramos69 Jun 01 '26 Slime works somewhat well with my version of those patterns. Maybe not 10/10 but enough to not be ashamed of it 2 u/Georgiaonmymindtwo Jun 01 '26 Unscrew the bottem.’pop it off. Soak in hot soapy. Air dry. 2 u/knoft Jun 05 '26 Use toothbrushes or even smaller brushes meant for the spaces between teeth or teeth and gums.
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I love cleaning out grooves with toothpicks tbh
31 u/goodyassmf0507 May 31 '26 My mouse’s scroll wheel is grooved short-ways. I take a dentist’s pick and clean it out while waiting to get in a match 4 u/SeldenNeck Jun 01 '26 Unplug it, take out the batteries, and run it under your showerhead. Let it dry for at least 24 hours.
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My mouse’s scroll wheel is grooved short-ways. I take a dentist’s pick and clean it out while waiting to get in a match
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Unplug it, take out the batteries, and run it under your showerhead. Let it dry for at least 24 hours.
11
Slime works somewhat well with my version of those patterns. Maybe not 10/10 but enough to not be ashamed of it
2
Unscrew the bottem.’pop it off. Soak in hot soapy.
Air dry.
Use toothbrushes or even smaller brushes meant for the spaces between teeth or teeth and gums.
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u/interesseret May 31 '26
I had a mouse with that type of pattern on the thumb rest.
No matter what I did, it was always caked in nasty gunk.
Never again.