-> You may laugh, but to me this is serious!

-> Does anyone here know how I might restore the quality of mouse balls?  For
-> years I've had and used Logitec's RF serial three button mice.  Lately both
-> mice have been sliding into inactivity and sticky footwork.  So I've been
-> carefully taking the plates off and 'cleaning' the balls and optical shaft area
-> with a soft cloth and so on.

-> Doesn't work!

-> Then out of the blue, I happened to find an old envelope in a forgotten desk
-> drawer with a brand new ball for these mice in it.  So .. of course, I chunked
-> in this new ball into one of the mice and VIOLA!  Perfectly working mouse
-> again.  All you gotta do is renew the balls, chuckle.

 There is a product called "Rubber Renue" is is made by MG Chemicals. I
get mine at Fry's but I am sure it is avaialble elsewhere. It is
specificly designed to clean Rubber parts. Works great on slipping feed
rollers ect. And should do what you want on the Mouse balls. 
ONE caution about the replies you might get. DO not let Anyone convince
you to use Rubbing Alcohol or something like that. They will appear to
work for a while but will really deterate the rubber until the part
becomes unusable.
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