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R3DH3R0

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Apr 27, 2010
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I just noticed this tonight, I was changing the batteries in my Magic Mouse and the Plastic Rails had eraser like shavings coming off of it. It wasn't a lot, and they just wiped right off. But is it normal for the plastic rails to wear like this?

Oh, I am using a mouse pad, it's a firm one, like plastic.
 

munkery

macrumors 68020
Dec 18, 2006
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The plastic rails will wear down over time. Usually more pronounced at the ends of each rail.
 

randomerratum

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Dec 3, 2009
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Santa Monica, CA
Look closer,
it may not be shavings of the rails themselves but stuff that it's collected from weeks of rubbing around.

I recently changed my batteries and was surprised by all the different crap it seems to have hanging off it considering how clean I keep my table.
 

R3DH3R0

macrumors regular
Original poster
Apr 27, 2010
125
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Look closer,
it may not be shavings of the rails themselves but stuff that it's collected from weeks of rubbing around.

I recently changed my batteries and was surprised by all the different crap it seems to have hanging off it considering how clean I keep my table.

My desk and mousepad are pretty clean. When I slide my finger on the plastic rail, the plastic was pealing, or shaving. It definitely wasn't from anything else.
 

vincenz

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Oct 20, 2008
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The plastic does wear down over time. I've had my mouse for about a year now, but the wear is only minimal so it's nothing to worry about. Dirt and dust from the oil on your hands does make its way down there though.
 
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