I spray-painted a cheap mouse that came with my laptop (it looks messy but in a good way?), and the left/right clicks miraculously worked after a bit of work (the left clicks is actually a bit dampened now, making it quieter!)

However, I think the optical sensor is borked. The mouse can click but it can’t move the cursor.

I’m thinking something like a bluetooth motion tracker that moves your cursor could work if I mounted it on the mouse, but does something like that even exist? I searched online and it doesn’t seem to be a thing. Maybe I have to DIY it a bit by buying a bluetooth motion tracker and using a program that makes it so that is moves the cursor?

  • sbirdOPEnglish
    2•14 days ago

    also I think the scroll wheel is a bit buggy as well, since I spray painted the top half. It seems that the mouse scrolls by using an optical sensor detecting the mouse wheel, and it gets confused when it sees the light blue. That means whenever I want to scroll down, it occasionally scrolls up a bit. A bit annoying, but I’m surprised the thing scrolls at all

    • lemmyngEnglish
      5•14 days ago

      Most scroll wheels use an optical sensor inside the housing to monitor the motion of the wheel. If you got paint inside the housing then it can confuse the sensor.

      Question: did you take off the top of the mouse to paint it, or at least tape off any areas that needed to be protected like the scroll wheel and the bottom sensor?

      • sbirdOPEnglish
        1•13 days ago

        …no (in hindsight probably should have taped the sensor)

        • @algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org
          3•12 days ago

          Honestly just get a new mouse and consider this a lesson to be a bit more careful next time. The amount of effort to fix your current mouse isn’t worth your time

          • sbirdOPEnglish
            1•12 days ago

            yeah next time I really should tape the important bits of the mouse

            • @Baguette@lemm.ee
              1•12 days ago

              https://youtu.be/hBTsjPplZfw

              Look at youtube for guides on customizing your mouse

              You’d prob want to sand the mouse to let the primer adhere better, and go with small coats.

              A outer protective coat after would prob work wonders since your finger oils will mess up raw paint fast

              Disassembly is actually really easy for mouses so you can spray paint pieces individually, or at least just the shell