hmmmm if you applied the deoxit gold with a qtip, try putting just a drop on your finger, and applying it that way to both batt ends, + contact and top of spring. When I used a qtip, a lot of it soaked in the qtip, so it started arc'ing again. I use two drops, one for batts, then another for contact and spring. Wow, just this little bit of typing and using the mouse has my arm/shoulder screaming again, so gonna sign off. But maybe see if that helps. Talk to ya probably sometime tomorrow hun. Hope you sleep well when you get there.