Rolling Ball on Mouse Not Working

I have read several of the threads about cleaning the roller ball on the Mighty Mouse but none seem to repair the two I have here in an office. What makes it more frustrating is that some of us have eye sight that is in need of zooming and the feature is great except with the ball not able to roll downward we cannot zoom out once we zoom in unless I bring out another mouse and connect it to the computers.
In short, the roller does not roll downward (left, right, and upward work fine). Is there a way to get inside the mouse to see what is going on and clean it properly?

That looks like it will work but I'm nervous about going somewhere I should not be. Here is what I tried today and so far it is working.
I took a few sheets of "sticky notes" and with the very corners tried sticking the glued end into the very thin space between the ball and housing. I tried this both with the glued side out and glued side in (toward the ball). It made the ball tacky enough to grab some of the dirt from inside. The glued side out was able to get a little bit of gunk out too. I also modified what the Apple site said to do by pressing the primary button down and instead of just rolling the ball upside down I rolled it on the glued section of paper. Again it was enough to grab some gunk. Once done I had to carefully wipe the housing off as there was some residue left on the outside from the sticky note.
I'd be interested to find out if this works for anyone else as it is less invasive than opening the mouse.

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