Water based is fine too, but it's not as easy to find.
I guess you won't find it in a supermarket, but any electronics hobbist store...
I wouldn't get flux remover on the case, but it should be safe for the components. The main thing is don't use acid core (plumbing) flux.
The reason I said what I did is that the layers of the PCB, vias, and voids under components will absorb the flux remover and it will gradually outgass as the machine is used (=warmed). Typical composition of rosin flux remover: 57% 1,1,1 trichloroethane, 40% isopropanol, 3% acetone and this cocktail is evil for many plastics. The connector itself will usually be made of glass-filled polyphenylene sulfide which (AFAIK) will resist attack very well, but the case plastics, particularly thin pieces like the mouse-clicker actuator, are fair game. After having some nasty experiences with a product I was involved in manufacturing, I have sworn a solemn oath to keep chemicals of unknown properties away from my plastics ;)
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