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#470607 - 02/13/07 08:36 PM iPod Scratch Removal [Re: Macdaddy2]
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Registered: 08/16/04
Posts: 500
Loc: Portland, Oregon
This morning, my boss came to me with an iPod Nano. His son had sent it through the wash. Amazingly enough, it still works, despite being scratched to hell, and having a broken screen. The boss had gotten a replacement screen, and wanted me to throw it in at my convenience.

"Of course, not a problem!" I said. the man signs my paycheck, what else would I say? So I set to work. But, of course, I cant do just the bare minimum. I am wearing a MacMod t-shirt after all.

I decided to do something about the massive scratching on the front and back. 5 minutes, a pepsi and some gray matter later, I was sitting at my desk with everything I needed. Here's what I've got.

several sheets of automotive grade sandpaper. 1000 and 2000 grit. a tub of turtle wax rubbing compound (white kind) and a bottle of guitar polish. All stuff I had either at my desk in the shop, or on my table in the basement next to the spray booth.

With the nano gutted, I gave it light pressure with the 1K grit paper, working in a circular pattern. the whole surface hazed up as I went. After the surface was hazed decently, I took a little rubbing compound and polished away the haze. Wow. tons better. but not perfect. I switched to the 2k grit and gave that moderate pressure. More surface haze as it blended all the swirls together. Once I had a good amount of hazing, I used more rubbing compound. Wow x2. really close to a glassy surface! Guitar polish was now the order of the day. OOOOOOOO...shiny! Success!

I then took 2k grit and cleaned down the metal back plate. This time however, instead of polishing with the turtle wax compound, I broke out the zildjian cymbal polish. This brought back the mirror shine that was missing.

I then snapped the whole repaired and polished unit back together. Looking at it, you'd never know it went through the wash. I havent shown the boss yet, but he may be a bit surprised.

Anyway, while this isnt a mod guide, if you've got a scratched to hell ipod, try my method. It'll freak you out when you start to sand, but you'll get positive results. Trust me.  smile
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#470608 - 02/14/07 09:48 AM Re: iPod Scratch Removal [Re: Macdaddy2]
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Registered: 02/14/05
Posts: 491
There was some one on the web taht dunked his nano into beer (On purpose even) and it still worked. the nano is suposed to be very rugged.
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#470609 - 02/15/07 01:13 PM Re: iPod Scratch Removal [Re: Macdaddy2]
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Registered: 11/16/07
Posts: 1816
Loc: Florida, USA
Might of been easier to get a iPod skin and it would of covered up the scratches.
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#470610 - 02/16/07 08:06 PM Re: iPod Scratch Removal [Re: Macdaddy2]
modyourmac Offline


Registered: 08/16/04
Posts: 500
Loc: Portland, Oregon
Well, easy, and covering up the scratches wasnt the point.

As Kennedy once said, "we choose not to do these things because they are easy, but because they are hard."

He was speaking about going to the moon. But the concept is the same. Yes, there's easy, but sometimes hard is more satisfying smile
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#470611 - 02/17/07 02:28 AM Re: iPod Scratch Removal [Re: Macdaddy2]
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Registered: 10/16/04
Posts: 586
Loc: Vancouver, BC Canada
this is pretty much the same technique that apple sauce's products use.  it has proved to work well for many.
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#470612 - 06/19/08 09:43 PM Re: iPod Scratch Removal [Re: Macdaddy2]
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Registered: 03/01/04
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didn't you hear you can remove the scratches with a banana? At least Anthony (Krusher117) seems to think so...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rfT9qfVkVQM
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#470613 - 06/20/08 02:26 AM Re: iPod Scratch Removal [Re: Macdaddy2]
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Where's the cache?

Registered: 03/21/06
Posts: 248
Originally Posted By: "oojacoboo"
didn't you hear you can remove the scratches with a banana? At least Anthony (Krusher117) seems to think so...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rfT9qfVkVQM

Interesting... I guess it is worth a try though. Maybe tomorrow I will buy a banana when I am in town smile

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#470614 - 06/20/08 05:51 PM Re: iPod Scratch Removal [Re: Macdaddy2]
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Registered: 03/01/04
Posts: 1468
987687, save your time... its a hoax wink
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#470615 - 06/20/08 06:21 PM Re: iPod Scratch Removal [Re: Macdaddy2]
987687 Offline
Where's the cache?

Registered: 03/21/06
Posts: 248
Originally Posted By: "oojacoboo"
987687, save your time... its a hoax wink

At least my iPod smells nice now :=)

Actually... I would not be stupid enough to rub banana all over my iPod.

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#470616 - 11/06/08 05:28 PM Re: iPod Scratch Removal [Re: Macdaddy2]
987687 Offline
Where's the cache?

Registered: 03/21/06
Posts: 248
What is with all the spam lately?

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