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From: Adam Aglionby on 26 Mar 2010 19:53
On 26 Mar, 14:10, "Tim" <timdownie2...(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> What's the easiest was of restoring a mobile phone screen that has just gone
> very dull with lots of very fine scratches?
>
> It's a Samsung Steel and I don't think you can get the screen cover on its
> own.
>
> TIA
>
> Tim

Novus plastic polish, great fro cleaining pinball playfields some car
shops used to stock it for windows on softops and used by pilots of
light aircraft for canopies, 3 is coarse , 2 is a possble its very
fine, 1 is just a cleaner.

Cheers
Adam
From: Graham. on 26 Mar 2010 21:17


"Andy Dingley" <dingbat(a)codesmiths.com> wrote in message news:97192e54-ac4a-4609-94bd-979674d2384d(a)r1g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
> On 26 Mar, 14:10, "Tim" <timdownie2...(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> What's the easiest was of restoring a mobile phone screen that has just gone
>> very dull with lots of very fine scratches?
>
> Micromesh abrasives. Axminster do a sampler pack.
>
> Toothpaste doesn't work any more (for most brands), unless you find a
> really old-school smoker's toothpaste.

Proper toothpaste contains china clay as an abrasive doesn't it?

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%


From: Dave on 26 Mar 2010 23:32
Mr Benn wrote:
> "David" <readthisbot(a)mailinator.com> wrote in message
> news:74958f0a-2ef6-4714-b88e-7dbab6f80209(a)b33g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 26, 2:10 pm, "Tim" <timdownie2...(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> What's the easiest was of restoring a mobile phone screen that has just
>> gone
>> very dull with lots of very fine scratches?
>
> If it's plastic - I had a map measurer with an almost illegible
> plastic dial (owing to sctrtches etc) and I polished it out with
> Brasso and a soft cloth. I'd normally say "try it in an inconspicuous
> area first, but there probably isn't one...
> ========================
>
> It may be possible to do this but when I tried this with my Samsung mobile,
> it wore off some kind of coating on the plastic lense and it looked worse
> than before I tried polishing it with the Brasso. I ended up having to
> replace the lense which required complete disassembly of the phone.
>
> However, I still routinely remove scratches from CDs and DVDs using Brasso
> with great success.

What sort of success rate do you have with this method? Do you ever fail?

Dave
From: JimK on 27 Mar 2010 04:07
On Mar 27, 1:17 am, "Graham." <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> "Andy Dingley" <ding...(a)codesmiths.com> wrote in messagenews:97192e54-ac4a-4609-94bd-979674d2384d(a)r1g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
> > On 26 Mar, 14:10, "Tim" <timdownie2...(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >> What's the easiest was of restoring a mobile phone screen that has just gone
> >> very dull with lots of very fine scratches?
>
> > Micromesh abrasives. Axminster do a sampler pack.
>
> > Toothpaste doesn't work any more (for most brands), unless you find a
> > really old-school smoker's toothpaste.
>
> Proper toothpaste contains china clay as an abrasive doesn't it?
>

silica

JimK
From: Mr. Benn on 27 Mar 2010 05:02
"Dave" <davenpat(a)btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:C_adnecM-pXV4TDWnZ2dnUVZ8jOdnZ2d(a)bt.com...
> Mr Benn wrote:
>> "David" <readthisbot(a)mailinator.com> wrote in message
>> news:74958f0a-2ef6-4714-b88e-7dbab6f80209(a)b33g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
>> On Mar 26, 2:10 pm, "Tim" <timdownie2...(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> What's the easiest was of restoring a mobile phone screen that has just
>>> gone
>>> very dull with lots of very fine scratches?
>>
>> If it's plastic - I had a map measurer with an almost illegible
>> plastic dial (owing to sctrtches etc) and I polished it out with
>> Brasso and a soft cloth. I'd normally say "try it in an inconspicuous
>> area first, but there probably isn't one...
>> ========================
>>
>> It may be possible to do this but when I tried this with my Samsung
>> mobile, it wore off some kind of coating on the plastic lense and it
>> looked worse than before I tried polishing it with the Brasso. I ended
>> up having to replace the lense which required complete disassembly of the
>> phone.
>>
>> However, I still routinely remove scratches from CDs and DVDs using
>> Brasso with great success.
>
> What sort of success rate do you have with this method? Do you ever fail?
>
> Dave

If the scratches are not too deep on DVDs, I can normally remove them
completely. Deeper scratches may be impossible to remove totally.

However my warning still stands with mobile phone display lenses regarding
the lense coating.


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