From: jasee on 31 Mar 2010 03:28 Dave Higton wrote: > In message <FMadnbl9UMLFkSzWnZ2dnUVZ7qudnZ2d(a)bt.com> > "jasee" <jasee(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > >> >> "JimK" <jk989898(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message >> news:c4d4bbc6-900b-4d05-85a7-52c0a35771e4(a)l25g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... >>> 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 >> >> sand? surely not (too abrasive) > > Depends on the particle size. Brasso, for example, is quite good > in general terms because its abrasive particles are small. (I > have no idea whether it's good enough for this job.) > > All surfaces, even mirrors, are entirely composed of scratches, > just small ones. And on the hardness of the material silica (silcon dioxide) is a lot harder than China clay *basically aluminium silcate hydroxide)
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