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2000 grit sandpaper + rubbing compound + car wax = mostly scratch free Ipod.

So my 30gig ipod was pretty scratched up from over 2 years of abuse, and so I decided to run a little experiment to see if it would actually work. I just spent about 30 minutes rubbing out the scratches on the front and back of the ipod with the sand paper and then buffing it a bit with the rubbing conpound. It works pretty well, I had to use a little bit of wax to get rid of the dullness though.

I don't recommend that EVERYONE try this, but I did it just because I knew I didn't really have much to lose if it didn't work.

Insomnia sparks the creativity and ambition in me sometimes.

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hmm.. mine is getting there so i'll test some where then on the ipod how good does it look?

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coool, I might give it a try since my ipod is pretty scratch up from the back.

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ill give it a shot and if it dosent work i know who to blame!!!!!! try fail repeat ur a dead man jk jk ha ha

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insomiac does that to people lol

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mine is in a case (thanks brent) so its scratch free.

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pics!!!

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It's not exactly perfect, but it's a lot better than it was. The finish on mine was kinda dull before I sanded it so...

I'll post pics in a bit. I don't have any before shots, but you'll get the general idea. There's just one sort of gnarly scratch I can't get rid of though....Oh well. It's still better.:)

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oops i didnt know that.

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Hehe, It's ok.;)