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I recently recieved a Samsung D600 with a very scratched display, looks like a previous owner had a case on it and a load of dust got trapped behind it. Shame, as the rest of the phone was in a fairly good condition.

As the screen was already pretty scratched (see the picture at the bottom of this post) I thought I'd try some Turtle Wax 'Safe Cut Scratch Remover' on it, which is normally used for getting rid of light scratches in car paintwork.

And you know what, it's working! It needs quite a few applications (I use kitchen roll/paper) and a bit of elbow grease but it does seem to be getting rid of the scratches! It looks a lot better than it did, may not get the screen perfect but a lot more useable than it is now! Going to give it a few more applications to see how good it can get and post the result, but here's what the screen looked like when I got the phone:


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Posted: 2006-06-05 00:23:15
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Here's the result after about 6 applications:





Not a bad result I don't think! You can still see the deeper scratches, but they are a lot less obvious, and may well come out with a few more applications.

I would probably have just bought a new facia if it wasn't a Samsung slider, but these are a bugger to take apart and things like the data ribbon are notoriously fragile and tempremental so decided on this method instead.

What do you think, good result?
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Posted: 2006-06-05 12:04:28
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it looks quite good
i also heard you can use toothpaste to remove scratches or silver polish ,
would like to see the end result
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Posted: 2006-06-05 12:09:24
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Little Miss naughty!!
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Posted: 2006-06-05 12:10:26
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On 2006-06-05 12:10:26, 786KBR wrote:
Little Miss naughty!!


btw, I'm not using that wallpaper normally, I just put that one on to help with the comparison as it was on the other picture!

I normally use something a bit less 'girly'!

Didn't realise you could use toothpaste also, bet the phone smells fresh and minty afterwards!

I imagine you could use other paintwork scratch removers too, I daresay you could use T-Cut, though not sure if that will be too abrasive.
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Posted: 2006-06-05 12:29:42
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yeah its great the wax sorts of fill up all the groves and line ... but toothpaste? it dries up and turn all white?
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Posted: 2006-07-08 19:27:44
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Yeah, that is a pretty good result. Considering it looked as though the previous owner dragged it through a car park.
And I'm curious on how toothpaste would work...
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Posted: 2006-07-09 04:53:30
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Wow thats very nice. I should try it with my w800 but my w800 has cut, not scatch so I am not sure if it work. Anyway great result and where did u get ur hand on a free d600? I want one lol.
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Posted: 2006-07-09 10:36:56
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No, it wasn't free!

Unfortunately this won't work with cracked facias, and use it on a painted area and it will probably take the paint/finish off, so it should be only used on scratched/marked screen areas.
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Posted: 2006-07-09 11:19:23
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yeah thats quite good and smart!!!

but i use displex got some displex still got some hardly use it!
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Posted: 2006-07-12 08:54:00
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