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Light scratches to imac aluminium front face...?

Hi

I have recently brought a 24" imac and i noticed yesterday that there are very light scatches to the aluminium face (lower left hand side), its nothing major and to be honest doesnt really justify taking the imac back to apple but i was wondering if there are any official products that can be used to get the scracthes out?

I ask at the aluminium seems to be the same as the macbook pros and they have been around sometime so a product must be available to remove light scratches?

Thanks.

Rob.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.3), iMac 24" 3.06 GHZ

Posted on Jun 12, 2008 2:43 AM

5 replies

Jun 12, 2008 9:57 AM in response to Rob_106

There has been a lot of discussion about removing scratches, and the general consensus is 'don't mess with it'. Some people have tried an auto aluminum polishing compound, but that has removed the matte finish and created more of a problem. As far as I know, there are no "official" Apple scratch removal products, so the best thing to do would be to train your eye to ignore the scratches.

Sorry there's not more positive news,




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