Brasso is your friend
After seeing this mentioned at Lileks, I figured I’d give it a shot on my Sony MZ-RH10 Hi-MD Minidisc recorder. It had been badly scratched by merely being in my hand. And I’m not talking about the minor scratching that Todd had on his iPod, I’m talking about scratches so bad you need to tilt the unit to see the screen.
Brasso did a wonderful job taking out those scratches, and my MZ-RH10 is, while not perfect (hey, I spent a minute on it, and I got what I wanted. Leave me alone) it certainly is much better than it was.
And, in the more bang for the buck category: A quick application took out the surface scratches on the touchscreen of my Nintendo DS. I’ll try a more vigorous application later to see if it can take out the deeper cuts.
And if I’m feeling particularly brave, I’ll try to buff out the scratches in the clearcoat on my motorcycle.