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Is your iPod scuffed or new looking?

I used a brillo-type dish sponge on the back and sides of my iPod. Now my iPod is brushed metal, scratches are invisible, and its almost impossible to get my fingers to leave a print.

if you feel like you can give up the shinyness, its worth it.
 
diddy said:
I used a brillo-type dish sponge on the back and sides of my iPod. Now my iPod is brushed metal, scratches are invisible, and its almost impossible to get my fingers to leave a print.

if you feel like you can give up the shinyness, its worth it.
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That probably looks nice too. Maybe I'll do it to mine.
 
mine has a few minor scratches
and some vertical ones from the tag on the apple case

but what really gets me is a really terrible scuff mark from the tag that appeared like a aweek after getting it. made me really angry.

seems like apple should be able to design a better case.
 
I got a clear skin for mine... but one thing that really got to me was that the hard plastic window that you put across the screen, scratched my screen! i got mad so i threw that bit out and put a square of clear contact over the screen in its place... cant even see its on there and keeps scratches away 😛
 
musicpyrite said:
and all the crap thats on my hands gets on the iPod
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There's a joke there, somewhere.. but me -> high road.

Seriously though, iPods do seem to be highly prone to scratches.
 
hehe

my two-and-a-half years(+?) old 10gb iPod look like its ran over by a car..
(I have ha it with me almost every day since i got it, even snowboarding, fishing and etc..)
But its still working!! I've heard many complainig about the battery,
but mine still gives me about 6+ hours with koss headphones, think i had 8+ when it was new (used grado hphones then).
Recently i have had hd problems with it a few times and the minijack is haveing contact probs.

Maybe its time to get a new soon..

-tb

Happy iPod owner 🙂 🙂 🙂
 
diddy said:
I used a brillo-type dish sponge on the back and sides of my iPod. Now my iPod is brushed metal, scratches are invisible, and its almost impossible to get my fingers to leave a print.

if you feel like you can give up the shinyness, its worth it.
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I'm going to do this. 🙂 Brilliant!
 
My 1st Gen 5Gb has so many scratches, dents, scuffs, and chips taken out of it it looks like a development mule. There's also a few cracks in the plastic around the ports. Then again I have had it since they were released and it's been (ab)used on a daily basis...
 
diddy said:
I used a brillo-type dish sponge on the back and sides of my iPod. Now my iPod is brushed metal, scratches are invisible, and its almost impossible to get my fingers to leave a print.

if you feel like you can give up the shinyness, its worth it.
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Could you post a few pictures of your iPod? I'd love to see what it looks like in "brushed" aluminum.
 
A friend of mine used some osrt of PDA protective film over it and was able to protect the screen from scratches since he would not get a case for it and just really cared for the screen. Works brillantly.
 
i think there's a tutorial over at ipoddlounge on how to brush-metal-ize your pod. takes a lot of work thou.
 
Mine's a 1st gen 5 gig and it still looks splendid. Sure a bit cloudy perhaps, but I find that buffing it with my Oakley glasses cloth keeps it sparkling ...
 
diddy said:
I used a brillo-type dish sponge on the back and sides of my iPod. Now my iPod is brushed metal, scratches are invisible, and its almost impossible to get my fingers to leave a print.

if you feel like you can give up the shinyness, its worth it.
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That sounds good, yet another call for
smilie_pics.gif
please!
 
edesignuk said:
Looks tip-top! 😀
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roflmao! 😉
i had a 3G that i sold a few days ago that had a dent (!!!!!) in the back. I swapped the back part with one of my friends because i screwed up the metal back part of it a few weeks after I got it, but groan, even with an iSkin it got a small but really notable dent near the bottom.
 
My iPod is 2 weeks old and I'm meticulously careful with it. And yet, it still has hairline scratches on the silver back. I think it might be caused when i'm trying to clean the fingerprints off it.
 
I will work on pics. Actually, I got the idea from this guy. He says Apple claims this doesn't void warrantee or anything.

Mine is brushed clean, with none of the whiteish lettering on the back anymore. I just rubbed more. And holy crap he has pics of one with brushed flames!

He has a whole tutorial=) just click 'Next >>' at the bottom of the page.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/brushedipod/
 
michaelrjohnson said:
Could you post a few pictures of your iPod? I'd love to see what it looks like in "brushed" aluminum.
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Yeah I'd love to see the brushed iPod too! Sounds cool...
 
Mine looks brand new. Its only two days old. 🙂 I took the case from the 3G iPod that I had and cut the click wheel hole to the right shape to protect it until the new cases are made. It doesn't look that bad.
 
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