Small screen scratch 50GT-X5

Well I got a G50VT-X5 at a store auction, no actual pictures of the unit,
was supposed to come from a retailer not a person... pretty nice price.
No refunds or returns...

It arrived covered in filth, and after a cleaning I found an inch long diagonal "scratch" in the screen. Considering that's the worst of it, I'm probably lucky.



Now most of the scratch is on the topmost layer of the screen and can't even be noticed by touch. There are two places where it can be felt though.
I realize the marks with depth can't be fixed realistically, but if I could get the surface only marks out, I think it wouldn't be nearly as noticeable or annoying.

Right now on a black BG and sitting dead in front of the screen, it's neigh invisible. If you move to either side it pops up or on light backgrounds it's noticeable. Powered off it can be seen from across the room.

I've been trying to search around NBR, and on the net... so far I hear both yea and nay on toothpaste, petroleum jelly doesn't quite seem to do it either. Eyeglasses "filler" or resurfacer is hit more miss and rather halfbaked to begin with.

So I wonder if anyone in the Asus section has any first hand advice on some way to perhaps buff it out? Getting a new screen at this point is probably out of the question for the time being.

 

Oh man that's a shame... I'd be very careful with any abrasive, since it may make it worse due to the glossy finish, and it may react chemically and leave a cloudy appearance that will be absolutely impossible to remove.

If you have a white eraser, like this


Try rubbing that, obviously with the screen off, in small circles. It really depends if it's a deep scratch or only surface level. It may not work at all, but it will almost positively not make it worse.

I've also read about silver polish but never tried it. Again I would stay away from abrasives if you want to be safe, since the glossy finish will not take kindly to them.

As another approach, you could try filing a claim with your credit card company if you paid that way, since it is obviously not as described.

 

Well the ad said used, yet from the supplier's warehouse, all the contents as original were included. They had the opportunity to fill in the description though, and didn't bother.

There's some additional deep and light scratches on the casing, but I don't particularly care about them. A little paint, scratch solution, or plastic filler can take care of those if I had to.

This is partially annoying cause I know it's there, and I do a lot of photo editing.


Would I have any better chances if I disassembled the system?
May end up doing that anyway since I think the vents are stuffed with particles of who knows what.

 

Depends on how much force u are willing to risk with the eraser. I would advise against removing the lid from the bottom chassis since the lvds socket is a flimsy piece of crap in most Asus machines I have worked on. The same effect could be had by placing the lid side down on a table and propping the lower chassis up with a stack of books or something. But you risk popping pixels if you press too hard. Taking the bottom cover off to dust it is a good idea tho.

 

Well I was/am considering going after the cable that powers the lights in the screen. There was a fair amount of dust in the poor thing.

In general though, for what is now a sub-$600 laptop, I find the fit and finish better than that of the Sager NP5797 I had for 2 weeks. It of course cost $1870 back then too.

I may just leave it be, or at least wait a week and see if it bugs me to death.
I fear for making it worse most of all. Thanks for the info though.

As to how deep the scratch is: