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    Waxing laptop to prevent/remove scratches - [results added]

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Ric0h, Jan 21, 2011.

  1. Ric0h

    Ric0h Notebook Guru

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    The glossy black plastic near the edges of the screen always tends to get scratched really bad with tiny dirt particles. Its almost unavoidable.
    Only thing i can think of that will help it, is putting some car wax on it.


    Has anyone tried this? will it work? I will be using high quality meguiars NXT 2.0

    Or is it just a stupid idea? of course it will be hand applied and everything ( common sense)
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    I decided to do it myself, here are my results.
    YouTube - Laptop waxing- before and after results
    The results were amazing, I know the scratches can still be seen with the flash, but without it they are almost not noticeable.

    WAX also works on UL80 Aluminum to prevent finger prints, ITS AMAZING.

    Note: This was done on a 2 years badly scratched N10J, whoever when i did it on my 3 days old UL80, the difference was not noticeable, of course the wax seal will stay there for 2 months, but I would not recommend it doing it on a brand new laptop. (Unless you exert very little pressure when applying the wax, like bearly touching it, and doing it with a sponge, a finger will most likely scratch it.
     
    Ric0h, Jan 21, 2011
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  2. IKAS V

    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    Only one way to find out, the wax idea sounds great but I never tried it
     
    IKAS V, Jan 21, 2011
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  3. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    well nothing more than a well waxed board to surf the web ;)
     
    Karamazovmm, Jan 21, 2011
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  4. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    ROFLMAO +1!!!0
     
    Phistachio, Jan 21, 2011
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    kurtcocaine Notebook Evangelist

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    no, but i do use 303 aerospace protectant on the rubberised finish of my G73, makes it feel super slick :)
     
    kurtcocaine, Jan 21, 2011
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  6. Duct Tape Dude

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    I know people will shun me but after a bit I stop worrying about external scratches on my laptop. It makes it feel more... broken in? Like a favorite pair of jeans... I dunno.
    I don't plan on reselling it so its condition doesn't affect me as long as it still works. :)
     
    Duct Tape Dude, Jan 21, 2011
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  7. Ric0h

    Ric0h Notebook Guru

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    Looks like ill be the first one to try it then
     
    Ric0h, Jan 21, 2011
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    stealthl Notebook Consultant

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    I've done it on my G50V-A2. Makes it easy to remove fingerprints. I'm kind of picky though.............
     
    stealthl, Jan 21, 2011
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  9. Ric0h

    Ric0h Notebook Guru

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    Ric0h, Jan 21, 2011
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  10. shadow85

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    You can use a glaze which is what its intended for (filling in light scratches on car paint). Then you can seal it with a wax. That should make a bigger difference.
     
    shadow85, Jan 21, 2011
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  11. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    I've done it on older macbooks, using car wax. Seems to help.

    Too bad the guy has an n10j - with a bezel like that, you NEED to wax it or you'll go crazy staring at the fingerprints.
     
    DCx, Jan 21, 2011
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  12. Ric0h

    Ric0h Notebook Guru

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    Yeah am plan on selling it soon anyways. Its just a too good laptop to get rid of it.

    Am all in on car wax from now on.
     
    Ric0h, Jan 22, 2011
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  13. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    You should drop a HD screen in it, then you really don't need to get rid of it. I had to trim my bezel about 5mm to get it to display properly.
     
    DCx, Jan 23, 2011
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