{"id":10786,"date":"2010-03-05T02:20:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T02:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/how-to-heroically-salvage-a-scratched-up-iphone-guides\/"},"modified":"2010-03-05T02:20:15","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T02:20:15","slug":"how-to-heroically-salvage-a-scratched-up-iphone-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/how-to-heroically-salvage-a-scratched-up-iphone-guides.php","title":{"rendered":"How To: Heroically Salvage a Scratched-Up iPhone [Guides]"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>One drop. Five minutes in a pocket with your keys. Three months of regular use<\/em>. This is all it takes for an iPhone's backplate to go from a mirror-like shine to a scratched-to-hell eyesore. Here's how to<\/a> fix it.<\/p>

MacRumors forum member Shenaniganz08<\/a> salvaged an iPhone 3G from eBay, sanding, buffing and polishing it back from the brink of a life in a case, which would be dumb, because cases are dumb.<\/em> (I mean, not really, but that's kind of the premise of this whole process, right? Anyway.) Here's what you need:<\/p>

• Sandpaper 320(or 500),800,1000,1500,2000,2500,3000 grit
• 3M Rubbing compound
• Machine Polisher ( Power Drill or small buffer)
• Microfibers
• Sticky tack and or tape<\/p><\/blockquote>

What's great about this is that you don't need to buy almost anything. Half the stuff you need—the microfibers, the polishing disc and the rubbing compound—is included in a $15 3M headlight restoration kit<\/a> , and you can use just about any crappy household drill for the buffing stage.<\/p>

In any case, the results are stunning, and the documentation meticulous<\/a>, so if you've got a few hours, a few bucks and an iPhone that looks like a piece of shitty sea glass, why not? [Macrumors<\/a> via Gadget Lab<\/a>]<\/p>

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