As a result, one of the most common questions
we receive from
readers is, "How can I get rid of these blemishes?" (And sometimes people are
actually talking about their iPods! I kid.) It turns out that a number of
vendors sell products specifically designed to restore your full-size iPod to
its original luster. What’s more, rumors have made their way around the
Internets touting successful home remedies. We’ve gathered these products
together, scratched up our own iPod (a 30GB 3G model) using several shiny metal
objects, and gone to town on the offending flaws. Read on to see how each
product fared.
Keep in mind that the way any “scratch remover” works is to buff down the
surrounding surface so that it’s level with the deepest part of the scratch.
This means that the most effective scratch removers also tend to be the most
abrasive, requiring subsequent treatment with milder products in order to remove
finer scratches left by the scratch removers themselves. Thus, I found that
products including several different solutions to be the most effective at
removing deeper scratches without leaving your iPod covered in finer blemishes
afterwards.
