Small scratch on Tablet. How do I fix it?

Aura101Aura101 Posts: 8,327
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Any suggestions on what I can do?

It happened yesterday and I thought I could just put up with it, but its annoying me now.

Its under an inch and it's just a scratch on the surface not a crack.

On websites with brighter colours it becomes a lot more predominant .

Is there a simple solution?

Nexus 7.

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  • Anika HansonAnika Hanson Posts: 15,629
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    Put a screen protector on it.

    I have some small scratches on my iPad mini. You can only see them in certain lighting but it bugged me. I don't know how they got there. I was very careful with it. I had it in a smart case which protects both the screen and back and I kept that inside a zipped pouch when in my bag for extra protection. Anyway after a few weeks I noticed these very fine scratches on the screen, when viewed at certain angles under certain lights. I quickly put a screen protector on there to prevent it from getting anymore scratches. Now I can't see any of the scratches anymore. It's just a regular screen protector. Not a matte one.
  • gomezzgomezz Posts: 44,474
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    Toothpaste and kitchen paper towel.
  • heikerheiker Posts: 7,029
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    gomezz wrote: »
    Toothpaste and kitchen paper towel.

    Toothpaste on the tip of your little finger with gentle circular motions. Toothpaste works with mobile phone screens also.
  • gomezzgomezz Posts: 44,474
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    And watches.
  • Magic CottageMagic Cottage Posts: 2,698
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    Toothpaste and kitchen towel? Who's pulling who's here? As far as I know and in my experience once glass is scratched, it's scratched isn't it. There are no wonder recipes except new glass surely.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 472
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    Happened to me, too. Annoying, as the marketing hype for many of these things is 'scratchproof', they should accept that the need for a screen protector is strong, but surely you cannot tap through a screen protector? Or does the tablet still detect touch?
  • heikerheiker Posts: 7,029
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    Toothpaste and kitchen towel? Who's pulling who's here? As far as I know and in my experience once glass is scratched, it's scratched isn't it. There are no wonder recipes except new glass surely.

    Who mentioned glass? Surely we are talking plastic?

    I also used toothpaste on a Sharp MiniDisk Player and a Sony MP3 Player. Both I got secondhard off eBay. The Sony looks a hell of a lot better and the Sharp looks brand new.
  • Magic CottageMagic Cottage Posts: 2,698
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    heiker wrote: »
    I also used toothpaste on a Sharp MiniDisk Player and a Sony MP3 Player. Both I got secondhard off eBay. The Sony looks a hell of a lot better and the Sharp looks brand new.

    Hmm. Sorry I'm sceptical. Can't see what toothpaste does. How does it work?
  • flagpoleflagpole Posts: 44,641
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    heiker wrote: »
    Who mentioned glass? Surely we are talking plastic?

    I also used toothpaste on a Sharp MiniDisk Player and a Sony MP3 Player. Both I got secondhard off eBay. The Sony looks a hell of a lot better and the Sharp looks brand new.

    Most modern tablets and phones have glass screens.
  • flagpoleflagpole Posts: 44,641
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    Happened to me, too. Annoying, as the marketing hype for many of these things is 'scratchproof', they should accept that the need for a screen protector is strong, but surely you cannot tap through a screen protector? Or does the tablet still detect touch?

    The glass is incredibly tough. But it's not impossible to scratch them.

    Watches are a good candidate. The glass is just as hard.
  • alan1302alan1302 Posts: 6,336
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    Hmm. Sorry I'm sceptical. Can't see what toothpaste does. How does it work?

    Abrasives in the tootpaste grind down the glass and smooth out the scratch - same as what you do with a scratch on a car.
  • Magic CottageMagic Cottage Posts: 2,698
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    alan1302 wrote: »
    Abrasives in the tootpaste grind down the glass and smooth out the scratch - same as what you do with a scratch on a car.

    Surely abrasives cause further scratching?
  • gomezzgomezz Posts: 44,474
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    Yes. They scratch away the edges of the original scratch so that it is no longer a scratch. How do you think they polish diamonds to be all sparkly? Same principle.
  • alan1302alan1302 Posts: 6,336
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    Surely abrasives cause further scratching?

    As gomezz said above - and another example would be sandpaper on wood. The sandpaper is abrasive but makes the wood smooth.
  • heikerheiker Posts: 7,029
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    alan1302 wrote: »
    Abrasives in the tootpaste grind down the glass and smooth out the scratch - same as what you do with a scratch on a car.

    I use "Arm & Hammer Advance White" as it contains Baking Soda which acts as the abrasive.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,770
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    T-Cut will do it as well, as above at the end of the day polishing is just using abrasives on a surface, it all depends on the size of the abrasive particles in the polish
  • flagpoleflagpole Posts: 44,641
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    tcut is a good choice, especially metallic tcut. because it's so fine.

    but nothing will give you perfect results.

    diamond paste is best but it's expensive.
  • The SackThe Sack Posts: 10,324
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    Happened to me, too. Annoying, as the marketing hype for many of these things is 'scratchproof', they should accept that the need for a screen protector is strong, but surely you cannot tap through a screen protector? Or does the tablet still detect touch?

    Nothing is sold as scratch proof, always scratch resistant.
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