Ipod Scratched

Ipod's are great, letting you store your tracks onto a portable, attractive device, all really easily. Great. But if your like me, any sign of a scratch or nasty mark and my life's ruined. My eye is always drawn to it, and I'll always know it's no longer beautiful and pristine.

I've taken pretty good care of my iPod Classic, keeping it in a silicon case and not putting it in my pocket along with my keys. However the once nice, shiny metal back of my iPod has developed a few scratches. I'm not too sure why Apple decided to make the back super shiny, and a magnet for fingerprints and marks, but i wanted a fix.

I had a look around the net, and found a method of 'brushing' the back of the iPod, so it looked like brushed steel. Perfect!

I did as it suggested, and used a kitchen sponge with a scouring pad to 'scratch' the back. It looked pretty slick, and got rid of the original 'evil' scratches, but wasn't really the look I was after.

The sandpaper I had in my shed was far too coarse, and would scratch too deeply, but a green kitchen scourer without a sponge worked a treat and left a nice brushed effect.



First I got a Coca Cola box (other brands are available) and nudged a smaller box up against the side and taped it. This gave me a straight edge to rub the scouring pad against so all the scratches go in one direction.



I used electrical tape to cover the front and black lip on the side of the iPod, and stuck it down onto the box by doubling over the tape.

It took me about 45 minutes to get this effect, rubing back and fourth over the back one way. I then took care to do the same to the sides, top and bottom (covering over the hold switch with tape). I will most probably give it a second going over, but for the moment i'm happy with the look.

+, if I get any other evil scratches on the back now, i can just go down to the kitchen and scourer then away.