DBH
Active Member
Ok this is random/sad/wtf but other day I noticed I had a dodgy scratch on the front facia of my GP2X it looked like the typical oil / finger mark shiney stains that the black material is used to showing up but it was shiney. So i tried rubbing the thing out but it wouldn't go away.
This annoyed me as I like to keep my things looking new and perfect and when playing with the device under a lamp that stupid scratch became more apparent. I had read from other places that toothpaste can help get rid of scratchs etc on LCD screen (think it was random PSP people) so thought id give it a little go on that area. It worked! but then I realised all i did was make the area I rubbed shiney compared to the rest of the facia and then thought argh pants I've f00ked it up lol.
To cut a long story short to even it up I ended up polishing the front of my facia using those anti-static multipurpose wipes (and occasionally some cotton balls) with a little bit of toothpaste spready thin over the wipe (colgate
) and with a little elbow grease got the whole of the facia to match. The difference is the front isnt matt as compared to the back but is now matching with the lower plastic area of the GP2X that holds the battery and power status LED.
Actually looks pretty decent! and It didnt even rub out the GP2X logo which was even better! made alot of the wipes black though lol.
I know alot of you probably wouldn't care about a few minor scratches blah blah etc but thought that this would be a nice aesthetic mod to mention.
Yes ok now back to using the device rather than watching it :unsure:
EDIT: I take no responsibility to what damage/harm you do to your GP2X as the toothpaste takes the matt off the facia and cant be put back
This annoyed me as I like to keep my things looking new and perfect and when playing with the device under a lamp that stupid scratch became more apparent. I had read from other places that toothpaste can help get rid of scratchs etc on LCD screen (think it was random PSP people) so thought id give it a little go on that area. It worked! but then I realised all i did was make the area I rubbed shiney compared to the rest of the facia and then thought argh pants I've f00ked it up lol.
To cut a long story short to even it up I ended up polishing the front of my facia using those anti-static multipurpose wipes (and occasionally some cotton balls) with a little bit of toothpaste spready thin over the wipe (colgate
) and with a little elbow grease got the whole of the facia to match. The difference is the front isnt matt as compared to the back but is now matching with the lower plastic area of the GP2X that holds the battery and power status LED.Actually looks pretty decent! and It didnt even rub out the GP2X logo which was even better! made alot of the wipes black though lol.
I know alot of you probably wouldn't care about a few minor scratches blah blah etc but thought that this would be a nice aesthetic mod to mention.
Yes ok now back to using the device rather than watching it :unsure:
EDIT: I take no responsibility to what damage/harm you do to your GP2X as the toothpaste takes the matt off the facia and cant be put back
