Darn it - scratched screen

[PlanetTimmy]

I have been meaning to get a screen protector for my Orbit, but as fate would have it, my 2-year old son has managed to scratch it in the meantime. Has anyone any good advice on how to lessen the effects of the scratch? My current plan is to rub a little furniture wax on it before applying a screen protector, but if anyone else has any better ideas, I'd be really pleased to hear them!

Thanks,

Tim

[bluchrome]

Google Displex Screen Scratch Remover, I had good success on an old sony ericsson, but not too sure about the XDA screen.

[Samson711]

Normally i would suggest you use these fluids bluchrome mentioned, they work very well on hard!! displays. Since this is a Touchscreen, the display needs to stay soft so maybe such fluids and propably furniture wax won't lead to a satisfying outcome. That's my opinion, i dont know if i would try it... Your call

[PlanetTimmy]

Yeah - I had read that Displex shouldn't be used on touchscreens...

[Blartiartfast]

Using this kind of stuff is O.k on perspex, etc. You would be rubbing this on the digitizer (screen is underneath). This cant be good in any situation. Put up with. Or try placing a screen protector on now. It might actually conceal the scratch more than the displex will.

[arvind09]

Using this kind of stuff is O.k on perspex, etc. You would be rubbing this on the digitizer (screen is underneath). This cant be good in any situation. Put up with. Or try placing a screen protector on now. It might actually conceal the scratch more than the displex will.
Actually it does conceal the scratch to quite an extent,my k-jam screen was badly scratched but after applying the screen protecter could hardly see it.Applying wax would be a bad idea,as your touch screen may loose some of its sensitivity.

[PlanetTimmy]

Well, I did apply a bit of silicone wax to the scratch, but it didn't make much difference. However applying the screen protector has reduced the appearance of the scratch and of course, it's no longer possible to feel it under the nib of the stylus.

[uniqueboy]

I have a jewellers rouge cloth, which for those that do not know, is a soft cloth impregnated with an extremely fine abrasive, as far as I know it is as fine as anything commercially available. Although I haven't polished my orbit screen I did polish an old pocket loox and a lot of old watch glasses that i used to repair. Sounds silly but toothpaste is also a very fine abrasive and can be used to polish out fine scratches in plastics, there is also t cut and brasso which also are obviously for polishing.
If anyone were to try such a thing remember to mask off the rest of the machine so that only the scratch gets polished.

[thegadgetman]

Is is not possible to buy a new screen cover and fit it?

[varvocel]

I polished LCD in my old laptop with CD recovery kit (some kind of abrasive compound and small wet cloth). Good luck...

[Blartiartfast]

You can get replacement digitisers, but I think they will either be difficult to buy atm for a reasonable price.

Dont think that the laptop screen was touch sensitive. This was ok in your case. Dont polish your pda's "screen" it could be bad.