Help fixing a scratch/paint chip

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I got a small scratch/paint chip on the black plastic near the usb port does anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this? I was thinking of using black nail polish.

Any other ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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Couple questions: is it on the rim of the charging port? I got one from removing my charge cable at an angle and it twisted and gouged the plastic on the way out, which leads me to my next question, is it deep? Like is it superficial or is it more like missing the gloss finish and possibly some plastic?

A usful product to have for glossy finishes is Displex, it works amazing on this phone. I am incredibly anal about high gloss finishes and blemishes showing up on them, even if i can only see them in direct sunlight. If you use this product with a cotton swab and gently but firmly rub in a circular pattern the scratches will go away very quickly, if you do it too much or too forcefully you may cause a bit of a clouding effect you can notice in strong light, so just do it for about 30 seconds and wipe it clean with a micro fiber cloth and do a little more, you should need a pea sided drop altogether, this will last for quite a while, just make sure you squeese the tube up and down to kind of mix it if it's been sitting a while. If the blemish is more of a gouge and not a fine scratch then this wont work as well, what it does is polishes the edges of the scratch down and fills in the bottom of the scratch with what's being polished smooth, so it works wonders for small problems, with larger issues you'll end up with a smooth ripple in the plastic as it will wear the hard edges down but obviously won't rebuild what's missing. I was reluctant to use it on my captivate cause it didn't do squat to my htc pure, but it performed remarkably on my captivate, just be methodical about how you use it and when you're done and your scratch is gone to your satisfaction be sure to put a little(and I mean little) on your micro fiber cloth or incredibly soft rag and buff over the area back and forth in one direction, for me that helped eliminate any cloudy effect and polish it back to a brand new phone shine. Just go into Google shopping and search for Displex, it's very inexpensive.

Sorry to repost so quickly but I forgot to mention about the nail polish, you can test it out but if it doesn't work I would be reluctant to use nail polish remover anywhere near the plastic on my captivate as it usually contains acetone which destroys plastic finishes usually, just put a drop on the surface of a cd, if it doesn't bother it you're probably ok, but I would still be reluctant. I'm a painter and have a lot of experience with solvents. The other possible issues with nail polish is it might not grip the phone well and depending on how thick it's applied might actually just pop off when it dries to be really hard. I tried it on my Fuze and it wouldn't cling to it at all; it also left a nasty seam and was just as bad of an eyesore as without it there, acrylic paints are easier to work with and dry very shiny but aren't always that hard, you'd need a type that mixes with a hardener as apposed to generic model paint, model paint takes considerable time to cure and wears down faster than the acrylic plastic of the phone.

Thanks for the advice my friend took a look at it and said its missing the gloss as the black finish came off and now there's a small white circle near the usb port.

I don't know how that happened as I always pocket the phone by itself and nothing else.


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You may want to still try that polish I mentioned, sometimes with hard plastics like this the nick gives it a powdery look that looks worse than it is, if it's still relatively smooth but is an ugly blemish then it will most likely polish out to a high shine again and the white spot may go away. I don't know the process Samsung used for manufacturing but I was under the impression that they were solid colored plastic possibly with a protective coating over that, if I'm right then that white you mentioned should polish out. Best of luck whatever you decide to do.