Removing light scratches on a glossy steelbook with a hair dryer

[blusteel980]

Hi

Does anybody have experience removing light scratches from a glossy steelbook using a hair dryer? I seem to remember some one on here doing this.

Thanks

 

[Noodles]

Hi

Does anybody have experience removing light scratches from a glossy steelbook using a hair dryer? I seem to remember some one on here doing this.

Thanks

Not sure this is possible, but happy to be proven wrong! Only comment in recent memory that I remember mentioning using a hairdryer was to remove some weird blotches on a Manta steel (Godzilla maybe??) iirc.

 

[Felix_ro]

Hi

Does anybody have experience removing light scratches from a glossy steelbook using a hair dryer? I seem to remember some one on here doing this.

Thanks

I've never tried "you method" with the hair-dryer.
Instead, sometimes, I "covered" the scratches with a marker or sharpie the same (or close) color as the zone the SteelBook was scratched. This made the scratch way less visible, but sure enough, did not made it "repaired".

Hope this helps!

 

[blusteel980]

I've never tried "you method" with the hair-dryer.
Instead, sometimes, I "covered" the scratches with a marker or sharpie the same (or close) color as the zone the SteelBook was scratched. This made the scratch way less visible, but sure enough, did not made it "repaired".

Hope this helps!

Hi, it's just surface scratch in the gloss. Doesn't actually go into the color. Thanks though.

 

[jcm]

Hi, it's just surface scratch in the gloss. Doesn't actually go into the color. Thanks though.

Conventionally you could buff out micro scratches in gloss, but with a coat so think I think you may have better results with a spray can of clear coat or lacquer.

 

[blusteel980]

Conventionally you could buff out micro scratches in gloss, but with a coat so think I think you may have better results with a spray can of clear coat or lacquer.

What would one use to buff out the scratches in a glossy steelbook?

 

[jcm]

What would one use to buff out the scratches in a glossy steelbook?

There are a variety of automotive polishing compounds from companies like meguiers. However the gloss coat may be too thin and the compound could rub down to the paint. That’s why I suggested the clear coat spray. I can test out a few of the methods next week and post results.

 

[TheWildEye]

Car paint. Liquid colour specific have soft fine grit polish that might work. Colour match as close as possible.

There's no way I'd try it though.

Maybe a clear wax polish might help.

With a gentle buffing.

 

[dakowski86]

Hi

Does anybody have experience removing light scratches from a glossy steelbook using a hair dryer? I seem to remember some one on here doing this.

Thanks

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I believe post #266 starts the hairdryer talk then just keep reading down it looks like it does work.

 

[blusteel980]

Car paint. Liquid colour specific have soft fine grit polish that might work. Colour match as close as possible.

There's no way I'd try it though.

Maybe a clear wax polish might help.

With a gentle buffing.

Do you know if there are non car wax polishes out there that might work for this?

 

[blusteel980]

Man of Steel (4K+3D+2D Blu-ray SteelBook) (Blufans Exclusive #63) [China]

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I believe post #266 starts the hairdryer talk then just keep reading down it looks like it does work.

Hi, thanks this was this was the post i was looking for. Just could not remember were it was.

 

[JGCramp]

I've never tried "you method" with the hair-dryer.
Instead, sometimes, I "covered" the scratches with a marker or sharpie the same (or close) color as the zone the SteelBook was scratched. This made the scratch way less visible, but sure enough, did not made it "repaired".

Hope this helps!

If you’re going to use this method - and it can sometimes be effective with small chips and micro-scratches, particularly with black steelbooks - I would let it set for a minute (sometimes I even rub it in with my finger to get the color down in there) and then use a small amount of goo gone on a cloth or paper towel to gently (and I mean very gently) swipe across the marketed area a few times. Then use a lint free cloth to gently wipe off the goo gone. That cloth should also start to remove the excess marker, but sometimes it can take a while. Repeat this until you’ve removed the excess marker, and if all goes well the marker should have still colored in the small chip/light scratch.

When this method works, the flaws are basically no longer visible. But on some steelbooks it just won’t be effective. Also, be careful on matte finishes. The marker/goo gone method will work well on a lot of matte steelbooks (esp black ones). But if you go at it too much with the goo gone and the rubbing, you can wear the finish - on some, not all - and make it almost have a weird greasy glossed look. I’ve practiced this on throwaway steelbooks that I got for cheap, which saved me damaging my good ones. But I’ve also removed chips and scratches on a good number of them.

So, (1) practice it before doing it on good steelbooks, (2) it doesn’t always work, and (3) stick with something like a sharpie and not a paint pen. I’ve tried the paint pen on my practice steelbooks and have found that either the goo gone wipes them right off or they sometimes don’t fully wipe off and can leave discolored residue spots.

But most of all what I’ve decided is that it’s just best to leave the scratches and chips as they are and not get too worried about it. Even pulling a steelbook in and out of a protector can scratch a glossy steelbook. They’ll just end up scratched again even if you repair some of them. I stopped trying to repair them some time ago.