[Ti] Scratched TiBook cover - DONT USE TIPAINT!!!!

[Stephen Chakwin]

I took the TiBook with its scratch into the local Apple Store.  The Genius
said that it was a purely cosmetic problem and if I had to have a perfect
back till the next time I got a scratch and had $300-$500 that I didn't know
what to do with and wanted two weeks free of my computer Apple tech could
solve all of these problems at once.  I thanked him and left.

I'll get a sleeve one of these days and be more careful.

Thanks to all who offered thoughts.

Stephen 

On 11/23/02 2:41 PM, "robert at elastica.com" <robert at elastica.com> wrote:

> In BAngkok I recently bought a Neoprene cover for my Tibook for $20. When
> you get this fixed I suggest you do the same.
> 
> I know that peole uses steel wool or brillo pads on ti bike frames but I
> think the Tibooks are a lot thinner and more fragile. You should consult
> an expert on this one and that's not me.
> 
> On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Stephen Chakwin wrote:
> 
>> It's on the top (back?) surface of the cover, about in the ten o'clock
>> position relative to the Apple cutout.  It's a gouge (narrow, but looks
>> deep) about two inches long with a shallow small subsidiary gouge off from
>> it.  It looks a little like a lightning bolt, so I guess I can say it's a
>> Harry Potter symbol.   The color effect is as if someone had written on the
>> computer cover with a pencil.
>> 
>> I think it's from brass eyehole protectors in a redweld when I had the
>> computer in a backpack.
>> 
>> I don't know whether it's safe or likely to do any good to polish it or, if
>> so, what to polish it with.  Since I don't know what I can do, I decided to
>> ask here to see if anyone had had this problem and dealt with it.
>> 
>> I also checked the Apple web site and couldn't find anything.
>> 
>> Stephen
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/23/02 12:40 PM, "robert at elastica.com" <robert at elastica.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Where is the scratch? Can't you polish it out like you would a Ti bike
>>> frame?
>>> 
>>> On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Carlos Fernando Hernandez wrote:
>>> 
>>>> DONT USE TI PAINT IT'S A BAD SOLUTION AND IT VOID YOUR PAINT WARRANTY.