The iPhone is a beautiful piece of hardware but a few months in your pocket along with those keys and coins is enough to scratch it up. Now, instead of toting a clawed-out piece of hardware, you can apply some elbow grease and restore it to near perfection
Hack n Mod has posted a cool tutorial on how to give an abused iPhone a fresh out-of-the-box look.
To fix scratches on the back, you need to gently dry sand it, then add some water to wet sand and polish it with a 3M Headlight Lens Restoration Kit. The detailed step-by-step pictorial offers information on what grit of sandpaper to use and how to get the mirror-like finish.
The only catch is that the Apple logo at the back is erased in the process but that’s a small price to pay. And it’s not like anyone can mistake the iPhone for another phone–whether Apple’s logo is on there or not.
Fixing scratches on the display is a little more tricky because it involves getting a replacement top layer but that’s available on eBay for $10. Just follow the instructions to open up the front cover and its simple enough to do.
The technique doesn’t apply to just the iPhone. You can take any scratched-up phone and polish it to get a new look.
