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For anyone with a white plastic macbook (or any scratched up computer)

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chicken
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Hey so my laptop has been faithful to for the last 4 years, but the other day i noticed just how scratched up it was getting. dirt was building up around the stickers and it just looked plain bad.

today I discovered how to make it look really cool again. I just sanded the shit out of it. It gives the laptop a really cool matte finish when you are done and really truly looks new again. If you use a fine enough sandpaper you will not see any scratches.

I'm not sure if this will make the laptop get dirty faster but I will let you guys know.
Nov 23 2011 4:57PM
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chicken
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oh also i forgot to mention. try to protect the apple in the middle. I didn't and that doesn't look as good anymore
Nov 23 2011 4:58PM
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skithesprings
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macbook pros
Nov 23 2011 4:59PM
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technique.
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PROOOOOOOOOOOOO
Nov 23 2011 5:00PM
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chicken
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not the old ones. this was before the 13" macbook pro even existed. hence the need to rejuvenate it.
Nov 24 2011 12:38PM
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Newschool_Pope
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post a pic.
Nov 24 2011 1:27PM
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Shark.
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my white macbook is dirty as FUCK. and it's staying that way. fuck that clean shit
Nov 24 2011 1:34PM
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DUKES
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wouldnt this affect the warranty
Nov 24 2011 2:27PM
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Balto
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this thread is useless without pics
Nov 24 2011 2:28PM
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-ROY-
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agree
Nov 24 2011 2:43PM
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chicken
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alright... it's just a photo of a white macbook though. I never took a before picture but i'm sure the flash would have brought out all the scratches.

I think I am going to take a random orbital sander to it with an even finer grain when i get the chance. it will really make it look cool i think. kind of like the black macbooks except white.

anyways here is a picture of it.

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you can kind of see what i meant by cover up the apple logo. as the middle of the apple is now dull as well. for me i can fix it by sanding the apple more, but i think it would look better if you covered it in masking tape before sanding.
Nov 24 2011 3:00PM
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