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Hello,
Does anyone know how to remove scratches from a BEOTIME round wall clock? The scratches are only on the surface. Nothing major. They are really more like permanent smudges that look like scratches. I don't feel the scratches when I touch the surface.
I think the clock is made of aluminum, but not certain.
Can you help , please? It seems like it has a really delicate surface.
Thanks 3 million.
The short answer is, that there is really nothing you can do that won't do more damage.It's eloxated (anodized) aluminium with a delicate surface coating.Any cleaning and/or polishing will damage the coating and once the surface has gone it cannot be restored any otherway than B&O made it.
Martin
Thank you.
Any other views ? maybe some secret work around? magic? fairy dust?
I rinsed it with water under faucet and let it dry , which left a whitish residue in several places. (Like water does to wood finish). I can remove some with a finger nail but don't want to because I know it will scratch it more. not cool .
i had some scratches on my beocenter 7700 and i used a green scotch pad going horizontally as the grain went i now see no scratches yours may be more difficult however because it was buffed in a circular pattern
The white stuff is the remains of the surface coating. It doesnt like water.
We had a discussion about washing platters - do s forum search and you
will find it. My recommendation is to NEVER wash platters.
(the outer surfaces of f.e. a Beocenter doesnt have the antistatic coating so can be washed and cleaned,
even with alcohol etc.)
Im tempted yet hesitant to say that I might have an "experimental" clock on my hands. It's already not pretty to look at.
Perhaps I should get one of those electric circulating buffers, like the ones for car wax, and give that a try. Maybe it will leave
a neat pattern of new scratches or something.??? Idk. its a shame indeed.
I can testify to Martin's 'no-washing' advice - innocently washed my BeoTime (that I got in 1993) in lukewarm water to get rid of accumulated dust and it went milky.
'Live and learn' is the phrase I believe!
Martin knows more about restoring B&O than anyone else I know. You may get advice to do all sorts of things, but I would put money on Martin being correct. My Beogram 6000 quad had water damage to the surface - I sprayed it black! That worked!
Peter