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Like an idiot, even though I heard there were problems with the Nintendo Switch Dock damaging the screens of devices, I didn't bother taking any precautions. I hate screen protectors, I always notice the slight tint of the protector glass and it drives me nuts. What could happen anyway? I take care of my systems. And the Nintendo Switch uses Gorilla Glass like everything else, right?
Imagine my surprise when I found out the Nintendo Switch screen is made of soft, chewy, easily skewered plastic. It happened at the same time that I made a huge inch-long gash in the screen from pulling it out of the Dock too fast and tilting it as I pulled.
I tried to ignore it, but truth is, I never played it once portable after that. Well, maybe two or three times. I felt bad, but more important, the scratch was so deep and jagged that it blocked the pixels underneath it, and when I went outside or stood under a bright light, it also reflected the light into my eye like a laser. I couldn't play because I was going blind from it! Even if I tried to ignore it, I'd get those burns in my vision like you get from looking at the sun.
Anyway, I remembered that scratch remover miracle potions used to be a thing one or two years ago, and I looked to see if any still existed. There was lots of "screen brightener" and "glass polisher" available, but despite this one being named Polish (very confusing), it's actually the only remaining repair solution I've found. I was looking for one of those magic cure kind filled with little crystals or beads, just to see if it would work.
Guess what: It did! :D It didn't get rid of the scratch 100%, but it filled the cranny of the scratch with clearish-white goo, which is mostly transparent. It makes it possible for me to see the pixels under the scratch once again! And more importantly, no more glaring reflections from nearby lights. It doesn't reflect at all anymore. Honestly, the whole thing looks like a clear hair fell off of my skin and landed on my screen.
So, no: You can't turn back time with this product, but it can help you fix the damage you did. The evidence will always remain, but you'll regain use of your screen. When my brightness is on maximum, I don't see anything except my games anymore. Nothing, not even a discoloration. The scratch isn't erased from history, but it is gone enough that on full brightness I can't see it. Which is all I expected because I'm sane and have realistic expectations.
I didn't take a "Before" image other than the one with the blue tape, sorry about that. But if you look closely (I hope Amazon keeps the image at a high quality) you can see that it was a deep ugly gash, with a cavernous interior that captured and refracted light very harshly. It was doing it 1% of normal in that photo and you can see it was already quite strong.
The picture without the tape is the "after". There's a bit of residue on the screen because I hadn't wiped it off yet, but after I noticed the residue, it was gone in 5 seconds. Swish a microfiber cloth over it and that stuff will go away as easily as fingerprints or dust.
Important advice: I notice a lot of people laving bad reviews because they damaged their screens. I was pretty afraid of doing that, because the instinct is to push HARD when you're rubbing in the formula. But you don't have to. Take a Q-Tip, use the side of it not the tip because the tip is pretty sharp once you get through the cotton, and very lightly rub the side of the Q-TIp along the scratch over and over again.
It's like buffing a car after waxing it. You do it pretty softly, and the magic comes from doing it over and over again. I was doing it fast enough that my hand was a blur so that it didn't take forever, making sure to keep the pressure light, and just going over and over the spot. Down the street, not across. Just keep buffing it along the line of the scratch and you will do fine.
Eventually the goop turns clear, and then you need to add some more. You'll probably end up with a lot of wasted liquid along the edges of where you're rubbing, so be sure to gather it all back up onto the Q-Tip and keep rubbing more. Eventually instead of having a bunch of chaff on the outside edges, it will actually turn clear and dry and that's when you know you're done with that batch of goo.
The entire repair process is completed when you've rubbed it clear over and over and over again, using most of the bottle, and instead of seeing a scratch, you see what looks like a white little bump where the scratch used to be. Expect to take 15-60 minutes of applying small amounts multiple times and rapidly rubbing. You'll get there as long as you don't stop early.
(Seriously, do not stop early. Do not make a wild guess that it's done. It's done when all of it is evaporated and gone and you can't physically add anymore.)
After that, take a cloth (wet is fine), whatever you normally use to get grime off of things, and wipe. It's OK to use pressure for this step. It sucks out the parts of the polish that didn't make it, and you should be left with a mostly fixed screen. Try not to be disappointed because a mark will always be there, even if you can't see it right away you eventually will notice it from some angle. If it's no longer a distraction though, it's a success.
One last piece of advice: Be sure to use some tape to cover up the rest of the screen, so that you're not rubbing the polish everywhere. The instructions tell you to do this, but seriously, don't ignore this step. You only want to do it in the problem areas. The people who got blotches all over their screens probably didn't tape well enough. I tried to get the tape within less than 1mm of the scratch, so that I wouldn't risk making good parts of my screen become bad through incompetence. XD
tl;dr: Fixed the deepest scratch I've ever gotten on something I owned. Fixes Switches damaged by the Dock if Nintendo won't replace them for you. Be sure to tape precisely around the scratch and buff rapidly with a light touch until you run out of polish.
Buy this if you have a blemish on your screen that is distracting you and you don't want it to distract you anymore. Don't buy it if you want the thing gone entirely, you won't be happy. But if all you want is a little help making a mistake look less terrible, this might be your cure.
| Item Package Dimensions L x W x H | 6.1 x 3.9 x 0.7 inches |
|---|---|
| Package Weight | 0.02 Pounds |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 72.83 x 29.53 x 8.66 inches |
| Brand Name | Displex |
| Country of Origin | China |
| Material | Plastic |
| Manufacturer | A.C. Kerman - LE |
| Part Number | 00300 |
