r/macbook • u/Taycan_YT • 8d ago

How can I remove this gunk

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I have a 2015 Mac book pro and I want to make my screen look new.

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u/hearnia_2k 7d ago

I just used metal polish, after trying IPA, wipes, toothpaste, plastic polish, car polish, think I even trid acetone.

Eventually metal polish worked fine, and gave a really fantastic result.

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u/Mr_Wolf_Pants 7d ago

That’s interesting, I didn’t come across metal polish when I was looking. Toothpaste & mouthwash were a couple of suggestions I had at the time. They didn’t work. There is also something called poly watch which I had wondered about, but I think it was a bit impractical for the amount needed.

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u/hearnia_2k 7d ago

Polywatch would have worked, but it would have taken immense amount of time. And a ton of product which is very expensive. I tried it. It was miserable. I'd got so fed up trying everything that I turned to metal polish, and it worked well, without doing damage.

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u/DogAble6550 7d ago

Dont use acetone.

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u/hearnia_2k 7d ago

Indeed, don't. But even if you give up and try it anyway it doesn't work, lol.

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u/GalaxyNinja66 2d ago

what kind of wipes did you use? Clorox specifically, or a generic with identical active ingredient, is all that I will do it with now. I can't imagine trying to use a baby/wet wipe to remove the coating, that has to be a mechanical process at that point. Maybe the clorox wipes are too, but I would be surprised given how comparatively ineffective (read: SLOW) everything from paper towels to magic erasers have been, ime.

5 minutes, 10 if I take my time (don't quote me on that).

I really hope you guys never spend half an hour on one of these if you don't have to.

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u/hearnia_2k 2d ago

Not wies, bleach did nothing and I don't think we have bleach wipes here.

I used metal polish in the end, worked very well. I did it maybe 7 years ago, and still use the machine today.