Brasso - a geek's best friend

That's right folks. Forget oil. Forget RAM. The big money today is on BRASSO. Todd Dailey explains on his blog how he used Brasso to turn his scratched Ipod nano into a brand-new nano.

Watch Brasso sales go through the roof as the blogosphere picks up wind of this little tip. I'm spending the entire day in Melbourne buying up every last tin of Brasso I can find so I can flog them at a profit on ebay when the "dark times" come and everyone is hanging out for a Brasso fix.

BUY BRASSO STOCK NOW.

Comments

[Rob Irwin]

Got to love one of the comments on his piece, asking if the procedure he performed on his 3G and Nano will work on other iPods. Where do these people come from?!?

[Phillip Molly Malone]

AHhh, might hold off this as your recent eBay history is a little spotty(http://reilly.typepad.com/cameronreilly/2005/09/another_origina.html). I will wait and see what stocks Belinda is buying.
;)

Molly

[Cameron Reilly]

yeah thanks for the support Molly! Just think, one day, you'll be saying "hey I could have owned an original Reilly for just $500!". Your grandkids with scoff at you.

[Todd Dailey]

Cute. :)

I can't believe how much this story got around. Currently #1 on tech.memeorandum.com, on Make:, on TUAW, on digg.com - it's not like I'm the first one to discover Brasso. :) I guess I just had good timing with the nano scratch stories going around.

My favorite in the thread was the guy who thought I was faking the "after" pictures because I didn't use flash.

[Cameron Reilly]

Todd, I went straight out and bought some this morning. Haven't tried it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. Well done on the success of the post. Make sure you capitalize on it!

[Phillip Molly Malone]

Have tried toothpaste? I remember in metal shop when we were working with plastics (or something like that), we were told that Toothpaste is a great buffer.

On the painting. I might buy the painting for that much (but then I would have to kill you to increase the value!). What did Belinda get for her tickets?
Molly

[Bob M]

The question of which is the best polish to use on hard clear plastics has vexed wristwatch collectors for some time. Several alternatives have their devotees. Consider the polywatch - VS - autosol battle:

http://www.timezone.com/library/workbench/workbench0018

This stuff is debated hotly on wristwatch collectors' forums.

My personal preference is flitz. http://www.flitz.com/

I don't have an ipod nano to hand for testing purposes. But these polishes work pretty well on lots of different watches' plastic glass, including some which cost lots more than a 'nano.

To clarify, watches generally have one of three types of glass:
mineral crystal, sapphire crystal, and polycarbonate/plexiglass.

Polishing mineral crystal and sapphire crystal is generally a job for professionals, but plastics can be polished by a practised amatuer. I'm not qualified to comment on whether that'll void the Apple warranty or not.

Plenty of watch collectors use Brasso too.

[Bob M]

p.s. I'm not saying I've got lots of watches that cost more than a 'nano.

[Robin Capper]

Don't call it Brasso, rebrand it "iPolish" and you'd be able to get a much higher price....

[Cameron Reilly]

totally right Robin! I wonder if Brasso has any MBA Marketing types working on it as we speak! One thing they do have going for them though is that very cool retro packaging. Don't change a thing about that baby!

[Rob Irwin]

Just a thought... doesn't Brasso smell like crap, though?

[Cameron Reilly]

oh man, you aint wrong. I took the lid off the bottle and took a strong whiff last night - NOT ADVISED! Nearly freakin' died.