Eliminating Minor Scratches on Gorilla Glass Display of HTC Wildfire: Toothpaste Polish?

I tested the scratch resistance of the Gorilla Glass display in the HTC Wildfire. The knife and keys passed without a problem, even a small scratch was not there, but I was tempted to rub it against the corner of the concrete wall. Unfortunately, there were a few small, poorly visible scratches and I would like to get rid of them somehow. how to do it ?? is it enough to polish it well with a soft cloth and toothpaste or otherwise ??

Hello

I do not know the material from which the display is made. However, I suggest a cloth and the usual polishing paste for polishing the paint of the car. I polished a lot of things this way.

What is Gorilla Glass?

Gorilla Glass is a combination of pure sand (silicon dioxide) and naturally occurring chemicals (it is not known exactly which), free from impurities and melted. The molten material is formed into long 0.59 mm thick sheets of aluminosilicate glass.


But this is not the end, because the glass in this form is not very durable. The further process of toughening the armored glass is described in an interview with SmartPlanet by Gorilla Glass engineer Donnell Walton:

Chemical toughening of glass consists in immersing it in a brine bath and piercing its surface with larger ions under pressure.
What distinguishes a Corning product from the competition? The difference cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Gorilla Glass differs from other lenses by its structure, which allows the ions to penetrate the surface deeper, which means that the material can withstand stronger impacts and deeper scratches.
In practice, this means that Gorilla Glass is very difficult to damage or destroy. Corning's product is much more resistant to scratches and cracks than other types of glass.

Rafal_JSN wrote:

..but I was tempted and I rubbed it against the corner of the concrete wall. Unfortunately, there were some small, hardly visible scratches and I would like to get rid of them somehow.

However, since you made scratches on it, the conclusion is that it is not so great despite the advanced manufacturing technology.
Have you tried polishing it yet?

This is how I polished with the use of a polishing wax for car paints, but there are still minor traces left. As for the durability, in my opinion, this test would not come out unscathed because I pressed the phone quite hard and the wall was rough. it was possible to remove it in a simple way, you could fill the cavities with resin which is used to repair the so-called spider veins in car windows?

LightOfWinter wrote:

However, since you made scratches on it, the conclusion is that it is not so great despite the advanced manufacturing technology.
Have you tried polishing it yet?

You're kidding ... I have HTC Desire and I can call it such a modern Nokia, having in mind those old armored Nokia models. This phone flew a few meters and then fell 1.5 m on the asphalt - a few new scratches. Fall on the stairs, display on the edge of two meters because I was just talking, nothing either. And many many other falls. So far, I already have a few scratches on the phone, but they are tiny. But I will not forget the first one, when I was used to the old telephone, I had it at work in the summer and my friend threw a hammer on it. So my friend is wrong, this glass is really great and it should be installed in all phones.

Mark Marshall wrote:

You're kidding ... I have HTC Desire and I can call it such a modern Nokia, having in mind those old armored Nokia models. This phone flew a few meters and then fell 1.5 m on the asphalt - a few new scratches. Fall on the stairs, display on the edge of two meters because I was just talking, nothing either. And many many other falls. So far, I already have a few scratches on the phone, but they are tiny. But I will not forget the first one, when I was used to the old telephone, I had it at work in the summer and my friend threw a hammer on it. So my friend is wrong, this glass is really great and it should be installed in all phones.

I agree with this because mine also had a lot of falls, and instead of a hammer, I stepped on him but nothing happened. The first fall I also experienced because I was afraid if everything was okay with him because my friend dropped the Samsung Avilla and the display splashed.

Without deviating from the topic, how can I effectively get rid of scratch remnants?

There are films on the screen that blend in with the scratches. I bought one once and it worked to a great extent.

QORDIAN wrote:

There are films on the screen that blend in with the scratches. I bought one once and it worked to a great extent.

But what's the point of having a scratch-resistant screen and sticking foil on it? I think that if someone chooses such a screen, it is not to stick a protective film.

Gorrilla glass is a proprietary name, this glass was first used anywhere in the iPhone 4 (invented in 1965). So I wonder if this is a real Gorilla glas like in the iPhone? I doubt something ... maybe the usual monkey glas ;)

Try an abrasive paste (rate or similar).

Gorilla glass consists mainly of silicon dioxide, the concrete contains sand, which is also silicon dioxide (additionally with sharp edges). Materials of similar hardness scratch each other easily - no wonder it got scratched.

gromleon wrote:

... If glass is so resistant, ordinary polishes are unlikely to do much.

I do not agree with that opinion. The abrasives / polishes will only work, you will have to work harder. They will remove less material.

And which light abrasive paste should be used and which material should be polished?

LightOfWinter wrote:

QORDIAN wrote:

There are films on the screen that blend in with the scratches. I bought one once and it worked to a great extent.

But what's the point of having a scratch-resistant screen and sticking foil on it? I think that if someone chooses such a screen, it is not to stick a protective film.

He asks how to delete, so I answer. If you don't understand the question it's not my fault. It does not argue whether it makes sense or not. Link

I wrote above, for example tempo, but try first slightly abrasive only [then strongly abrasive like tempo. In every automotive one, they will tell you.

In the past, even toothpaste was used but i have no experience using it for phones

I have already tried toothpaste, as well as microfiber polishing wax for car paint, but it did not help much, but the wax does not leave such streaks from fingers. ;)

Added after 13 [minutes]:

I will try, however, with a slightly abrasive paste.

Better to buy displex paste for touch screens and polish it.

JALA wrote:

Gorrilla glass is a proprietary name, this glass was first used anywhere in the iPhone 4 (invented in 1965). So I wonder if this is a real Gorilla glas like in the iPhone? I doubt something ... maybe the usual monkey glas ;)

Try an abrasive paste (rate or similar).

There is no gorilla glass in the iPhone at all, check their website where they boast for who they produce and apple is not there, anyway, apple itself says that it was used in its production, so only prototypes could have it.

you are wrong ... I found the source especially for you pages 594 - 596 Walter Isaacson's books titled "Steve Jobs" - a biography of Steve Jobs.

Apple has just opened its OWN factory of this product in China, so it is possible that a manufacturer tells whom it produces without mentioning Apple - because, like most products, they are self-sufficient.

Iphone 4 has gorilla glass http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_4-3275.php
As for htc wf, I also have this model, I did not test with a knife, keys or anything, and after about half a year of use, the scratches made themselves one even by about 1.5 cm and I do not know what for. I also have a nokie c7 in which there is also a gorilla, and I have more little scratches on it.

JALA wrote:

you are wrong ... I found the source especially for you pages 594 - 596 Walter Isaacson's books titled "Steve Jobs" - a biography of Steve Jobs.

Apple has just opened its OWN factory of this product in China, so it is possible that a manufacturer tells whom it produces without mentioning Apple - because, like most products, they are self-sufficient.

Okay, my mistake, I didn't know that. But in my father's 10-month-old iP4 the glass is worse than in my 2.5-year-old 3gs, after which I can scratch the glass with the keys without leaving a trace ...

yaero wrote:

As for htc wf, I also have this model, I did not test with a knife, keys or anything, and after about half a year of use, the scratches made themselves one even by about 1.5 cm and I do not know what for. I also have a nokie c7 in which there is also a gorilla, and I have more little scratches on it.

I heard somewhere, but I don't know if it's true that not all htc
wf had gorilla glass. I don't really believe it because
what's the point of creating the same model with different glass
display.

Rafal_JSN wrote:

yaero wrote:

As for htc wf, I also have this model, I did not test with a knife, keys or anything, and after about half a year of use, the scratches made themselves one even by about 1.5 cm and I do not know what for. I also have a nokie c7 in which there is also a gorilla, and I have more little scratches on it.

I heard somewhere, but I don't know if it's true that not all htc
wf had gorilla glass. I don't really believe it because
what's the point of creating the same model with different glass
display.

It doesn't make sense at all. It is possible that due to the demand for this glass, an ordinary pane was installed periodically. An example is HTC Desire which appeared in two versions, A8181 and B8181, because Samsung had a problem with the supply of Amoled screens. Maybe HTC just lacked glasses for their better phones because if you do not look, Wildfire is rather a product of the lower shelf.

Rafal_JSN wrote:

I heard somewhere, but I don't know if it's true that not all htc
wf had gorilla glass. I don't really believe it because
what's the point of creating the same model with different glass
display.

Mark Marshall wrote:

It doesn't make sense at all. It is possible that due to the demand for this glass, an ordinary pane was installed periodically. An example is HTC Desire which appeared in two versions, A8181 and B8181, because Samsung had a problem with the supply of Amoled screens. Maybe HTC just lacked glasses for their better phones because if you do not look, Wildfire is rather a product of the lower shelf.

And will he be able to recognize what glass the display is made of, is it a gorilla or some other, apart from its damage, as I wrote at the beginning of the topic?

The surface of the element to be polished must be properly prepared, if the element has scratches, first these scratches must be leveled with appropriate gradation with abrasive paper, when we obtain a flat surface without any dents, then we can start polishing or polishing with all kinds of polishes, for wax milks. Polishing without proper preparation does not help besides polishing. [/ I]

vogelek1 wrote:

The surface of the element to be polished must be properly prepared, if the element has scratches, first these scratches must be leveled with appropriate gradation with abrasive paper, when we get a flat surface without any dents, then we can start polishing or polishing with all kinds of polishes, for wax milks. Polishing without proper preparation does not help besides polishing. [/ I]

And finally someone wrote something with sense. I will just add that the paper for water from 1500 and up. I would try 2000 immediately, and then go to a paint shop and let them touch you for a moment with a polisher with some G3 type paste or better (e.g. KochChemie with a yellow plug - better because you can practically dry), etc.

PS. In this case, polishing wax can be used for shine, not the phone .

I have the impression that using sandpaper will tarnish the glass, and what did your friend mean when he said to use paper for water, because I have not had the opportunity to use such paper yet?

ie wet paper, wet before "scrubbing", ie wet to do it, not dry.

Rafal_JSN wrote:

I have the impression that using sandpaper will tarnish the glass, and what did your friend mean when he said to use paper for water, because I have not had the opportunity to use it yet?

You start with 1500 paper, then 2000 at the end of 2500. It's all wet, ie clean water, you can use some liquid. Of course, there are many more rules for repairing an item, but you have everything described in google.