Resilience of the paint job on MBP?

DadaKopf

My metal belt buckle scratched all around the latch button on my new MBP. It's really annoying me, so I might look into covering up the scratches on the case a bit, if possible? The worst thing is there's a horrible scratch all along the display release button. It's horrible, and I'm not sure how superficial it is.

My question, I suppose, is to all you seasoned MBP users: should I now expect this paint to start flaking away if I'm not super careful? As in, will it all start flaking off with normal use?

Would it be worth lightly painting over with some protective film? Is this possible? What would I use so it wouldn't be obvious?

K.O.Kiki

That's paint?? I thought the Pro's were all metal...

ZENER

K.O.Kiki wrote:

That's paint?? I thought the Pro's were all metal...

So did I !!:eek:

ZEN

ScabbyLeg

The case is anodised aluminium, so touching it up with paint would probably just make it more noticeable. For the release button (the thing that houses the sleep light), I found that I thought I had scratched it myself but it was actually a light layer of some coating, like a varnish.. it all came off with a fingernail and the surface looked uniform again.

I didn't have any deep scratches on mine, though.. it's a Powerbook G4, but I think the cases are pretty much identical.

Edit: Sorry, meant to say that given that it's aluminium, it won't start flaking or rusting or anything like that.

damo86

its just latch is plastic, same on pb g4, TBH if i where you,id just finish it off, will look more even!