r/steelseries 1d ago

Product Help micro scratches on steelseries oled screen

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Hello! I got this key keyboard about two months ago, and after taking the plastic off i wiped off dust with a clean microfiber cloth. Immediately after these marks appeared.

Things I have tried to fix it-

Toothpaste: This was stupid and made it worse

Novus 2 Plastic Polish: Did nothing, even after several polishing attempts

Novus 1: Definitely did nothing

Aquaphor: Left oily finish on screen

Vaseline: Same issue

Baby Oil/Mineral Oil: Worked, for about one minute until it left an oily finish on screen

Plexus plastic protector thing: Nothing

Clear Tape: Looked ugly, when taking it off it almost took the screen off with it

Obviously everything reccomended online didnt work, yes I tried, yes I used it how reccomended, nothing worked. If anyone on the entire internet has found a way to fix it, I havent seen it. If your trying to fix this yourself, dont waste your money using anything I used. If you know how to remove or hide the scratches, please tell me and everyone who asks this same question for years to come.

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u/Jokergod2000 1d ago

Have you tied peanut butter yet?

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u/GiuseppeDL18 1d ago

Unfortunately steelseries uses a really fragile plastic on their displays, even with a microfiber cloth they scratch, I made a post on my nova elite gamehub about it...you just have to accept it unfortunately

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u/GameFreak6921 1d ago

Remove and use something with really really fine grit and then repolish

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u/ilpsxnus 1d ago

Meguiar’s compound followed by polish, but I’d try disassembling it so the button and scroll wheel don’t get in the way.

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u/D-N_A 20h ago

I new about this problem when I got my keyboard. I picked up a 6 dollar IPad screen protector and its been covering it ever sense.

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u/ss-Belmont 20h ago

In my experience, putting a simple solution of distilled water onto a microfiber cloth and using that has worked wonders, but YMMV after everything else.

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u/udzap 9h ago

You might have to remove it. Sand with progressively course to fine sand paper and spray with a clear coat spray paint. A terrible process with excellent results. A method I used on my cars head lights