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hairspray got accidentally sprayed on the top of my black macbook, there are tiny spots all over the top of it..any suggestions how to get it off? i tried several things (water,alcohol,windex) but no luck. >.<
 
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Welcome to Mac-Forums, musicislife428.

Sorry to hear about your problem.

Hmm. Not too sure about this but I think hairspray contains solvents. The first idea I get is that the plastic is marred by the solvents.

Maybe somebody else has a better idea of what to do but me thinks it doesn't look too good.
 
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Nail varnish remover may work, but please use carefully and at your own risk!
 
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DON'T USE NAIL POLISH REMOVER! It contains acetone, and will melt your Macbook!
 
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Thorin said:
DON'T USE NAIL POLISH REMOVER! It contains acetone, and will melt your Macbook!
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Acetone free nail varnish remover has been out for an age. ;)

There are many nail varnish removers that are acetone free - I should have mentioned this though.
 
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Ninjab3ar said:
I agree. If the messed up case has you down, drink your problems away!
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One for me... one for macbook... one for me...

No but seriously, I would recreate the problem on a similar plastic you don't care about, and then try the suggested solutions.
 
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have you tried the screen cleaners - try it on the case where it is sprayed.
 
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Unfortunately, I'm agreeing with MacHeadCase, I think the hairspray corroded the case.
 
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@Kyomii,

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be unpleasant. I thought those products were still all acetone (maybe they are in the U.S. still?).

@musicislife428,

If all of these suggestions fail you and Ninjab3ar is correct, you could probably buff the bad spots out with a really fine polishing compound or silver polish.
 
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Thorin said:
@Kyomii,

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be unpleasant. I thought those products were still all acetone (maybe they are in the U.S. still?).

@musicislife428,

If all of these suggestions fail you and Ninjab3ar is correct, you could probably buff the bad spots out with a really fine polishing compound or silver polish.
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Hey, no worries, I know you wasn't being unpleasant, if anything you were being thoughtful by pointing out about acetone - like I said, I should have mentioned it ;D

Have you managed to get it sorted musicislife428?
 

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