Best way to polish out nano scratches?

I've seen a lot of different suggestions for polishing out nano scratches. Does anyone have any near-definitive advice on the best method?
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Daniel,
I don't dispute your point of view. I'm not missing the point either. I have posted some pretty strong comments myself about this issue (several have been deleted by the noderators) and have spoken to Apple with no obvious result from it other than making them aware of my grievance. But at the end of the day, until some new version of the Nano comes out and Apple accept liability, I'm going to look after my Nano as best as I can, and if that means buying a protective cover or whatever else then so be it. I know I shouldn't have to do that but life isn't always fair. I think Apple have got the message - this stuff has been on the radio, in the press, on the TV and I can't see that they will be able to ignore that indefinitely - and plenty of us have already complained and many have cancelled orders or asked for refunds/replacements, so things are happening.

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