Chrome bezel scratching - my results for getting rid of the issues

well, I was nervous as **** about it, but an incase case managed to scratch the bezel and give it blotchy marks.
I had tried cleaning it and using a very very mild polish, but nothing worked.
So I decided to take teh plunge, with the feeling that if it didnt work, id sand the bezel down to a matte finish.
I used Autosol metal polish, very lightly and carefully, followed by meguiars scratch x to clean up the finish and add some resiliancy, followed by a finishing polish, i.e. a foam based one, usually used with the final polishing on a car before shipping.
It worked! PERFECTLY! even worked on the back of the phone, 99.9% of the scratching is gone.
I dont want to go any deeper or harder in fear of stripping it, but it looks ten times better!

Ok well as you can see from the pictures above, thats it in it's current state, so I decided to mask up the phone and give it a **** good polish this time.
I used a microfiber cloth and a standard polishing cloth, Autosol Metal polish, Meguiars ScratchX, Masking Tape, and a can of WD40 and some window cleaning spray. All will become clear
So here's the phone and the cloths etc phones been masked up with alot of masking tape.
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Heres the masked phone after I've started with the metal polish
http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phoneclean2.jpg
Now in the middle of polishing, Look how black the cloth has gotten on that one side alone!
http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phoneclean3.jpg
The top bezel after one round of polish, looking alot better with only one or two scratches visible
http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phoneclean4.jpg
Now time for the back, I've removed the masking tape, and predictibly, there is some residue which the Meguiars will remove for me, and clean up the back end.
http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phoneclean5.jpg
Polish Going On, I should point out that the meguiars is a very gently finishing polish, so i didnt go to heavy here, and I was careful to avoid the camera
http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phoneclean6.jpg
Letting the polish dry before buffing off
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At this point the phone was clean so to speak, There was some residue on there from the tape and polish, so spraying a little WD40 on the cloth and wiping it over removed all of that, esp in the little bits where it got through the mashing between the bezel and the screen, took a firm touch but it worked perfectly. After that, I wiped it down thoroughly and took a fresh cloth, microfibre in this case and not the one I was polishing on, and cleaned it with window cleaning spray. Before finally rubbing it over thoroughly to remove any excess. I used a little tiny bit of water on another cloth to remove any alcohol that could have been left by the window cleaning spray
Finished back
http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phoneclean8.jpg
Quick Photo of the Size Bezel, now greatly reduced in scratches and no blemishes and still shiny!
http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phoneclean9.jpg
And another of the the other side, still shiny though the picture makes it look a little rough, even though it isnt
http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phoneclean10.jpg
And another of the back again, different angle
http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phoneclean11.jpg
All in all I'm very pleased with how it turned out, despite absolutley bricking it and very nearly not doing it at all in fear of destroying it. It worked with a gently touch. Phone looks and feels like new

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