Scratches on iBook G4

Hi,
I travel a lot with my iBook and I shouldn't be suprised to see a lot of little scratches on the outside of my laptop; is there a product available to get rid of this and specially made for iBook G4 ??
many thanks, Dag

The surface of the iBook G4 is pretty much like the surface of the 3G iPod. You can use iPod scratch removers to remove the scratches on your iBook G4 as well, for example, iKlear.

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Been looking for answer through all the forum couldnt finde the right answer. First of all sorry if my English is not correct Im originally from Norway.
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