dv2000 owners

I'm just curious, any one of ya'll out there thought about waxing the glossy surface of the dv2000t?

I'm a car guy and I wax my car all the time (http://forums.gen7accord.net/viewtopic.php?t=3102) as u can see... I was wonderin if it would be bad if I used car wax on this laptop? It definitely made my car shine and super reflective. Smooooooooth to the touch too

haha i dont grab my notebook, i hold it well w/ 2 hands so slippery may not necessarily be an issue

but i'm j/w, we can apply car wax to these surfaces too rite? it looks clearcoated just like a car's layer of paint

I waxed my ipod before and damn it made a difference, less scratches were noticible, i wonder how the dv2000t's paint will hold up against scratches

WAXED! The notebook is soooooooooo silky smooth! I recommend anyone w/ the dv2000t or the 15'' bigger brotha to wax theirs too! The cloth the notebook came w/ can now be ran smoothly across the surface!!!

the cloth my notebook came w/, i used it at 1st to wipe the cover of the notebook, but it was sticky, and it was hard to wipe the surface clean

after the wax, i could easily wipe the surface, wiping off the dust and it was smooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooth *_____*!!!

I'm on the 2nd coat of wax. This laptop is, i guess, fingerprint/smear proof.

I suggest anyone w/ the HP imprint finish to get some Meguires NXT car wax and wax this lappy up!

After my 2nd coat of wax, i noticed the surface was even smoother than with 1 coat!

haha sweet u got a V6! too bad not 6MT -__- but u still koo at least u didn't get a i4

but yea.... our dv2000t isn't really plastic, that why I waxed the laptops glossy surface. Think of it as a car's paint. When u 1st buy ur car, ur paint is fresh, maybe a bit dirty sittin outside so u would wash it and wax it to keep it smoooth. If u run ur fingers on an unwaxed car, u can feel how much ur fingerprints can grab onto the clearcoat. If u look closely at the surface, u'll see that u leave fingerprints too. Waxing prevents the fingerprints on the surface so thats why I decided to wax it. B4 I waxed this laptop, I had to constantly wipe it every few min cuz it would get so much fingerprints after typing.

The laptop is a lot smaller, so i just used to paste form of Meguires NXT car wax and used my index finger to apply it. Our fingerprint will get into the clearcoat even better than using an applicator, also more precise. After the wax sits for a min r 2, i took a microfiber towel and wiped it off. Differences are felt immediately. I waxed the lid 1st, seeing how much diff it made. To my surprise, it was a night and day diff. So I did the part around the screen, and the parts where the palm rests when typing, basically all around that is waxable. I'm on the 3rd coat rite now, i'll proly end up w/ so many coats of wax i'll lose count. At least its fingerprint proof, so I suggest anyone w/ a dv2000t or dv6000 or 9000 to wax. Especially the DV9000, since they have such a huge waxable surface.

the wax pretty much just soaks into the cearcoat

but from daily usage, like ur palm runnin over the surface below the keyboard, ur bound to take some wax off. So I'd just wax the laptop every now and then, or when it starts getting fingerprints. The wax will prevent fingerprints, u can try it on iPods for urself. But personally, my friend "brush-aluminum"ed my ipod, so the back can't get any prints. I'm sure ur not gonna do that to the laptop so i'd jus wax whenever u got nothin to do.

I dont think theres anything to "SEAL" the wax, just liek cars, the wax will only last so long, and u gonna have to reapply it again. My friend waxes his car every week, and his cars still like a mirror. W/e extra wax u get on, ur supposed to wipe off anyways. Thats just how waxing is done.