Beocenter 9500 - scratch removal?

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Sometimes it pays to open your mouth - I just got a free, 100% working Beocenter 9500, complete with BL1000 remote from my mother in law, who had "forgotten" it under her bed for a few years. She didn't quite understand why I was so enthusiastic about this "old piece of junk" that doesn't even play MP3:s... 😎

In any case, the metal panels on top of it are scratched. A couple of the scratches seem fairly deep. I'm very familiar with polishing metal to mirror finish, having done that to a number of aluminum and stainless steel items, but now I have to ask for help before I screw things up. I tried the search feature for ideas and techniques, but nothing useful came up.

How should I proceed? All tips and hints are very welcome - including "buy new panels" if nothing else helps. Someone must have done this before.

Dear Henri,

The panels on the 9500 are anodised aluminium, any attempt to polish out a scratch simply removes the anodised surface and you will be left with a greyish patch. I dicovered this the hard way! For a modest investment ( £100.00) you can buy replacement panels and restore what is one of the best B&O systems ever made. Replacing the panels is not a difficult DI Y job, or should only cost about an hours labour at a B&O workshop. Hope this helps & good luck.

 

Afraid I agree. Only problem may be the supply of panels.

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Stage.png Beosound-Stage.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beosound-5.png Beosound-5.png
Beosound-2.png Beosound-2.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-Portal.png Beoplay-Portal.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolit.png Beolit.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
Beocenter-2.png Beocenter-2.png

Believe me it is impossible to reproduce the original finish.

Even B&O can't reproduce it so they sell the new panels in sets of three. They don't match otherwise. Been there, done that!

New panels cost less than £100 and are readily available from your dealer.

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