seeing “shiny parts” makes me think of “dirty parts.” i must have a dirty mind! i’m so sad to hear that tastespotting is down now. is it possible that you will open another food-related site?

agh!
i feel so hungry without tastespotting.
meehhhh.

“rubbing them vigorously” ?
really now…

they even have it in portuguese! “partes brilhantes” blew my mind away. that’s what i call talking technical… (L)

This is a great example of my many job related fears!

I am not an eloquent person. When I’m doing Information Architecture I sometimes have to put in dummy text to explain a function. I’m scared that at some point later on no one will get a copywriter to reword what I wrote.
I would have said “stuff” instead of parts, and there would have been a couple “or whatevers” thrown about.

Waaaaaaaay bummed about “T’Spotting”!

ha ha ha.

Wonder if this was a translation. Using the word “parts” is funny because it’s so informal and non-technical.
Perhaps the writer could have gone with “shiny surfaces”. This would require a little bit of re-writing, e.g.:
“…in such a way that the shiny surfaces will not be scratched.”

Though the word “shiny” is informal and non-technical too. Kind of like the word “fancy” (fancy parts!).

Perhaps the phrase they were shooting for was “reflective surfaces” or “glossy surfaces”. Certainly more professional, but not nearly as entertaining.