Removing physical blemishes from CRT? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Apr 2004

Hi Bill
 This is a good point. Any polishing will stand out unless
the entire surface is polished. One might even try getting
a little varithane mat finish on a rag and wipe a little
over the scratch. Then wipe around it with some thinner
to remove any excess. It doesn't have exactly the same index of
refraction but it would help hide the scratch.
Dwight

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 From: "William Maddox"
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Does the monitor have an anti-glare coating?   The various suggestions
posted for buffing out the damage would seem applicable to an ordinary
glass screen such as I have seen on older/cheaper small-screen monitors,
but most newer and large screen monitors have some kind of anti-glare
coating.  The best ones use a metallic coating that is easily damaged and
looks bad when it is scratched off.   You should conside whether removing
it will make matters worse.  Some cheaper anti-glare treatments just put a 
matte finish on the glass, and might not suffer quite so badly.

--Bill

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Subject: Removing physical blemishes from CRT?

> 
> Although the CRT in question is off-topic, the question is fairly topical:
> 
> Is there any way to remove physical blemishes from the face of a CRT?
> I've got a very nice 19" SVGA display that has some scratches on the face.
> They are somewhat invisible unless you happen to be looking at something
> at that part of the screen (lower third, right of center).
> 
> Can this be buffed out or ... ?
> 
> I hope there's a way to do this because I've been wanting to fix the face
> of my 35" ProScan TV that has the same problem.  You barely notice it, but
> it is slightly distracting when you do.
> 
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> 
> Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer 
Festival
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