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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Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 6:43 PM
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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Received on Tue Apr 13 2004 - 04:17:51 BST