Re: fixing monitor glass scratch

[Stingray <stingray@webzone.net>]

Quadrajet1 wrote:

> >"Keatah@worldnet.att.net" <Keatah@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> >> >
> >> >How can I repair or fill-in a scrateched crt? Its about 1 inch long and
> >
> >> >1/72 or less deep. Is there a filler material or something?
> >>
> >> The problem is a filler would make things worse, since you could never
> >get it
> >> perfectly smooth in the scratch.  Rather the scratch would have to be
> >filled,
> >> then polished.  This is done for gems.
>
>    Plus, I would tend to think if the monitor has an anti-glare coating, or a
> hazy finish to cut dow glare (like the Monitor //) then polishing the screen in
> one spot will tend to leave a shiny spot on the monitor where the anti-glare
> coating is now gone.
>
> Raymond

There is a product that is used for repairing windshields that may work for this.
I don't know what it's called off the top of my head, an auto glass store could
probably help there. As Raymond pointed out, I also think that this would leave a
shiney spot on the monitor, so you would most likely have to treat the entire
surface to get a uniform look across the screen. There may be some type of
anti-glare treatment that could then be applied to the surface after polishing. I
may be wrong about this, but isn't there a spray on anti-glare treatment that is
used on the glass in picture frames? I'm not suggesting that would be safe to use
on a monitor, I'm just theorizing.

Personally, I could live with a one inch scratch. :-)

Stingray

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