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Title: Scratched Wells Gardner screen
Post by: coliveira on March 09, 2011, 07:39:18 pm: Hey all

So I thought the monitor had a smudge beneath the glass, but I finally got around to trying to clean it today and it appears to be a scratch. Now, I don't want you guys to think I haven't googled this situation looking for a fix, but I haven't really come up with one (if there is one) that seems to directly apply to arcade monitors (not sure if it matters if it's an arcade monitor...). Should I just leave it alone (it's not horrible), try toothpaste, some other solution? I can't really figure out if this has an anti-glare coating or if I'll make it worse trying different methods.

Please let me know what you would do.

Thanks
Chris
Title: Re: Scratched Wells Gardner screen
Post by: lilshawn on March 09, 2011, 08:37:38 pm: no. just leave it.

some people say petroleum jelly to fill it in.

whatever. live with it, or get a new one.

the glass is too hard to polish it out.
Title: Re: Scratched Wells Gardner screen
Post by: coliveira on March 09, 2011, 09:15:58 pm: Bummer. That's what I figured. Thank you very much for the answer. Looks like we're gonna live with it...
Title: Re: Scratched Wells Gardner screen
Post by: boardjunkie on March 10, 2011, 12:37:34 am: Several layers of clear nail polish (actually a type of lacquer). Keep applying layers until the void is filled then polish that down to be flush with the glass. Did that trick to a tube I was cutting a cardboard bezel for and slipped with the knife. Scratched it good......but the nail polish trick saved it.
Title: Re: Scratched Wells Gardner screen
Post by: coliveira on March 10, 2011, 01:41:19 am: Huh. That's funny that in all of the looking I did, I didn't come across anything about nail polish. Then I google it and get tons of results... I'll have to give it a shot. Hopefully I won't make it any worse than it currently is as it's not that bad. Thanks a bunch. I'll let you know if I have any luck.

Chris
Title: Re: Scratched Wells Gardner screen
Post by: lilshawn on March 11, 2011, 06:17:26 pm: That actually sound pretty good... Better than using petroleum jelly ...lol
Title: Re: Scratched Wells Gardner screen
Post by: SirPeale on March 14, 2011, 08:55:57 pm: Quote from: boardjunkie on March 10, 2011, 12:37:34 am
Did that trick to a tube I was cutting a cardboard bezel for and slipped with the knife. Scratched it good......but the nail polish trick saved it.

What kind of knife was it? Steel is softer than glass, and generally won't scratch it.
Title: Re: Scratched Wells Gardner screen
Post by: boardjunkie on March 18, 2011, 10:10:09 am: Just a box cutter with an old type razor blade in it. You'd be surprised how easy it is to scratch glass with a sharp knife.....or just about anything. The top glass on my Gorf cocktail is all scratched to hell.....
Title: Re: Scratched Wells Gardner screen
Post by: mgb on March 18, 2011, 02:33:33 pm: I have a 25" tube with a scratch right in the middle. I think I'll try the nail polish trick.
Thanks
Title: Re: Scratched Wells Gardner screen
Post by: JoeB on March 18, 2011, 10:44:44 pm: I have a tube that looks like it has a scratch, but it looks more like air bubble between CRT and front glass.. No way to remove it. What is it, and how can I get rid of it?
Title: Re: Scratched Wells Gardner screen
Post by: boardjunkie on March 20, 2011, 10:50:19 am: Flaw in the glass sounds like. I've never seen anything like that....maybe it slipped by QC? Musta been a Monday or a Friday tube.....