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Author Topic: What's this silver tape on my monitor all about?  (Read 1343 times)

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What's this silver tape on my monitor all about?
« on: September 19, 2011, 10:53:24 pm »
Can I get rid of it?  Can I spray paint it?

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Re: What's this silver tape on my monitor all about?
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2011, 01:58:56 am »
I guess you can, but you'd be better off rescessing (spellcheck) the monitor and adding a bezel.
Would bump the looks up a notch AND hide that tape! :D

Also, my two cents are that the tape is there to hold the degauss wire in place..?

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Re: What's this silver tape on my monitor all about?
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2011, 08:19:55 am »
I believe that is conductive tape designed to help give static electricity a path to flow to ground.

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Re: What's this silver tape on my monitor all about?
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2011, 06:56:39 pm »
I believe that is conductive tape designed to help give static electricity a path to flow to ground.
Sounds plausible.
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Re: What's this silver tape on my monitor all about?
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2011, 07:29:04 pm »
Ahhhhh ok.  As long as it isn't holding anything together. I'll trim it back and spray paint the rest.
This is a first mask cut for the final version btw.  The end result won't be so ugly.  Just a nice floating monitor.