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Is the scratched LCD fixable?
« on: March 23, 2015, 12:57:18 pm »
I found a cheep large 3:4 LCD and was wondering if it worth the effort to fix.
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Re: Is the scratched LCD fixable?
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2015, 01:46:19 pm »
Is that the scratch next to the blue thing? It doesn't look that bad. For guests they would hardly notice. But it would bug the Hell out of me.
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Re: Is the scratched LCD fixable?
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2015, 01:53:57 pm »
Quote from: thomas_surles on March 23, 2015, 01:46:19 pm
Is that the scratch next to the blue thing? It doesn't look that bad. For guests they would hardly notice. But it would bug the Hell out of me.

Yep. I found a bunch of DYI fixes for a scratched LCD was wondering if any one has had any luck.
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Re: Is the scratched LCD fixable?
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2015, 02:50:42 pm »
Not very much. I had an LG that was scratched during a botched repair from the repairman. The jackass offered to buy it from me for about $20 (to salvage the parts) but he was the one that screwed up the repair. At least he "agreed" not to charge me for the service call. Bleh... The problem is similar to CRTs, the front had a matte coating to prevent glare and most fixes also "polished" the matte. It seems most solutions assume a glossy screen.

I really only experimented a bit before tossing it into the parts box. I decided it was a put up or shut up kind of thing.
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Re: Is the scratched LCD fixable?
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2015, 02:51:55 pm »
Rub vaseline on the scratch or hit the whole thing with a layer of clear.

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Re: Is the scratched LCD fixable?
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2015, 09:10:10 am »
Has anyone tried a clear coat on a glass monitor???   Does it work???
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Re: Is the scratched LCD fixable?
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2015, 01:11:47 pm »
Quote from: southpaw13 on March 24, 2015, 09:10:10 am
Has anyone tried a clear coat on a glass monitor???   Does it work???

Squirt lighter fluid on the monitor.  How it looks then is how it will look with a layer of clear.

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Re: Is the scratched LCD fixable?
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2015, 06:26:33 pm »
Vaseline and light sanding all work poorly.  If it is too bad too buff out then the best idea is to get a new cheap LCD monitor or live with the scratch behind some colored plexi.
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Re: Is the scratched LCD fixable?
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2015, 09:11:41 am »
The problem is similar to CRTs, the front had a matte coating to prevent glare and most fixes also "polished" the matte. It seems most solutions assume a glossy screen.???
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Re: Is the scratched LCD fixable?
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2015, 08:54:54 am »
If you really want to save it you could try to remove the anti-glare layer that's scratched.
The diy LCD projector community did it frequently to increase brightness in their builds.

here is a guide

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1674033

This guy is doing it for different reasons but the process is still the same.
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