Monitor Repair

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Does anyone know how to get scrathes off a monitor, they are quite deep, its a LCD one.?

edit: just tried colgate on a small area and it seems to have sorted it

edit2: it works proper good on the small lighter scrathes, but on the deep ones, it does help only slightly though....

 

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Colgate as in Toothpaste?

 

thats the one...



when the monitor is off (you cant notice the deep scrathe, but when on and you have a bright background (like now), then you can notice it, but its way better than before...

 

You learn something new everyday.

 

I've used toothpaste on glass scratches a number of times, it works especially well on watches.

The thing is though Cheeks, how did the hell did you scratch a monitor? Throw stones at it?

 

You can repair a scratch on an LCD using toothpaste?
How does that work then, toothpaste is not particularly abrasive so I guess it's more of a filler?

Frantically trying to find something scratched so I can try this out!

 

I too would like to hear the science behind that!

Normally when toothpaste goes on a surface like your desk, it sticks and gets flakie, I can't see how it eliviates a monitor scratch!

 

Toothpaste is a very mild abrasive. Its that that gets rid of the scratches. It is a paste so not actually smooth but made up of very fine grains or granules. I can remeber repairing scratches in an acrylic panel on a production machine with toothpaste. Took a while but the scratch disappeared.
So long as you dont apply it and leave it to dry but use a cloth and a circular motion it should be ok. And when done just wipe it all away. Its a bit like using a polishing paste etc.

What i'm surprised by is that is was ok on a LCD screen. Normally your told not to use any abrasives on these to clean them and even some CRT cleaning solvents arent safe to use on LCDS.

 

I have also used Duraglit Brasso with good results on watches but I haven't tried it on an LCD screen.

 

even if it made it worse, i had nothing to lose. paid £5ea for 2x15" HPs, so i started with the one with the deep, heavier scratches...

now they just look and smell "fresh"

 

Talking of toothpaste, there was an article in one of the tabloids the other day saying all the models use it to stop spots spreading.

 

Models with spotty teeth, the mind boggles

 

he he

 

Crikey - I remember that one from back in the day of too much after-shave, little luck, and last bus home !!

 

Nothing beats a monitor with fresh breath.

 

Guys!!!! You're more random than my female friends!

 

Way too many roundabouts where you live, and that's a fact!

 

Awwwwwwwww! ....er, well that was an easy round!!

It's fun for bikers...and good practice for pole dancers though!

 

Hmm bikers and Pole dancers togther??? nope i wont go there!

 

sounds like an interesting combination