DIY weblog Hackosis details how to fix your scratched LCD monitor after a scarring encounter with a sharp object.
There are two different methods for easily fixing this issue :
Temporary fix with Vaseline:
- Clean the surface of the LCD with diluted isopropyl alcohol (50/50 with water) with a cloth. No toilet paper and especially not paper towels. These will scratch your screen.
- Fill the crack with Vaseline.
- Gently wipe off the Vaseline outside of the scratch.
- When you are done there should be enough Vaseline to fill the scratch.
Less temporary fix, more work:
- Clean the surface of the LCD with diluted isopropyl alcohol (50/50 with water) with a cloth. No toilet paper and especially not paper towels. These will scratch your screen.
- Apply a bit of auto rubbing compound to the scratch.
- Polish the effected the area with until flat with felt. You should acually have removed the anti-glare coating in the effected area.
- Clean the area.
- Using a piece of paper cut a 5mm hole into the center.
- Use the paper to spray clear lacquer (through the hole) onto the effected area.
- Move the paper as you spray if the scratch is lengthy.
- Let dry according to lacquer instructions and you are done.
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The white eraser method worked well for me, and is even better than I first thought. It’s surprising such a simple fix works so well, but it really does.
I acquired my first scratch some weeks back, tried the pencil eraser method, and was quite pleased with the results, as my scratch was approx. 80% less visible, a faint grey line visible only on very light or dark coloured backgrounds, instead of the glaring black line it was at first.
Today my monitor toppled again (I really must tether the damn thing to something next time) creating – gulp – a new and even larger scratch. Oh, no… But whodathunk I’d end up happy I got the 2nd scratch? Oddly, I am happy, ’cause I took the opportunity to lay the monitor flat, take my white eraser again , and really go to town rubbing both new & old scratches. Lo & behold, both scratches appear to be now virtually 100% invisible or gone. My 2-scratch monitor is better now than it was as a one scratch one! I’m now convinced it’s partly, largely, or completely due to the heat from friction of rubbing the eraser across the scratch, plus pressure applied, that does the trick. The heat must soften the plastic surface making it malleable, and the pressure of rubbing smooths out the jagged scratch edges, making the scratches disappear.
-So, if at first your eraser doesn’t completely eliminate your scratch, try, try again! Keep working on it – harder!faster! And with luck, you’ll get results like mine: complete elimination of two ugly scratches!