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Scratches on TV screen
Any idea if theres anything that can be done with these?
My little boy loves whacking the screen and theres a few scratches now. |
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paulfoel wrote:
My little boy loves whacking the screen and theres a few scratches now. Sounds like a discipline problem. |
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This sounds like you have some problems with your son that should be delt
with! The screen has coatings on the surface, and when polishing it, these will be damaged. There will be a type of blemish showing in the screen after the polishing is done. There are some polishing compounds that are designed for glass. You will also need the polishing tools to do the job. This would be almost impossible to do by hand. There are some very serious safety issues in striking the glass surface of a CRT. There is the danger of a serious implosion! You should definitely do something about this problem, and very fast! -- Jerry G. ====== "paulfoel" wrote in message oups.com... Any idea if theres anything that can be done with these? My little boy loves whacking the screen and theres a few scratches now. |
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Yah sounds dangerous.
I had considered using one of those windshield repair kits available at automotive stores. More appropriate for "bulls eye" type cracks. The filler material may work for the scratches if flowed in with the screen flat. As above no polishing may be possible. There's also this stuff for repairing scratches is glasses. Just some thoughts have never tried any of these things. Richard |
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I don't know of anything that works. Recently, a watch repairer told me
that there was some new compound for filling scratches in watch crystals. He was supposed to send me some info from the supplier but never did. You might want to try a watch man and see what they have. Leonard wrote in message oups.com... Yah sounds dangerous. I had considered using one of those windshield repair kits available at automotive stores. More appropriate for "bulls eye" type cracks. The filler material may work for the scratches if flowed in with the screen flat. As above no polishing may be possible. There's also this stuff for repairing scratches is glasses. Just some thoughts have never tried any of these things. Richard |
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Totally agree with the discipline related approach, apparently the son is
either too young to appreciate the value of another's property or has never been taught that fact. Also, as noted, a severe safety situation could result with just the right contact with the glass. These things are not to be trifled with, there is a definitive reason why the designers and manufacturers put the safety glass on the sets in the first place. However, persistence in hitting it with a hard object can prove to be extremely detrimental to your child and others in close vicinity of the set. "Leonard Caillouet" wrote in message .. . I don't know of anything that works. Recently, a watch repairer told me that there was some new compound for filling scratches in watch crystals. He was supposed to send me some info from the supplier but never did. You might want to try a watch man and see what they have. Leonard wrote in message oups.com... Yah sounds dangerous. I had considered using one of those windshield repair kits available at automotive stores. More appropriate for "bulls eye" type cracks. The filler material may work for the scratches if flowed in with the screen flat. As above no polishing may be possible. There's also this stuff for repairing scratches is glasses. Just some thoughts have never tried any of these things. Richard |
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A friend of mine gave me a tip wich works for glass but maybe not for
coated glass. Take a silicon cloth and use cigarette ashes, yes, I know ... Just try it ! Magic ! Another one , wich I saw and did, wich I coudn't believe until I did it by myself (don't do this with your screen) : cutting glass with a pair of scisors : put a piece of glass in the water (in a big bucket, the glass lust be totally imerged, your scizzors as well. Cut the glass. The feeling is like if you are cutting a shell (clamp, muscle ...) For the end : this friend is a precision optician, working for defense, laser beam systems for fighter aimers, etc ... Goog luck. Try with a scratched piece of glass before doing it on your tv maybe ... |
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"True american Zero" wrote in message news:080220050153176158%True_American_Zero@mickeyt hecat.org... A friend of mine gave me a tip wich works for glass but maybe not for coated glass. Take a silicon cloth and use cigarette ashes, yes, I know ... Just try it ! Magic ! Another one , wich I saw and did, wich I coudn't believe until I did it by myself (don't do this with your screen) : cutting glass with a pair of scisors : put a piece of glass in the water (in a big bucket, the glass lust be totally imerged, your scizzors as well. Cut the glass. The feeling is like if you are cutting a shell (clamp, muscle ...) Cutting glass with scissors?? Excuse me if I seem a touch cynical; but I find that hard to believe.... |
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If the glass is very thin, I would believe it. One good way to cut glass is to the scratch line in it from a glass cutter. Then put the sheet of glass under water, and carfully tap it on the side that is to be removed from the desired side, as normaly done out of the water. Or, put the glass over a wedge and carfully tap and press on the side to come off. As for the sisors part, I have to see that one! Jerry G. ========= Harvey wrote: "True american Zero" wrote in message news:080220050153176158%True_American_Zero@mickeyt hecat.org... A friend of mine gave me a tip wich works for glass but maybe not for coated glass. Take a silicon cloth and use cigarette ashes, yes, I know ... Just try it ! Magic ! Another one , wich I saw and did, wich I coudn't believe until I did it by myself (don't do this with your screen) : cutting glass with a pair of scisors : put a piece of glass in the water (in a big bucket, the glass lust be totally imerged, your scizzors as well. Cut the glass. The feeling is like if you are cutting a shell (clamp, muscle ...) Cutting glass with scissors?? Excuse me if I seem a touch cynical; but I find that hard to believe.... |
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Cutting glass with scissors?? Excuse me if I seem a touch cynical; but I find that hard to believe.... I remember seeing an article about that in a 1960's issue of _Popular Mechanics_ or some similar magazine. Never tried it myself, though. |
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"paulfoel" wrote in message oups.com... Any idea if theres anything that can be done with these? My little boy loves whacking the screen and theres a few scratches now. If you can feel the scratches with your fingernail then there's not really anything you can do. This assumes of course a standard direct view CRT TV. |
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True american Zero wrote in message news:080220050153176158%True_American_Zero@mickey thecat.org...
A friend of mine gave me a tip wich works for glass but maybe not for coated glass. Take a silicon cloth and use cigarette ashes, yes, I know ... Just try it ! Magic ! Another one , wich I saw and did, wich I coudn't believe until I did it by myself (don't do this with your screen) : cutting glass with a pair of scisors : put a piece of glass in the water (in a big bucket, the glass lust be totally imerged, your scizzors as well. Cut the glass. The feeling is like if you are cutting a shell (clamp, muscle ...) For the end : this friend is a precision optician, working for defense, laser beam systems for fighter aimers, etc ... Goog luck. Try with a scratched piece of glass before doing it on your tv maybe ... Can anyone tell me where I can get a 68 cm bucket?! |
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"James Sweet" writes:
"paulfoel" wrote in message oups.com... Any idea if theres anything that can be done with these? My little boy loves whacking the screen and theres a few scratches now. If you can feel the scratches with your fingernail then there's not really anything you can do. This assumes of course a standard direct view CRT TV. If they are long and numerous, I'd also be concerned about the implosion hazard. Dicipline the kid or put a piece of Plexiglas over the screen to prevent further damage (or damage to your new TV). --- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ Mirror: http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/ Repair | Main Table of Contents: http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/REPAIR/ +Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ: http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/sam/lasersam.htm | Mirror Sites: http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/REPAIR/F_mirror.html Note: These links are hopefully temporary until we can sort out the excessive traffic on Repairfaq.org. Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header above is ignored unless my full name is included in the subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the FAQs. |
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Put it ALL in the water, immerged and try it !
it WORKS ! |
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"True american Zero" wrote in message news:090220050127191056%True_American_Zero@mickeyt hecat.org... Put it ALL in the water, immerged and try it ! it WORKS ! I wouldn't want to try it myself, but here's someone who did - http://www.spectrumglass.com/Library...FishStory.html |
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"True american Zero" wrote in message news:090220050127191056%True_American_Zero@mickeyt hecat.org... Put it ALL in the water, immerged and try it ! it WORKS ! This seems a good enough reason to keep scissors out of reach of the goldfish. :-)) Ray. |
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