blotchy color

[eshort]

someone left a portable radio on top of my monitor..now i have patches of blotchy color.

anyway to remove these--i dont hv a degaussing coil!

tx

[boran_blok]

uuuh ooh ehm you're havin some problems ...

if you dont have degauss there is no real solution that I can think of besides magneto wearing ...

meaning you have to keep the monitor without power for a long time (like a month or two)
the stronger magnetsism of the monitor itself will remain, but the weaker (added magnetism of the radio) magnetism will wear off ... it all depends on how long that the radio has been on top of the monitor .. if it has been on it for more than a month I fear the worst ...

[Graham]

Most monitors degauss themselves when they turn on, often you can hear it. it may help to turn it on an off a few times, leave it a minute or so between each one, if you dont hear the sound, leave it a bit longer.
If you are really courageous you can coax the blotches out with a magnet, but I dont advise it.
you can make a degaussing coil, I have seen an article somewhere, its nothing complicated, just a coil with ac passing through.

G

[Jonty]

Try this:
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_monfaq2.html#MONFAQ_004

[SPEEDO]

Call some of your local TV repair shops and ask them if they have a degausing coil, If they do ask if you can bring in the monitor for degausing.