CHIPPED SCREEN! HOW TO FIX?

[fatboy]

I have just discovered a couple of small chips on my monitors screen. They are not very deep at all and i am sure they could be 'filled in' or 'covered up' with something. Has anyone got any suggestions as to what i could use to achieve this?

your help wil be much appreciated

Fatboy

[Dputiger]

I can tell you what I used to fix a scratch in my monitor: Toothpaste (but a literal paste, not a gel).

Toothpaste is a mild abrasive and can be used to remove scratches from glass surfaces though using it on prescription glasses is bad because it ruins your prescription. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

I don't know if it'll work for chips, but it removed my scratch perfectly.

[Gutter Ball]

Yeah! Toothpaste, escpecially Colgate regular works awesome! How did you manage to chip your monitor? I used toothpaste to clean up the scratches on my Game Gear's screen and it worked like a charm! Good luck!

[Warthog]

I don't quite get it.

You rub toothpaste on it? and it smoothes out the scratch?

Warthog

[Dputiger]

You rub toothpaste on with a toothbrush and it smoothes the scratch. Toothpaste has a very mild abrasive in it--that's why it cleans your teeth.

[Warthog]

Ahhhhh...I see.

Warthog

[NDC]

I doubt that it will fix a chip though, I think toothpaste would be more appropriate for scratches, I mean VERY minor scratches

[Missing the point]

Yeah, for a chip, ya gotta go to a glass shop, and ask for a small amount of their resin that they use for fixing bug chips in automotice Windshields.

Believe me, I know, my dad owns a glass shop http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[ck42866]

Or you can go to your local automotive supply store and buy a kit that fixes dinged windshields. They work fine too.

[fatboy]

thanks for all the help guys, i am afraid i don't know what chipped the screen, (i was not in a very good mood when i found the chips!). The chips are very small so i will try the toothpaste idea, if that fails then i am afraid it will have to be done professionally, ****!

thanks again

fatboy

[LiLRiceBoi]

Toothpaste also works to fix scratched cds. I find its a little too abrassive though, but it works.

[Jeff7]

Check out this link - might be helpful:
http://pages.eidosnet.co.uk/~ukdiy/decorating.html

I haven't tried it yet personally, but I do mean to sometime - I got me a really nice Dell monitor for $25+$35 shipping. A 15" one, that supports 1024x768@85Hz, maybe higher. But anyway, it has a few tiny scratches in it. I have been meaning to try one of the solutions on the above page, but just haven't gotten to a craft shop. Luckily, I've got a few junk monitors here to use as test subjects.


CD scratches? I use a Dremel tool. I got a thing from Wegmans called Lens Buff - a pencil-like thing with some sort of abrasive stuff in it. Just rub it on the scratch in the CD, then use a fluffy buffer attachment on the Dremel tool. Minor scratches are completely eliminated, larger ones minimized. If you want to try that, use an AOL or Juno CD from the mail to get the technique down-pat.

[Dputiger]

Toothpaste works on CD's? I might try that. Hey, fatboy, did it work on your monitor?

[fatboy]

no i am afraid it didn't, my screen is a naturally flat screen, not a conventional one!

ahhhhh

oh well, just have to live with it

thanks for the help guys

all the best

fatboy

[Warthog]

What do you mean, "naturally flat screen"? Like an FD Trinitron? What would it matter? The guys suggested other methods that you could try also.

"Never give up! Never surrender!"
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Warthog

[This message has been edited by Warthog (edited 08-08-2000).]