EPTDoes anyone know how to fix this or if it can even be fixed? The damage looks pretty permanent. Thanks in advance for possibly saving her life
LCD Screen Damage?
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Mr.Brightside
Australia317 Posts
Does anyone know how to fix this or if it can even be fixed? The damage looks pretty permanent. Thanks in advance for possibly saving her life | ||
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Obsolescence
United States270 Posts
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Marradron
Netherlands1586 Posts
On February 24 2011 00:32 Mr.Brightside wrote: Hi, my girlfriend today had the bright idea of using medical disinfection liquid (she's a nurse) and tap water to try and clean the 7 tiny spots of dirt from my almost new LCD screen and the plastic border around it while I wasn't watching and has managed to make both the clear plastic border and some of the screen a nice cloudy white colour that does not come off. It looks like it has even seeped into the clear plastic to a degree somehow. Does anyone know how to fix this or if it can even be fixed? The damage looks pretty permanent. Thanks in advance for possibly saving her life Ehh Most likely the plastic has been damaged. I'm not sure if this is possible to repair this. As the other user said best advice would be to replace your girlfriend. | ||
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Marcus420
Canada1923 Posts
2. Get her to buy you a new monitor. Im fairly certain it is not reversible because it sounds like the anti-galre coating that the put on the screen has been damaged. | ||
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Mr.Brightside
Australia317 Posts
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Mr.Brightside
Australia317 Posts
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Mofisto
United Kingdom585 Posts
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Marradron
Netherlands1586 Posts
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Mofisto
United Kingdom585 Posts
On February 24 2011 01:14 Marradron wrote: That depends. There were most likely chemicals in what she used. Plastic generaly doesnt like those chemicals and gets permanently damaged by them. Only cause you could wipe it off with something is if it was just something that sticked too the screen. I know mate. Its always worth a try though, however unlikely | ||
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Mr.Brightside
Australia317 Posts
 . The chemicals in the disinfection liquid are isopropyl alcohol which I believe is what you are supposed to use in composition with water, but also another kind of alcohol propan-1-ol and something called mecetroniumetelsulfat (those chemical terms are german since the product is german)... the propanol 1 I think is harmful to plastics and I'm not sure about the other thing. | ||
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Uriel_SVK
Slovakia427 Posts
White stains are probably mineral particles from tap water, always use distiled water to clean LCD. Try to use isopropyle alcohol with distiled water (1:1) to clean it. dont put it on LCD but on some cloth first. If nothing helps, you could also check if there is not a protective sheet on lcd which could be removed. In worst case scenario you could just take some thinner or detergent and experiment Photo would be nice btw. Edit: late... So if it was Isopropylalcohol it should not damage lcd screen, we are using it to clean lcd panels and also plastic parts of lcd tv in my work. i do not know 1-propanol, but I still think that those stains are only minerals from tapwater. | ||
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B.I.G.
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limonovich
England226 Posts
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Mr.Brightside
Australia317 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/CloudTStrife/061.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/CloudTStrife/062.jpg) that's a close up of the bottom part of the clear plastic frame where I tried to rub the cloudiness off, as you can see it still remains a bit sort of contained in the plastic from what it looks like. | ||
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limonovich
England226 Posts
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Marcus420
Canada1923 Posts
But as another poster said... it looks like reminiscent from the tap water... and cleaning it multiple times with distilled water, MIGHT help. Another could be that the shit she used ruined the AG coating, but m no expert on monitors. I also dont understand how the bezel got like that... Seriously wtf did she use.. A word of warning, though. Never use any other cleaners, especially those that contain ammonia, such as glass cleaners. Ammonia can damage an LCD screen and leave it looking cloudy. Also avoid paper towels, since they can easily scratch an LCD as they drag dirt and paper particles over the surface of the screen; that’s why it’s so important to use the softest cloth you can. Source : http://tips4pc.com/articles/computer maintenance/how_to_properly_clean_your_lcd_s.htm | ||
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amd098
Korea (North)1366 Posts
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Mr.Brightside
Australia317 Posts
On February 24 2011 01:24 Mr.Brightside wrote: The screen isn't in a state that it needs to be thrown out, the screen brightness does enough to hide the cloudiness in most cases from what I have been looking at (it looks awful when light is shining on it though), it's just that it was almost brand new and now it looks like somebody washed it with milk . The chemicals in the disinfection liquid are isopropyl alcohol which I believe is what you are supposed to use in composition with water, but also another kind of alcohol propan-1-ol and something called mecetroniumetelsulfat (those chemical terms are german since the product is german)... the propanol 1 I think is harmful to plastics and I'm not sure about the other thing.I stated there what the disinfectant stuff contains. It says propan-2-ol as well but after looking on a few sites I found out that is isopropyl alcohol. Edit: I tried using just the disinfectant stuff without tap water and it still left that white residue so I don't think it's to do with tap water. I think whatever was used was made to clean hands and purposely fuck plastic. | ||
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RmpL
Germany263 Posts
This reminds me of myself shooting on my screen with a softair gun, which destroyed it pretty much ;P | ||
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