How to remove glare coating on flat screen monitor?

[picardal]

Hey everyone -- I have a flatscreen monitor and its anti-glare coating is wearing off and its really annoying! Is there a household cleaner that will simply remove it? I dont care if there is more refelction, I just want the screen to look better.
thx
Alain

here is the monitor
awfulmonitor!!!

 

[Boyho1]

A gentle sand or grit blasting should do the trick!!

Only kidding.

 

[Mday]

windex.

 

[imported_Phil]

The blood of a fresh virgin.

 

[abellamy]

Ask the manufacturer!

But how did you wear it off - too many people pointing and touching the screen (I hate that!)

 

[Mik3y]

use windex. basically anything with ammonia will take it off.

 

[Oyeve]

A razor will scrape it off, just be careful!

 

[picardal]

I have tried all of the above except a razor(i dont really want to try that method) and none of them worked --- any other suggestions?
thx
Alain

 

[bacillus]

tried T cut with is used on auto paintwork?
It's gently abrasive properties may be just what you need but as I haven't tried it myself you will do it at your own risk.

 

[Shagga]

Originally posted by: picardal
Hey everyone -- I have a flatscreen monitor and its anti-glare coating is wearing off and its really annoying! Is there a household cleaner that will simply remove it? I dont care if there is more refelction, I just want the screen to look better.
thx
Alain

Now there's a first. Amonia based products should do the trick like Windex as Mday said.

 

[bluemax]

Steel wool?

Yikes.... this is a procedure I would avoid at all costs! Ask the MFR FIRST!

 

[picardal]

Maybe its not the glare coating???? I added a pic to my original post.

ughh!!!

 

[LifeStealer]

Use aircraft paint remover That stuff gets anything off

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: LifeStealer
Use aircraft paint remover That stuff gets anything off

ya, like paint thinner.

 

[picardal]

Actually, I've already tried paint thinner because I had some spare... My guess is that this isnt regular coating and I'll never be able to get it off. This is my girlfriend's brother's monitor and he doesn't know how it happened. Which doesnt help me at all! Maybe someone is familiar with nec monitors!

 

[GimpyOne]

From the picture, it looks like it isn't the glare coating, more like it is the phosphor screen inside the tube that is peeling away.

 

[picardal]

Im not really sure what the phospor tube is but I know that its on the first layer of the monitor. It could be on the backside of this layer though

 

[thorin]

1-800-HELP-NEC (er whatever)

Thorin

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: GimpyOne
From the picture, it looks like it isn't the glare coating, more like it is the phosphor screen inside the tube that is peeling away.

I don't know - there's a really good reflection in the worn area, but not as much of one elsewhere.
What the heck did happen to the screen to make the coating start to look like that? Those look like rubbing and scratch patterns there.

 

[TwoBills]

Originally posted by: LifeStealer
Use aircraft paint remover That stuff gets anything off

That would be keytone. It's some bad stuff. If that can't get it off then nothin' can. You might try some lighter fluid (naptha).

 

[LifeStealer]

Originally posted by: Mik3y

Originally posted by: LifeStealer
Use aircraft paint remover That stuff gets anything off

ya, like paint thinner.

Na it puts pain thinner to shame. Thats some bad stuff