Posted by GMAN on 01/16/40 11:47

In article <pan.2006.05.01.15.15.14.822280@wayoftheancients.trail>, Beowulf <beowulf@wayoftheancients.trail> wrote:
>On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:01:20 -0500, Deke inscribed to the world:
>
>> I've read all these posts, and there's no correct answer to this problem.
>> Whats happened is that some of the cleaning solution has run down to the
>> bottom of the screen, into the U shaped ledge that holds the screen, and the
>> fresnel lens behind it. It has then "wicked" up between the two sheets of
>> plastic, and is causing the dark spot. You can probably get the spot to
>> change shape slightly if you press gently on the screen. And its a very,
>> very small amount of water.
>> So, to fix it, get a hair dryer. Put it on LOW (!!!) and slowly move it
>> back and forth over the wet spot. Dont want to get it hot, just warm to
>> make the liquid evaporate. The spot should
>> disappear, unless the cleaning fluid was very, very contaminated with dirt,
>> doubtful.
>> No new screen needed....
>
>oh man did i dodge a bullet on this one! The screen is back to almost
>normal, that black rectangle is 95% gone, I had the heat in my home turned
>up to 70 the past couple of days because of cold weather here in northern
>MN, and brought up the hair dryer to do what you said and the spot was
>almost gone! Evaporation from the heat in the house and low humidity. I
>still blew the hair dryer on it for awhile, will do so more later. I can
>live with it the way it is, hopefully more of it will still go away.
>
>I just do not understand what causes the black coloration if it is just a
>liquid, that is the bluish glass cleaner liquid that got up there. Just
>curious, if anybody knows. Polarization of the liquid or something?
>
>Thanks all for the help, even though this time I did not have to buy a new
>screen. I was just SICK over the thought of $800+, I am sure going to be
>VERY careful now about cleaning the TV, taking better care of it, reading
>manuals (ok, yeah right, like we all say we will wash and wax a new car
>the first days after driving off the Dealer's lot, LOL).
>
Just whatever you do in the future, never spray cleaner directly on the tv
screen, apply it to a cloth then clean with that. Also never clean a TV with it
turned on. Static just attracts dust like a magnet.

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