Posted by AZ Nomad on 11/04/77 11:47

On Tue, 02 May 2006 20:19:00 GMT, GMAN <Not@home.now> wrote:


>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.

Bullshit. DLT TVs don't have any voltage on the screen. You're thinking
of a CRT.

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