Posted by GMAN on 05/03/06 04:13

In article <slrne5fim3.pfv.aznomad@ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net>, AZ Nomad <aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com> wrote:
>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.
>

You didnt need to bullshit the post, i did mean CRT's. I forgot we were talking
plasma/dlp/lcd etc....


I still wouldnt do it while the tv was on.

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