Remove scratch on monitor? Possible?

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I noticed a scratch on my Sanyo Monitor that I just got recapped. I swear it wasn't there. I just hope nothing happened in transport. Hopefully between the tinted plexi I won't notice. I'm wondering if anyone has been able to remove scratches. I thought they could do that with car automotive glass.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.
 
I think you could probably do it, but don't go crazy or use any tools or anything. When tubes break usually it's the neck, breaking the front of the tube is fairly dangerous. Just don't use a buffer or anything on it, do it by hand.
 
Tempered glass is scary when it breaks. You would be better off putting a piece of clear vinyl over the screen to hide the scratch. How bad is it anyways, can you see it through the tinted plexi?
 
They make some scratch repair kits that work by filling in the scratch with a clear material that has a similar refractive index so that the scratch is less noticeable. The expensive ones use a UV-cured epoxy, but you can find cheap ones that use acrylic or something similar (I think they sell some eyeglass repair kits that are like that). I'd hit up the auto parts store and see what they have for windshield repair. Glass scratch removal involves grinding/buffing... not worth the effort/cost/risk in my opinion.
 
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He mentioned tinted plexi. IMO, unless the scratch is the size of the Hindenburg or the tint is really light, it shouldn't be visible through a tinted plexi front. If it is noticeable, I'd do exactly what Matt said.
 
Let me know

Let me know if you find a way, I have a 9200 tube that some nice people carved graffiti into It has a bonded yoke so I just put the whole thing in the attic chassis is mostly working too.
 
I don't think they're tempered, I've smashed a few in the past and they break like normal glass, except because of the thickness of the front they make incredibly dangerous sharp edges.
 
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