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micksmelanie:

Is there a product to remove scratches on the glass of the CRT TV screen?

wraper:
If there ever was something marketed particularly for this, it was discontinued a long time ago. IMHO process should be the same as doing so on car windshields.

edpalmer42:
Depending on how long and how deep the scratch is, that CRT could be a ticking time bomb!  If you want to scare yourself, go to youtube and search for <CRT implosion>.

wraper:

--- Quote from: edpalmer42 on July 08, 2020, 07:20:39 pm ---Depending on how long and how deep the scratch is, that CRT could be a ticking time bomb!  If you want to scare yourself, go to youtube and search for <CRT implosion>.

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Nonsense, to crack a 10mm+ thick screen you need a sledgehammer, not some scratch.
EDIT: BTW I smashed a few CRTs, not that scary IMHO.

james_s:
The screen is very strong. The bell of the tube is vulnerable though, I had a close call once about 20 years ago. I had replaced a worn out tube in an arcade game monitor and went to toss the old one in the dumpster at my apartment complex. It fell short and the funnel hit the hinge of the dumpster, there was an enormous BOOM and fragments of glass sprayed around about a 10 foot radius. Somehow I was unscathed but my ears were ringing.

A light scratch on the face is nothing to worry about safety-wise. If it isn't too deep you may be able to polish it out with some buffing compound.

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