CRT scratches

[classicsamus87]

Is there a product that if I apply it to the crt screen using fabric will remove scratches?

[Ian.M]

No.  Some 'wipe on' products may partially disguise scratches, but they don't work well on CRT faceplates as leaded glass has a significantly higher refractive index than common glass and acrylics, which they are primarily intended for.

If the CRT face doesn't have any sort of anti-glare coating, you *may* be able to restore localized shallow scratches with a car windscreen chip repair kit, followed by careful polishing to get the repair resin flush with the surrounding glass.   If its got an anti-glare coating, or is generally scratched, its generally not worth doing as the only option is to cut back the whole face with a very fine polishing compound (sacrificing the anti-glare coating if present), and its extremely difficult to do so evenly enough to avoid optical distortion.  Also there is a significant risk of failure by cracking and possible implosion due to the stresses of polishing if you go about it too vigorously or if any of the scratches have a fine crack at their bottom, so don heavy leathers, leather gauntlets and a face shield before attacking a CRT with a powered polisher!

[CaptDon]

How big is the CRT and from what age?? Does it have a soft
plastic coating on the face or is it hard glass? Some CRT's have
a separate face plate with resin behind it to hold it to the actual
CRT bulb. Is this on a home television, or a piece of test gear.
Many different approaches depending on what you have and the
safety factor that the scratch may be compromising! Got pictures??

[Gyro]

Note that the OP has also posted the question in...

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/question-scratches-crt-tv/msg3389324/#msg3389324

... just to avoid any frustration of duplicated information.