Superglue on LCD
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- GeorgesII0
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As a retired chemist, I have the following suggestions:
1./ In one of the very corner of the screen, using a Q-tip touched into acetone,( not soaked, just damp), I would touch the surface and having an other,dry, Q-tip in my hand, I would immediatly soak up the aceton. Examine the spot. If no change detected, repeat on the same spot, leaving the aceton on for 1 or two seconds then wipe again and examine again. If no change detected, proceed to a small spot, and try to apply the acetone only on the glue, using Q-tips again. Because of the very fast evaporation of acetone, you would have to work fast and accurately. Depending on how thick the glue-spot is, it will take a long time and repeated application of acetone to soften the glue. After a while the glue may start to soften and could be scraped with a plastic knife. It would be smart to phone the manufacturer and find out if the screen is solluble in aceton or not, before trying this method. NO SPARKS, NO SMOKING and good ventilation.
2./ Not knowing what size of glue-spot we are dealing with, I assume that it is at least as large as a dime. If so, I would take a copper wire, apply crazy glue to the wire JUST AS WIDE as the spot, and glue it to the top of the spot. After the glue set, try to pull on the free end of the wire and see if you can peel the spot off.
The first method is dangeorous (to ruin the screen and if your friend is a smoker create an exposion and fire), the second may succeed because during the manufacture of plastics, some release agent is used which may remain on the surface of the screen making the crazy-glue bond less than perfect and allowing the pull to succeed.
So, I would try 2./ first, ( the closer you can get to the edge of the spot with the wire, the better your chances.)
Please do not blame me if this does not work, this is only what I would try if I were your friend.your friend
Ted