How to remove wax from TV screen?!
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Some fool (possibly me) blew out a candle that was quite close to my TV screen.
The next day when cleaning, I noticed little white blobs on the screen - dried wax.
Started to try and pick it off but just ended up smearing the damn screen.
Any tips on how to get rid of this? Particularly as I am thinking about selling it in the interim?
Hair-dryer and cloth?
The next day when cleaning, I noticed little white blobs on the screen - dried wax.
Started to try and pick it off but just ended up smearing the damn screen.
Any tips on how to get rid of this? Particularly as I am thinking about selling it in the interim?
Hair-dryer and cloth?
I would cover the whole screen with kitchen roll, add some washing up liquid then jetwash!!
Only kidding! I would try covering the whole screen in kitchen roll (maybe some tinfoil over the unaffected areas) and then hairdryer the kitchen roll to see if the wax will melt! I have removed it from a carpet using kitchen roll and an iron but you can't iron an lcd can you? If the hairdryer wont melt it, I would try a soldering iron! CAREFULLY, kitchen roll on top and hold the soldering iron right on top of the blob (through the kitchen roll) and as soon as you see wet wax through the roll wipe away to remove the rest. It's risky but preferable to a new TV!
Only kidding! I would try covering the whole screen in kitchen roll (maybe some tinfoil over the unaffected areas) and then hairdryer the kitchen roll to see if the wax will melt! I have removed it from a carpet using kitchen roll and an iron but you can't iron an lcd can you? If the hairdryer wont melt it, I would try a soldering iron! CAREFULLY, kitchen roll on top and hold the soldering iron right on top of the blob (through the kitchen roll) and as soon as you see wet wax through the roll wipe away to remove the rest. It's risky but preferable to a new TV!
oOTomOo said:
A good microfiber cloth will get it off
Do you have any mates who wear specs ?? They'll have something suitable in their glass cases.I'm sure the Pioneer front isn't glass; Optical polymers such as acrylic or polycarbonate are the norm I think. Using a soldering iron anywhere near either of these plastics is . Fixed temp soldering irons usually work at >200 degrees C with 250 being typical, Acrylic softens below 100 degrees and is most are liquid above 140!!! The minimum temperature on a variable temp soldering iron is typically 140~150C. Polycarb temperatures are higher but there are 100s of things to try before before soldering irons.
Edited by CRACKIE on Sunday 10th October 14:40
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