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gene · May 22, 2001, 04:47 PM

Does anybody know of anything that can screen small scratches in the TiG4 screen?

Thank you.
Gene

Avenir · May 22, 2001, 06:08 PM

search around the forums, this has been covered before. there is a product called klearscreen that should fix it, and things you can use to protect your laptop when it is fixed

mycatsnameis · May 22, 2001, 09:07 PM

Gene, make sure that you're not looking at the infamous screen "smudges" first. Easy test, take a damp cloth and rub one of the areas gently. It may very well come off and this is what is recommended by Apple for cleaning the screens.
catman

gene · May 23, 2001, 12:00 AM

I have ordered a kit from Klear Screen - we'll see what happens. I think that what I have a real scratch. I have a feeling something fell on it. I just hope I can get rid of that scratch because it is aboutn 1/2" long and really looks ugly being black on the white background.

Thanks.
Gene

danbrew · May 23, 2001, 08:15 AM

I can vouch for the Klearscreen stuff - works great. If it is a smudge, or oil from your fingers from the keyboard, the marks should be most vivid on a black screen -- and almost impossible to see on a white screen.

fwiw.

May 23, 2001, 12:08 PM

A company by the name of JR Hill in NH makes leather PowerBook screen protectors. I have one for my PowerBook G4 and it works great. Its like $12.50 plus shipping. Has a lifetime warranty though. Here is the URL: http://www.jrhillandcompany.com They make one for the PowerBook G4 and for the PowerBook G3.

mycatsnameis · May 23, 2001, 01:32 PM

LOL not really a shameless unregistered plug there is it?

I guess that leather will really help protect you from scratching your screen when something gets dropped on it

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Gene, I would definitely give the damp cloth apporach a try first. I had inadvertanly dropped a phone hand set on the screen and it left big smudge/scratches on the screen that looked very similar to what I see with the keyboard marks. A little rubbing with a damp cloth took them off completely.

catman

gene · May 23, 2001, 02:05 PM

I have tried the "damp cloth" approach but I am afraid it is little more serious. I ordered a kit from KlearScreen. The lady on the phone said that their kit removes marks left by the keayboad keys. I couldn't remove those before on my boss's TiG4 a few weeks ago. I hope the kit helps my problem.

Gene

Fillman · May 27, 2001, 01:57 AM

My G3 Powerbook collected some real scratches from the keys. I was able to clean them off with the Klear Screen.

I've since been using a thin translucent mousepad between the screen and the keys to keep the grease off since. Look for them at http://www.macpads.com

My pad matches my translucent OSX Terminal. Cute!

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gene · May 27, 2001, 02:21 AM

I have received a kit from Klearscreen a few days ago. The solutions seemed to help. The scratch I had was from something that fell on the screen. Beside the scratch that "something" left a black mark around the scratch. The solution from Klearscreen took the mark off and tha scratch itself is barely visible now. Thanks to all for your suggestions.

Gene