Q: Remove the anti-glare coating?
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Aug 25, 2013 6:18 PMby Newmanity,Yes I'm sure Apple would be happy to charge me $300 for a new display. I wish I had a dollar for everyone who says, "uh, go check at the Genius Bar for help." Duh, people, I'm posting here because its out of warranty and I don't want to pay. This is kinda like if you have a nice paint job in your living room but the roof starts chipping. Do you put in an entire new roof? No, you repaint. So that's kinda what I'm going for.
Actually, the area where the coating wore off is fine. I just want to make the entire display uniform. It'll be sans-glare coating.
And yeah I'm shocked alcohol and nail polish couldn't get it off. How was the rest of the coating so fragile but these other parts are so robust?? Strange. Maybe I should try acid from my car battery
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Aug 25, 2013 6:59 PMby Ramjet7,OK. If you are willing to give anything a go Kerosene is one agent which is very good at removing anything which has an adhesive in it which the anti-glare probably has. It is less harsh than Isopropyl, acetone and bleach and, from my experience, it doesn't damage any type of plastic. It works differntly from Isopropyl, acetone and bleach.
Suggest you apply a small amount on a microfibre cloth and test a small area first, rub gently for a couple of minutes. You'll then need to remove the kero with warm soapy water then dry off to check. You won't want to use too much of either kero or soapy water as you don't want to get water inside your screen. If that works, all well and good then apply it to the remainder of the screen affected.
If the kero doesn't work and you want to try something harsher, moisten a microfibre cloth with water and apply a small amount of toothpaste. Tootpaste is a very mild abrasive which works well on a host of substrates. If the toothpaste works you may want to apply a light coating of a car wax to remove any fine scratches once you've finished. You can apply this to the whole surface to create a uniform finish - but don't allow the polish to dry too much as the dust particles may scratch the screen.
With anything you try I can't stress enough that you don't want to apply too much pressure so as not to risk either scratching the surface or damaging the inside of the screen. Do all of this at your own risk.
Good luck.
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Aug 26, 2013 9:53 AMby Newmanity,Yes a belt sander would be excellent!
I'll have to try kerosene or some petroleum distllate as nothing else is working.
It's pretty amazing -once I get the coating off from whatever area, its smooth and clean as a whistle underneath!
I tried a little toothpaste to rough it up but no go.
There's no need to replace the screen - its perfectly OK. With the computer ON you can't really even see the difference. It's only noticable with the screen off.
I'll try kerosene and post an update.
Cheerio!
