Is It Worth Repairing A Cracked Monitor

• #1

So I had to supervene upon a messed upward hard drive at my local place of worship. Total freebie job. It'southward one of the late 2012 iMacs with a 27" retina screen which is used equally an audio/video station for some of the brandish monitors in the building. Information technology's the type where the glass is all function of the monitor, and can't be independently replaced.

While running my razor knife around the edge to cut the glue strip a small bit on the side all of a sudden turned into a squeamish 3" crack. It'south however functional, and certainly not worth the $400 that a replacement screen costs.

I'm just wondering if anyone has ever tried using some sort of automotive drinking glass repair resin to fill such cracks, and how did it work out? Any products you lot would/wouldn't recommend?

• #ii

I don't know how the glass is attached to the lcd, and so I would be worried virtually the resin and so running down on the back side of the glass.

Also, you run a razor over it to clean up the dried resin, so I don't know if you might scratch the glass there.

And the resin also requires UV light to cure

• #iii

I don't know how the drinking glass is attached to the lcd, so I would be worried about the resin then running downward on the dorsum side of the glass.

Also, y'all run a razor over it to clean upward the dried resin, so I don't know if yous might scratch the drinking glass at that place.

Yes, these are both things that concerned me. Thus why I'chiliad request if anyone has tried information technology earlier and might have whatsoever communication.

• #4

Nope. Stay away from repair similar that.

• #five

Does that liberty extend in both directions, or are you expected to assume liability for the task even though you lot didn't charge for it? It makes a difference whether yous make a merits on the client'southward insurance (assuming they take whatever) or suck up the price of a replacement screen yourself.

And allow's not child ourselves - y'all're going to accept to fix this properly, otherwise every time someone sees that three-inch crack they're going to acquaintance it with you. Y'all don't need that kind of advertising.

No proficient deed goes unpunished.

Last edited: Oct iii, 2017

• #6

Does that freedom extend in both directions, or are you expected to presume liability for the chore even though you didn't accuse for it?

Actually, information technology does. They were about to toss the machine and replace it when they couldn't even get it to boot to recovery fashion. I offered to clone the drive using my data recovery equipment onto another drive, and that (combined with DiskWarrior) solved the booting effect. My intent was just to conserve contributed funds, after all, I'm sometimes one contributing hither.

The crack isn't that bad, and everyone is willing to live with it. It's in the back at the audio console, not out where it's visible to everyone. Information technology'south just hooked upward to some 55" monitors across the auditorium that it runs. It's actually me that'southward existence fussy since I know that I'll be annoyed every fourth dimension I happen to exist there and it catches my centre.

• #vii

It's really me that's existence fussy since I know that I'll be annoyed every time I happen to be there and information technology catches my heart.

Not a bad result, so.

With the right desktop wallpaper you lot'll never even notice it.

• #8

ifixit says that it'southward "bonded" whatever that means. I'm guessing it's an epoxy or super glue kind of affair, not dft.

• #10

I'd talk to your local automotive glass repairer and run into what they say. Information technology may non be possible for them to repair a single layer of glass every bit the repair process requires pulling a partial vacuum in the crack, which relies on the integrity of the centre laminate movie in a windscreen.

The trouble is that you have to anchor the crack, otherwise you will never be able to make full the tip of the crack.

If you put some resin on the crevice, information technology will probably seep in, and then you can wipe off the surface and just let the stuff that went in to the crack cure. The cleft won't exist flush but it might look better, however you lot unlikely exist able to go the tip of the crack, so it is still subject area to swell further.

• #11

Not the greatest pic considering when i took it wasn't trying to highlight the cleft. (was texting someone to prove it was back upwards)

Merely, here'due south what it looks like:

• #12

Not the greatest film because when i took information technology wasn't trying to highlight the fissure. (was texting someone to show it was back up)

But, here's what it looks like:
View attachment 8063

So, if that was a windshield, those cracks would be likewise long to but put the appliance on and fill in the chip, you lot would have to anchor (create a bullseye chip at the end of each crack) the cracks, fill in the chips and the anchors, and run some resin overtop of the crack and endeavour to get it to seep in.

• #13

Pretty much. Though to exist honest, I'chiliad not thrilled with the idea of taking an awl and punching a new hole at the end of each fissure. Knowing my fortune, it'd destroy the whole thing.

Fifty-fifty if I don't anchor the cracks, I doubtable some resin seeping in there might help to tiresome the scissure from going further.

And then I accept it no one here has actually tried any of this...

• #14

I've repaired windshields, but I've only thought nearly repairing a small solar console, never did end upwards trying it.

Yeah, I wouldn't want to effort to anchor it, simply keep adding resin when the scissure gets bigger and eventually you'll be able to fill it all in when the crack reaches the other side

• #17

Non repairable in Europe, as the crack extends to the edge of the drinking glass.

That'south interesting. I had heard that 'they' don't like to repair cracks that reached the edge, simply when I took the grooming there was no regulations against that, it could even vary here by province though.

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