is it safe to use a compound and polish on LED Monitor?

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hey guys ..someone told me that he used a Compound & polish on his LED to remove scratches and stuck spots , he told me that it worked with him..but I'm kindda worried so i want to make sure that its 100% safe ..any ideas please? is it really safe?
 
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If the photo were higher resolution or taken closer to the spot (maybe with a magnifier of some kind if you have one), it might have been useful. If it's just dirt, a wet paper towel is the preferred method for cleaning the screen. Human fingers tend to leave fingerprints from the natural oils in skin.
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"compound" isn't specific enough to tell whether it is safe. Depending on the type of plastic used for the front of the screen (I don't know what types are common, but I know some of the Korean 2560x1440 monitors have models with tempered glass in front, so not all screens have the same material in front), there could be chemicals that would fill in scratches (or partially dissolve the surrounding plastic to cancel them out, which isn't exactly safe), but I doubt either a compound or a polish would fix subpixels that are stuck either open or closed.
 
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thank you..i actually have a spot raising off the screen and when i touch it i can feel it raising..its a spot in a shape of a circle and between it i can see the screen normal background..is there anyway to Fix that?, i don't know if its a sticking dirt or a scratch or what... i heard that a rubber may work
 
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I'd need to know more about it to answer whether it's fixable, like does it feel rigid or soft? does it feel sticky? Is it opaque, translucent, or transparent? (you might have meant to answer that last one with the part about seeing the screen background between it, but I'm having trouble understanding that part) Does it have a discernible color of its own?

If by "rubber" you mean what we in the US call an "eraser", it should be fairly safe to try that as long as you don't press too hard on the screen.
 
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sorry for my bad English I'm from Egypt.. no it doesn't feel sticky it feels kindda rigid..but it's Transparent, like a Black Transparent spot ..when my monitor is off it looks totally black, but when its on, it look black Transparent..I'm guessing its like a Burn as i Smoke in-front of the monitor ..but I'm not sure..
like when something burn it makes a black circle raising off around a specific spot .
LED's are very sensitive and i hate that :( , CRT's Didn't have any issues
 
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Plastic tends to melt before it burns, but that would leave a spot thinner rather than raised. Also, I don't know that there are many materials that would be semi-transparent when burned. I suppose obsidian might be transparent when thin enough, but I doubt even a CRT monitor could survive the temperatures required to produce obsidian. So far, I'm coming up blank on what could cause the effect you describe, and I'm still not sure I'm even picturing it correctly. Could you post a photo?
 
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i don't think the picture would help much as it appears like a tiny spot at the bottom of the screen in the middle >>> http://im38.gulfup.com/CSeDS.jpg
its noticeable at the white background.
could it be a dead pixel or something, although it didn't have any dead pixels when i bought it..and its a new monitor..bought it couple weeks ago.
 
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hey..when i tried to move my finger with a pressure on it ,the spot started to dissapper ..i think its just a dirt..but i dont know should i continue removing it with my finger? I'm new in Dealing with LED's
 
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If the photo were higher resolution or taken closer to the spot (maybe with a magnifier of some kind if you have one), it might have been useful. If it's just dirt, a wet paper towel is the preferred method for cleaning the screen. Human fingers tend to leave fingerprints from the natural oils in skin.
 
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