{"id":50955,"date":"2021-11-20T07:41:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T11:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=50955"},"modified":"2021-11-20T07:41:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T11:41:54","slug":"jason-seeks-advice-about-hazy-pl-680-lcd-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/jason-seeks-advice-about-hazy-pl-680-lcd-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason seeks advice about hazy PL-680 LCD screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Jason, who writes:<\/p>\n

Hi Thomas,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recently I was cleaning and foolishly decided to clean the face of my Tecsun PL680 with 90% iso alcohol using an ear cleaner \/ Q-tip. Now the LCD has a smudge look to it, almost like a fog. The display is still legible thankfully, but only when looking head on. I quickly wiped it down with a cloth and left it in an airtight container filled with silica gel packets for a week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Would you or other SWLING readers have any idea how to remedy this? It is my understanding that this is just cosmetic damage and shouldn’t impact the usage of the radio.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regards,<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Jason<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sorry to hear about this, Jason. Yes, isopropanol\/isopropylalcohol is a solvent and can corrupt plastic surfaces like this. I’m familiar because my wife once tried to clear a DVD with 90% isopropylalcohol and it made the surface so hazy, the DVD player could no longer read it. I don’t think this will have any impact on the radio itself since you didn’t exactly did it in iso alcohol.<\/p>\n

I understand that in some cases, polishing the surface can minimize the haziness, but how to do that, I’m uncertain. My hope is, another SWLing Post<\/em> contributor can chime in with some real-life experience!<\/p>\n

Please comment if you can help Jason!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jason, who writes: Hi Thomas, Recently I was cleaning and foolishly decided to clean the face of my Tecsun PL680 with 90% iso alcohol using an ear cleaner \/ Q-tip. Now the LCD has a smudge look to it, almost like a fog. The display is still legible thankfully, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[627,3,43],"tags":[9547,3456],"class_list":["post-50955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-hazy-screen","tag-tecsun-pl-680"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dfR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13563,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/tecsun-pl-680-ssb-display-inaccuracy\/","url_meta":{"origin":50955,"position":0},"title":"Tecsun PL-680: SSB display inaccuracy","author":"Thomas","date":"June 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Olli Turunen, writes: I thought you would like to know this. 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