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If it was caused by solvent fumes then maybe keeping it in the airing cupboard overnight might help?
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stephen_usher wrote: Tue Dec 23, 2025 9:47 am If it was caused by solvent fumes then maybe keeping it in the airing cupboard overnight might help?
Yes, I think so.

Sadly no airing cupboard in our house...
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Is the screen getting over a hangover?

;) :lol:
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JezC wrote: Tue Dec 23, 2025 11:40 am Is the screen getting over a hangover?

;) :lol:
It certainly is...

As it goes it is getting a lot better as the day passes, the purple shadow on thr right hand side has almost all gone now.
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So this arrived today, less than £10 posted:

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It was very cheap for a Kraft, though id has a floppy Y axis. Opening it up I see this:

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Really not at all sure why anyone thought this would fix it, but O'll have a go myself and see if I can do any better :)
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Well some good news, the staining on my display is improving daily. The bottom right mark has almost all gone now and the larger one on the left is fading, albeit slowly. The fact that one mark is nearly completely gone and the other is fading is very positive.
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Phew - fingers crossed that the improvement continues!
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JezC wrote: Wed Dec 24, 2025 10:23 am Phew - fingers crossed that the improvement continues!
Fingers crossed indeed!

On a slightly different tack, my Christmas present just arrived:

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Looking forwards to getting it running later 😁
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Yay! More remade retro consoles! :-)
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stephen_usher wrote: Wed Dec 24, 2025 2:37 pm Yay! More remade retro consoles! :-)
I know, but it's part of a larger plan for me :)
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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