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If it was caused by solvent fumes then maybe keeping it in the airing cupboard overnight might help?

stephen_usher wrote: 23 Dec 2025 09:47 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...

Is the screen getting over a hangover?

;) :lol:

JezC wrote: 23 Dec 2025 11:40 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.

So this arrived today, less than £10 posted:


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


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 :)

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.

Phew - fingers crossed that the improvement continues!

JezC wrote: 24 Dec 2025 10:23 Phew - fingers crossed that the improvement continues!

Fingers crossed indeed!

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


Looking forwards to getting it running later 😁

Yay! More remade retro consoles! :-)

stephen_usher wrote: 24 Dec 2025 14:37 Yay! More remade retro consoles! :-)

I know, but it's part of a larger plan for me :)