Plastic Screens on Monitors?

[Bulldozer2003]

Just recently I got myself a nice 17" Trinitron that was slightlyused. When I got it, there was what looked like glue on the screen, like there had been a sticker on it. So, being used to my old glass faced 15" monitor, I took a razor blade and tried scraping it off. Low and behold, whatdyaknow, I've got a nice chunk missing from my monitors screen. I thought there was just a anti-glare coating that I cleaned/scrubbed off with ammonia/soap/and water when I got my monitor. Is the actual tube made out of all anti-glare plastic? In that case is there a way for me to "resurface" my screen int he messed up area, like how you can use that chemical process to resurface a CD's bottom, instead of simply buffing it?

Thanks

 

[jitspoe]

I had a similar problem, only mine was with a more-than-slightly used IBM monitor (complete with slight burn-in), and while aspiring to become a ninja, I accidently misfired a shuriken into it. It did not have a plastic coating. I now simply avoid locating text or any other entity that requires visiblity under the gash in the glass.

 

[amnesiac]

You use AMMONIA on your computers screen?!?!?! :Q :Q :Q