[NTLK] Darkening spot on Newton 2100 screen

[MarisaG]

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On July 26, 2026 3:32:41 PM PDT, MarisaG <marisag at haikumail.online> wrote:
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>On July 26, 2026 1:26:31 PM PDT, DoctorClu <doctorclu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>Thanks Abraham,
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>>    Appreciate your response back on the 6th.  For some reason I am not getting this list through my email, and this message did not show up on the newtontalk.net page till I checked today.
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>>    What you say is what I've heard over people say.  The thing I'm curious of, could the polarizer be replace, but the touch layer be saved and reused?
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>>    Thanks you and all,
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>>    Greg / "Doc Clu"
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>> [NTLK] Darkening spot on Newton 2100 screen
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>>*Abraham Limpo*abraham at familialimpo.net <mailto:newtontalk%40newtontalk.net?Subject=Re:%20Re%3A%20%5BNTLK%5D%20Darkening%20spot%20on%20Newton%202100%20screen&In-Reply-To=%3CCAGsrVK2kFAtPAy0L5VCMHLM2HNA0RVBpfmUQ0DUukyUgccpEpQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E>
>>/Mon Jul 6 11:54:02 PDT 2026/
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>>That sounds like vinegar rot aka polarizer pox. The glue binding of the
>>screen layers decomposes and basically you get this.
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>>Unfortunately, there is no easy solution. Usually you would carefully scrap
>>the polarizer and replace it, but here you also have the touch layer to
>>contend with, and those may be more difficult to find.
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>>El lun, 22 jun 2026 a las 16:59, DoctorClu (<doctorclu at gmail.com <http://lists.newtontalk.net/mailman/listinfo/newtontalk>>) escribió:
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>>> /Hey all, I think I know the answer to this, but I have a spot on my />/Newton 2100 screen, takes up about a third of it now, that is getting />/darker and darker. Screen burn perhaps? />//>/Thought I would ask, any way to reverse or treat this short of replacing />/the screen? />//>/I have some other ideas on this, but just wanted to ask some of the />/other experts here. />//>/Thanks, />
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