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Hi all, I was putting on a screen protector and made the stupid mistake of spraying water on the protector and then pushing it out round the edges. This is the screen now, unfortunately it has staining behind it:

http://i.imgur.com/QlwbEdL.jpg Is there any way I can fix this without replacing the full screen at a cost of £400+? Say through drying it out or the LCD. I’ve tried pushing it out and there’s no help, so I’m wondering which part is actually broken? Pretty annoyed, but if I have to I have to.

Peal the screen protector off and clean up the water. It most likely did not get into the display.

The water is inside the screen and it may already be permanently damaged. There’s no simple at-home solution to this. Best thing you can hope for is to find someone in your area with a vacuum dehydrator big enough to hold your laptop. Once inside, the vacuum will lower the boiling point, “cold-boil” the water, and then the dehydrator will remove the resulting vapor. But even this process may damage the screen. I think no matter what, you may ultimately have to replace the screen.

I was skeptical, but indeed it seems that you have liquid in there! If you’re lucky, it will dry out a bit over time. In my opinion, it is not worth replacing the screen unless it fails - which may happen if liquid also seeped onto the board of the screen. I think liquid either sipped through the clutch, or through a weakness in the black gasket at the bottom left corner of the screen. If there is no weakness in that corner, and you suspect it went in through the clutch cover, you may want to remove the screen, and clutch cover, and have a look in case some liquid is still sitting in there - which you’ll need to dry out. I would recommend using a q-tip dipped in isopropyl alcohol, 90% or higher concentration. The alcohol will “dilute” the water and evaporate it, and clean mineral residue that can cause corrosion, Here’s a guide for removing the screen assembly. And here’s a video. Next you will want to remove the clutch cover (black half-tube). This guide can tell you how.

hi mate, have you figured out how to solve this? Cheers