Removing the AG coating

[lol37]

Hi,
i have an old LCD monitor and i guess it would be safe trying to take off the AG coating to turn it into glossy
i've saw severals video about this and it doesn't seem so difficult.
are steps the same on every monitors ?

[Haste]

That would be a good question for Vega. You might want to pm him. I think he has a lot of experience in removing AG coating.

[MrBrown]

I tried it on one old TN monitor and the coating didnt come off as easily as with some new monitors and I left the wet towel for like 8-10 hours at least. The result was visible lines from forcibly pulling the coating.

[srsbsns]

Curious if removing the coating will improve contrast.

[Chief Blur Buster]

Curious if removing the coating will improve contrast.

It does, but this process is best left to Vega, who will do it for you for a fee. He has done it to literally hundreds of VG248QE. His rate was 99 but had to bump up the rate a bit, I believe, to cover risks.

His nick is CallSignVega, I can ping him to chime into this thread.

[lol37]

well you just need to take care to not damage the polarizer, but else i guess its accessible to everyone
you can ping it as you said, it would be interesting !
also removing the AG coat makes the display more like a CRT without the annoying grainy/dirty effect

[MrBrown]

Vega is located in NA am I correct to assume that? Id like to get the coating professionally removed but Im in Europe.

[srsbsns]

Figured I would give it a shot on an old Samsung XL2370. I soaked for quite a while. I did 5 hours but unfortunately a very small piece of polarizer came off with it near the corner. The way it came off it looked like it was brittle. There was no excess adhesive on the rest of the screen. It was flawless. Very strange though because I thought if it didnt soak enough it wouldn't have come off so easy and left adhesive.

Good thing this was my test monitor.

[MrBrown]

yeah removing ag coating comes with alot of risk. looks like the method that vega is using is more safe after all, but i cant find any info about what exactly he does.

[Solar]

I removed my coating easily by using paper towel (about 2 layers across the whole screen), and misting it with a spray bottle every 30 min or so for about 6-8 hours. You want to keep the paper towel fully saturated the whole time, but not dripping. Also make sure there are no air bubbles underneath the towels.

I have heard from other forums (not sure which ones) that Asus may have switched to a different adhesive after the early batches of VG248QE monitors making it more difficult to remove. Mine was purchased in March 2013 and was removed with no issues using the method above.