They did surgery on a screen

Luckily the milkyness and discoloration wasn't a problem with the display itself, but with the polarizer films on either side.

I tackled the front side first and used a razor blade and my heat gun on a low setting to remove the film. It didn't come off as one piece, but bit by bit I got it removed.

Afterwards I used some cleaning alcohol to get rid of the glue residue.

The screen with the front side facing upwards, with a razor blade stuck between a barely visible top layer and the remaining screen.

Same photo as the previous one but in anaglyph 3D

The screen in the same orientation with lots of glue residue on it. A pile of tiny pieces of the filter sit next to it.

Same photo as the previous one but in anaglyph 3D

The screen on a paper towel after being cleaned off.

Same photo as the previous one but in anaglyph 3D

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The back side still looked pretty bad, but when breaking the backlight cable I made the plan of replacing the backlight with a modern LED-based one. I didn't want to replace the polarization filter just for it to get baked again until I got around to replacing the light source.

The screen sitting on a paper towel with the front facing down. The backside looks heavily damaged. Almost like broken glass.

Same photo as the previous one but in anaglyph 3D

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