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Monitor logo & 4000 mem

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#84083From: Gracia M. LittauerJan 6, 1993 9:04 PM
I just got my Sony 1302 monitor. Have a very silly question. How do you get the little logo on the upper left side of the screen off with out damaging the glass screen?! Second question, not so silly. When I first boot up I get only 1 meg of chip ram. When I immediately do a 3 finger salute I get the full 2 meg. Any thoughts? Gracia
#84133From: Steve AhlstromJan 7, 1993 12:00 PM
Gracia, To get those d*&%ed stickers off of glass (and plastic and about anything else) I use 100% pure lemon oil. It comes off easily and desolves the adhesive making cleanup a breeze. Do NOT use the lemon oil furniture polish products — they contain petroleum distilates — you need the real (100% pure) stuff. My suppy is 10-15 years old and came from a musical instrument store. -sja
#84173From: Gracia M. LittauerJan 7, 1993 9:19 PM
Steve, THANK YOU!! I can't believe they put them on the *tube* and then give one not a clue for removal. I bet you oil is ransid by now <G>.
#84201From: Steve AhlstromJan 8, 1993 12:53 AM
Gracia, Nope — 100% pure lemon oil doesn't go bad — and works like a charm. The Sony sticker is easy to remove. The real test is on the junk the automakers use to put their stickers on — the lemon oil takes it off with ease. Warning, tho, don't use it (or test before using) on soft plastics.
#84203From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJan 8, 1993 1:31 AM
Gracia, All the Sony 'logo' stickers I've seen simply peel off. They don't leave a residue that requires anything more than a damp cloth to remove. Usually it only takes a fingernail or knife point to get under them to start them peeling and then they come off quite easily. Glass is significantly harder than steel, so you don't have to worry about damaging the glass as long as you're not chipping away at the sticker <grin>. Don
#84233From: SyndesisJan 8, 1993 10:31 AM
I think ordinary vegetable oil works, too. I've used it in a lot of situations with sticky stickers. I don't know if it works any better or worse than lemon oil, but hey, I don't have any bottles of lemon oil. What I've heard works really, really well, is tarantula oil, but that's really, really hard to find, even harder to find than 100% percent pure lemon oil. 🙂
#84330From: Mike SchillerJan 9, 1993 2:26 AM
John: Another cleaner that works REAL well at removing the glue left behind by stickers is Hoppes #9 gun cleaner. I've used it MANY times to clean up places where I've removed stickers (old & new) that left their glue behind. // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
#84341From: Steven WaltersJan 9, 1993 4:39 AM
WD-40 is supposed to work well at taking off stickers, and you don't have to squeeze and bugs to get it!
#84993From: Christopher LapriseJan 14, 1993 1:09 AM
You can easily get those stickers off with residue-less electronic cleaner that Radio Shack sells. The stuff comes out so cold, tho, I'm not sure whether it disolves or freezes the adhesive off. Use it sparingly, as to much cold at once can't be good for a picture tube, and I understand the stuff is composed of freon (bad for the ozone layer). -Chris
#85009From: SyndesisJan 14, 1993 8:19 AM
And standing in line at the local hardware store, in the impulse-purchase rack, I saw a bottle of "Goo Gone", a petroleum distillate-based goo remover…
#85023From: Michael GerardJan 14, 1993 11:17 AM
Goo Gone is a great product (much like Simple Green)… it's made by Magic American Corporation, Cleveland, OH <g>
#85199From: Gracia M. LittauerJan 15, 1993 5:01 PM
Gee, with all the great replies I got I'll have to go out & find new stickers! <G> Thanks to all of you. Gracai