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Apple 'StainGate' Screen problems - looking for quick, viable solution

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I am looking for a quick, viable solution to the Apple "StainGate" issue, one that does not take hours. We are looking for an in-house solution that can remove the coating "assembly line" style while the screen is left in place.

I have read through various iFixit forums, but am looking for a faster, easy to repeat process.

Issue: When using certain cleaners, the anti-glare coating becomes permanently "blotched". Apple is aware of this issue (see first link below) and has extended the warranty on the laptops with this issue, however this is not a solution for us (many of the units fall out of this extended warranty).

The other solutions we have seen are people removing the blotched antiglare coating with metal polish, however, when we tried this solution it took repeated applications and was an extremely slow process (see our tech note below). We even tried it with a hand held buffer as well as various solvents.

This was from our tech:

The process take a lot of time. Quite tiring

I tried it on my Macbook (2014 Retina 13") Though it does work (I used rubbing alcohol and Peek like the video) some parts came of really slow.. took dozens and dozens of applications, after an hour or so maybe 15% was done. Next day I continued, but this time I pre-wiped the screen with Bison Magic Wipes (for paint removal) after another hour doing Wipes->Peek rubbing->Ethanol cleaning the whole screen was smooth as a baby butt :-) The magic wipes really loosened the coating. Also while doing it the screen looks terrible.. just be patient and after a few hours it will look great!

And that’s just for one unit…

See: Apple Extends Free Repairs of Anti-Reflective Coating on Select MacBook and MacBook Pro Models

One person said what worked best for them was Peek Metal Polish (actually also polishes acrylic, etc) followed by rubbing alcohol for removing the anti-glare coasting. Also PolyWatch for the fine screen scratches. But again, these processes were too time intensive.

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Any input would be welcomed.

Thanks!

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Had the same problem on my 15 " macbook pro, late 2013. Within the 4 years of extended apple care, the screen was replaced one time without costs. 1 year later, after a 3 week storage of my macbook, in closed position, staingate was back....%$#&. The extended apple care replacement program was past its closure date. Apple did not want to replace the screen again. Staingate got more intense in time, mostly ad the edges of the screen and, (in closed postion) opposite the keyboard. After reading all online experience with staingate, I started rubbing the screen with medicinal alcohol 70%, After some intermittent hours of rubbing some 90% of the anti-glare was gone. The anti-glare opposite the metal parts around the keyboard were the most hard to remove. Very frustrating. Then I tried listerine. It took care of the rest. Now the screen is fine, although I miss the anti-glare effect.

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I Bought a 2012 Macbook pro retina second had with staingate screen.

Removed the anti reflective coating in under 5 minutes without scratching the screen.

The trick : cheap clean wipes from a local supremarked called lidl (Netherlands and Europe )

brand : W5 lightly moisturous wipes for all puposes

not even apply pressure just wipe the black stuff off

result beoutiful screen with no scratches

If you really need anti reflective layer you can apply cheap cover from China witch makes the screen matte

I did not use that ansd it looks brand new again

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After removing with bleach, my 15" screen is super-clear, but way too shiny, so difficult to use in the garden for instance. I've ordered and anti-glare screen protector from Amazon, will see how that goes.

For my daughters 13" mid 2015, Apple replaced the screen - for the second time...

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I just tried the W5 wipes recomended by Frank Fuchs , they are amazing , if you are in europe, personaly i think they are the best option. My mbp late 2013 looks like new and it took my 10 minutes for the whole screen.

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Hi Daniel, which one did you used, here on Germany, Lidl have kind of W5, can you please tell us which one? Thanks in advance.

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I'm fighting with a macbook air screen, same problem, a endless number of attempts with different day use chemicals and some solvents, but no real solution here either. Some parts of the screen are easily removed even with isopropyl alcohol, others seem to be hard as granite, awful coating. I've had some success with harder parts with some hardwood ashes plus alcohol, leaving screen in a pretty good shape, but it's a time consuming, I must have already wasted a couple of hours on it probably.

Couldn't find anything really useful around the net unfortunately.

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Been trying different solutions for this on my r15 from mid 2014. Nothing worked, NOTHING. I decided to bite the bullet and buy a replacement lid assembly. As I had nothing to loose I decided to try a recommendation from a yachtie friend. A 50/50 mix of bicarbonate of soda and white vinegar. I attacked the screen with a little of the paste on a microfibre cloth using small, circular movements. IT WORKED! It took about 45 minutes to strip the whole screen but the results were astounding. Completely clean with no remnants of the coating. Take your time, be patient and don't press too hard. Of course, I accept no responsibility for any damage caused whilst using these recommendations. Good luck! Chris • MacService • Antibes • France.

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I opted for a solution of tap-water and chloral bleach (DanKlorix), some microfibre rags, 2 cotton swabs. tested on a smal part at the edge, and after some 4-5 minutes, the stains on my mbp2015 13 were gone resp. the coating was off very easyliy. But there seem to be diffrent type of coatings, for me, that solution was very effective. It's a more shiny screen, yes, but it was worthwile the effort of 5 minutes :).

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Hello, I used 4starsclean for my screen and it worked perfect. In 5 minutes no more staingate.

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My MacBook screen has been getting progressively worse - total staingate! I have used mild “screen” wipes available in our office - no help. After watching a YouTube video of a guy removing the coating with Listerine, I opted to try an anti-bacterial all purpose wipe (this was a no-name brand) similar to Lysol. I had nothing to lose! It worked. Screen is 99% better than it was. I reckon one more treatment will do the trick. It took about 5 minutes to clean it.

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Can you tell what the wipes are made of..paper, non woven ? I wonder if it's the anti-bacterial or the wipe helping in removing the coating. If you can post a picture it would be great.

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Tried it. Didn't seem to make much difference when I tried it (I used actual Lysol wipes) though it did seem to lightly re-emulsify the screen coating.

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Some people said that it could make the screen so reflective. Did that happen to yours as well? Or maybe if its too reflective, do u think an aftermarket anti-glare film could make it better? I'm suffering this total staingate, too :( but somehow I'm afraid it could be too reflective

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I just tried this method and I can attest it works. The glare is not as bad as one would think. However, I was already considering a privacy filter anyway.. I used the "Clorox Disinfecting Wipes"

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I took my Mid 2014 Mac to apple for Staingate issue. Apple said that they would not cover it. I went through a paint cleaner to try and remove the anti glare coating. This did not work. I then tried Clorox wipes on the screen and this works very well. I can actually see my display now and saved about 500 dollars for a new dispay. The Clorox wipes seems to be the safest thing to use on the display and it is not that harsh of a chemical for your skin.

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I didn’t have any alcohol so I tried a hand-wipe (Purell brand), which I thought was alcohol based, but in fact is benzalchronium chloride 0.13% as active ingredient. It worked easily - about 4 wipes and 15 minutes. I followed with a bit of water and a microfiber cloth.

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Me again. Just tried ACETONE and BE CAREFUL… Although it seems like it does not do any bad for the glass, eventually it does, after like a minute or so with constant contact to the glass. It then starts to bite into the screen itself creating small but noticeable dents in the glass which results in a far worse condition than the staingate issue. Learn from my mistake guys… :/

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Baby wipes removed the anti glare coating on my MacBook Pro in about 5 minutes flat! Ever tried wiping yourself with the things - Lord knows why we use them on our kids! They are slightly abrasive which makes them perfect for this job.

The coating on my 2014 MacBook Pro had come away already around the edges of the screen (about 20 mm in all the way around) with the usual “key marks” in the centre.

Applying gentle pressure with about 4 baby wipes was good enough to produce a perfect result in about 5 minutes.

In my opinion, the screen looks better than new — I prefer the Retina display without the anti-reflective coating on. Mac feels like new again :)

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I used "Huggies" "Pure" skin loving natural fiber baby wipes that besides containing 99% Water also contains Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Benzoate, Coco-Betaine, Polysorbate 20, Malic Acid and Sodium Citrate. Went out great in about 20 minutes with gentle continuous wiping the stained retina screen. At first coat screen with very thin amount of the baby wipe's liquid, wait a bit, then use the baby wipe in circular motion, and finish with "ArmorAll" micro-fibre vehicle glass cloth.

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Recently purchased a 2013 MacBook retina with significant delamination. I thought I would try to take it off. First I used 91% rubbing alcohol. After a lot of rubbing, I had made very little progress. Next, I used 409 cleaner, seemed less effective than alcohol. I tried Clorox cleaner. It was better than alcohol but smelled horrible and I thought it might damage the rubber seal around the glass. Even tried Meguiar’s finishing polish. Finally went with a roll of Bounty paper towels and Windex. I quit after an hour of intense rubbing. I was able to removed all the film except around the edges. I should be able to finish this in another 30-40 minutes. So I would use Windex.

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From what I inferred, it may be Windex that is causing this issue in the first place, so reemulsifying the screen coating with Windex while rubbing/buffing it out may work; that is, it should help.

If you are an end user, your first step would be to see if your MacBook covered by the extended warranty that Apple has in place for this issue (link to Apple in the story below).

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/17/app...

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Follow up: After reading about using antibacterial wipes, I tried it. I had some Clorox antibacterial wipes (not cleaner which has bleach). It worked better than anything. Screen looks perfect, even around the edges. So antibacterial wipes worked better than Windex or all the other things I've tried. Warning, if your screen has not delaminated don't use disinfectant wipes or Windex on it. It will take the coating right off the screen especially disinfectant wipes. I wouldn't use disinfectant wipes even on the keyboard, for fear of getting on the screen. It is that effective. Apple should warn people about this.

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OMG, Clorox wipes worked great! And saved me $700. I should have searched for this sooner. I was done in about 30 min (my screen was pretty bad). Thanks!

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Anyone here from Europe? Not sure what would be an equivalent cleaning wipe that I could buy in Hungary... Tried a basically noname multipurpose wipe, worked a bit, but not as efficiently as Clorox worked for you guys... Any recommendations? Maybe ArmorAll glass wipes?

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I have Macbook Pro 2014 and I tried to take off the coating. I used liquid for removing fingernails paint, stole it from my wife :D in two hours I took off like 80% of the coating, the rest I am rubbing for like 2 weeks. I see it is falling of but so slowly that I wish i didn't touch it in the first place :(

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Thanks for all the comments - I used dilute toilette bleach with a soft dishcloth and it brought the coating off in two minutes, with zero damage to the screen, which now looks brand-new!!

I’m very please with this :-)

Cheers, Dave

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Hi Dave,

We tried this on 2 MacBook Pros and 2 MacBook Airs with the UV coating issues. We had varying results.

On the MacBook Pros, it did seem to even out the UV coating and keep it from being "blotchy", but it also seemed to introduce a slight haze to the screen.

On the MacBook Airs it seemed to take a LOT of "scrubbing" with the cloth just to get a section cleared out -

HOWEVER on 3 out of 4 of the screens some of the cleaner seeped in, so UNLESS you are very careful, I'd probably this would be a "last resort" repair, and would probably NOT recommend using it on MacBook Airs at all.

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Didn't experience that at all. If it's just smearing the coating then perhaps the bleach isn't strong enough? I'm going to do my daughter's 13" at the weekend, will get some pictures of the before/after and post results.

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OK, I just tried the same on MBPr 13" early 2015 - replacement screen from October 2016, the bleach approach had no effect at all, so clearly different coatings have been used over time...

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I had the same problem with my MacBook Pro 2015. Apple would not fix, program no longer available. Did some searching and found a solution and it’s really easy! Listerine mouthwash! Use a soft towel and put the Listerine on it. Rub gently on the screen. The anti reflective coating will start to come off. Then use a Windex on a towel to clean off the residue. Finally buff screen with a soft towel. My screen is beautiful!

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Another confirmation for Lidl W5. Works well, an easy job <10 minutes.

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The patient: MBPR13, late 2013

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Can confirm Lidl’s W5. 5 minutes, spotless.

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Went and got these W5 from Lidl, have been rubbing for 2 to 3 hours now and still a rather big lower central area that does not want to go. Hopefully if I keep rubbing another few hours it will work. Tried listerine before that and it did almost nothing. So yeah, different coatings for sure. Mine is a 2015 Macbook pro 15 inch. The coating was still perfect until I put a sticker on the camera and removed it, so another hint that the coating is quite strong on this one.

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Patient: MacBook Pro Retina 15” Mid 2014

Symptoms: Staingate

Cure: Lidl W5 Multi-Surface Wipes (1.6 EUR)

Work: 15 minutes of polishing

Results: Cured

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2014 15” MacBook Pro. Using Lysol Disinfecting Wipes, it works… but it is taking forever. The edges came off so easily. Simply wiped off with no effort. I was pretty excited to get going on the project.

Listerine doesn’t work any better in my experience. I’ve got about 3 hours of work invested in this so far and I'm ~ 60-70% finished and it seems to be getting harder and harder the further you get from the initial delaminated areas. The areas where i’ve got the coating off do look great.

This is my progress on a small region in the top right corner. Took about 40 minutes…

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I've come to the conclusion that some screens have harder coating than others..if quality of the wipes is consistent there is no other logical explanation.

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Hola hola... comparto la misma impresión, creo que hay pantallas con mejor protección. Al final que hiciste, yo estoy en lo mismo con mi Macbook 15" de finales del 2013.

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Hi, I have the exact same issue. Did you find a way to fix this?

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Great thread, so like everyone here I’m affected by this Apple MESS, but like most of you guys, Apple won’t clean up their MESS, so I’m desperate to make my 2013 MBP at lease usable outside my desktop setup and i think “Clorox Disinfecting Wipes” is the best bet to do the job.

Can anyone please post a picture of the exact Clorox Disinfecting Wipes used with their MBP or any link to the said product.

Thank you all and btw iFixit rocks!!

v/r

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You don't need fancy wipes, just dilute household bleach and a soft cloth.

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Thank you for the heads up.

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This is from my posting in 2018. "I didn’t have any alcohol so I tried a hand-wipe (Purell brand), which I thought was alcohol based, but in fact is benzalchronium chloride 0.13% as active ingredient. It worked easily - about 4 wipes and 15 minutes. I followed with a bit of water and a microfiber cloth." I am not sure if anyone has had a similar result, but worth a try!

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I just finished mine in about 30 minutes. Macbook pro Late 2013 (bought in 2014 so outside the 4 years). I used Lysol Disinfecting wipes (lemon smell, not sure if it makes a difference). Turned off and unplugged. Wiped the whole screen, then started in an area that was most severely stained. Wiped with some pressure but not too hard, in small circles. Every few minutes wiped with a different wipe to remove the residue. Just kept working across the screen, around the edges, etc. Wiped everything down with a last unused wipe, then used a coffee filter to wipe up the excess liquid. Once done, wiped with a microfiber towel to polish. Planning on getting a screen protector and keyboard dust cover from Amazon for protection.

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this is what I did- used Lysol to remove the film and put on a 10 dollar screen protector from Amazon. Works great!

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Updated method 2019 in Canada.

Fantastik All Purpose Spray Cleaner with Bleach.

Paper towels.

5-10 minutes.

Spray cleaner on and rub for a couple of minutes. Clean off with water and NOT alcohol!

I can confirm this works on a mid-2014 13” MBPr!

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Just cleaned the screen whit “Johnson´s babe hipoalergenic towels” in 15” and all the anti glare coat gone (im from Argentina)The screen is like new.

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Model: MBP 13’ Retina Display Early 2015

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Used this to wipe:

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***Alcohol free @_@ with apple scented

  • You might experience green-tinted screen after cleaning/removing the coating, here’s the answer:

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Thank you guys, I almost contacted Apple Support for screen replacement until I saw this post!

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Hi,

I live Holland, and following the advice around using baby wipes, I used a supermarket chain bathroom wipe - In around 5-10 minutes, circular wiping - completely fixed. The ingredients, apart from perfume, were lactic acid and Octylisothiazolinone - which is a biocide. So it seems the magic ingredient used, as in other cleaning wipes, is octylisothiazolinone.

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When I started to clean the screen of MacBook Pro 13” Retina display late 2014 model.

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Using the below wet wipes.

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End Result in 5 minutes of cleaning and then using a facial tissue to do the final round of cleaning. It worked and I am very much satisfied.

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I have a late 2013 15” MacBook Pro.

I’ve read and wondered over a lot of proposed solutions, but I was fearful of using chemicals… then, my wife suggested silver infused cloths from Norwex. I tried that, dampened by ordinary water. It was like magic. In ten minutes I had turned my screen from a cloudy, difficult-to-read, mess to like-new beauty. The first pic taken about two thirds through, the other after I finished.

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How have I only just found this! Just spent 30 minutes with W5 glasses cleaners and I have a screen like new. Ordered a new filter from Amazon and spent a bit of time freeing up memory space and upgrading to Big Sur. no longer feel the need to spend a couple of grand on a new one for the sake of an hour and a couple of quid! Thanks guys.

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Hi there from Germany,

I just followed your helpful ideas. I choosed the LIDL W5 to let my MacBook Pro 13" Early 2015 shine again.
It worked like charm. Under 10 minutes.

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On my company MacBook Pro 2014, just few months after the purchase I noticed the infamous anti-glare degrading .

Every time I was gently and carefully cleaning the surface, the degraded areas extended.

On april 2019 , after months not cleaning the display, worried about the bad consequences, it was so dirty that I had to clean it. I used a soft towel with pure water, as Apple recommends.

It instantly became so bad (completely crackled and greenish) that I take the decision to remove the remaining of the antiglare film.

I used some disposable soft paper towels with 3% Hydrogen Peroxide medical solution (2 euro here in Italy) + a little bit of toothpaste (very little…) . 15 minutes after a careful cleansing & polishing, I finished using a non aggressive home window glass cleaner, and now the display is glaring as “new” - but , of course, perfectly GLOSSY.

Anyway, much better than the last two years of crackled and stained surface.

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I just used 10% hydrogen peroxide on a kitchen towel and it removes the staining fairly quickly. Took about an hour to careful remove. Used cotton buds dipped in hydrogen peroxide at the edges to remove tricky bits.

Alcohol and acetone simply do not work. I wouldn't use any abrasive either as the glass can easily be scratched.

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I have read through and tried just about every method listed here. I am still struggling with a few spots on my screen. I did 95% of it fairly easily with alcohol wipes, but this last bit seems impossible. Any thoughts?

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Hi, I have the exact same issue right now. Did you find a way to clean those parts?

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Clorox or Lysol disinfectant wipes. The active ingredient is the same. Contains no chlorine. I tried. Windex, alcohol, and this worked better.

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missed the recall/fix deadline for my MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch, Mid 2014 (A1502).

Used "Johnson’s antibacterial towelettes"; took 10 minutes - start to finish to clean off the

coating-light rubbing only. towelette ingredients: benzalkonium chloride, water,

disodium lauroamphodiacetate, disodium EDTA, fragrance.

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I confirm W5 from Lidl. It worked for me. 5 minutes was enough to clean my 15” screen

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Sainsbury’s Antibacterial Multi-Surface wipes work well. I have cleaned off 98% of the coating in 20 minutes of work. 6 wipes were sufficient with moderately firm polishing for the stubborn bit so the coating.

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Listerine with a micro fiber cloth works but with a lot of work. I have about three hours into it and about a quarter of the anti-glare coating removed. I will try an all-purpose cleaner tomorrow and update.

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I would not use an all-purpose cleaner. The point of this thread is that it specific formulation of anti-bac cleaner cloths work.

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mate, the point of the thread imo is to get the anti-glare coating off. I don't see a title that says anti-bac only comments. All the same I appreciate your suggestion. I tried some baby wipes and it didn't work for me. Steel wool is the next option since I know from experience it doesn't scratch glass (#0000) but is abrasive enough to to take something like that off.

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steel wool #0000 works though not as fast as everyone else has stated about the wipes. Maintain it lubricated with soapy water and about 45 min and it should be gone depending on how much of it you have left on your screen.

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I called the Apple Support and ask screen replacement for my 15.4” 2012 Macbook Retina. They gave me for a $ 800 screen replacement fee. Than I used Mr. Wipes bioHomes and clean coating layer carefully. After 10 minutes, all coating layer gone. For finish, I use Meguiars Glass Cleaner for shining. Now my screen is perfect! After I replace my semi-died battery, I will be more happy.

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Think I’ve posted here before regarding a reasonably fast fix - I used a set of buffing wheels on a drill with glass/metal polish. It was pretty fast. The buffing wheel kit I got had two cloth and one fiberous one. The fiberous one is fast but can scratch the glass. Probably best to be patient with the cloth wheels and use the polish. Yes, the middle is hardest.

Just focus on some small area and polish away, then move to the next small area. Good luck. My screen looks great, but doesn’t have anti-glare. I can’t say I’m missing it.

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I tried them all as well, but purchased a small bottle of 3M 60150 Glass polish from a auto paint store and used a scouring pad and it took some time, but it came off 100 times faster. Just keep rubbing till the polish is gone and the anti glare.

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The antibacterial wipes solution mentioned a couple of times above looked dubious but I decided to give it a try anyway by stealing some of my girlfriend’s “cucumber” flavoured facial wipes and.. OMG the coating came off INSTANTLY!! ..

It literally took me 10minutes and just three wipes to remove ALL the coating, corners included!!  I hardly had to apply any pressure too!

This was seriously so much easier than I thought it would be, and I’m a bit shocked that a skin product meant to remove make up worked so well.. (my girlfriend was not impressed).

Now I have a new problem: my Macbook looks so good without that sh***y coating I don’t want to sell it anymore

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99% rubbing alchool, synthetic cloth, 15 minutes of time and a little dose of patience… result : AS NEW! :)

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I used about 5 Boots moisturising facial cleansing wipes, and then wiped off the residue with a water-damp kitchen towel. Took about half an hour. Good as new

I can’t believe how s*&t Apple are on this one. Imagine putting a screen ‘protector’ on that isn’t protected from the most innocuous of face wipes. Do they not test these things? Do they not understand that people clean themselves and then touch their computers?

Perhaps most unbelievable was after I had my first screen replaced (by Apple) and then I asked the Genius Bar guy if the same problem wouldn’t just happen with the new screen. He said, yes, and that if I closed my laptop and put it in a bag it would be worse, so best to leave it open on a desk. HELLO???!! It’s a laptop! The computer that sits on a desk is called a, er…, what it is…?

WTF!

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I used Clorox wipes and they worked great! Probably took 15 minutes.

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I used the W5 wipes on a late 2012 retina, worked like a charm.

Now on my other late 2013 the sides and lower part of the screen came off easily, but the rest will not. I have been scrubbing for 1,5 hours now, trying W5 wipes, 99.9% alcohol, orange peel, floor cleaners medium to strong, mouth cleaner, disinfectant, baking soda, acid, car polish from very light to strongest, terpentine replacement - all for science.

Needless to say now the screen looks worse than before.

After my last experience with the geniuses, the 1,5h still were a good investment, because now we at least know what doesn’t work on a late 2013 MBP, while the geniuses are a waste of time.

I really don’t know what else to try, getting ready to replace the screen…

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Estimado,,, estoy en la misma situación con mi macbook de las mismas características... Estoy buscando solución. Mande a comprar POLYWATCH a ver como me va con eso... Por favor mantengamos comunicación para saber si podemos encontrar alguna solución. soy de Chile. Saludos!

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can buy this product on eBay

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Thank you for your advise. I will keep the link to your product on ebay and will try it.

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April 2020 update:

I had a pretty bad case of staingate and used Scope mouthwash (didn’t have Listerine so I figured I would give it a shot) and it worked like a charm. It took a bit of rubbing with a small hand towel but my screen now looks as good as new!! Hope this helps someone as the previous posts helped me :)

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Have used a few different compounds on several MacBooks. Oven Glass cleaner seems the most consistently good. Have done quite a few with this.

Annoyingly the last one I did the screen was fine before (but with bad delamintation) but although the screen looked spotless afterwards the Mac now has a strong green haze on the screen which slowly disappears after about 10 minutes only to reappear when it restarts. I don’t know if this is a coincidence or not as there is some stuff online regarding the green screen issue that is separate from the stain issue.

Any thoughts?

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Hola Estimados. Espero que estén muy bien! La información que contiene esta pagina ha sido muy útil para muchas personas, pero algunas como yo, continúan con el problema, específicamente para los MACBOOK 15 PULGADAS DE FINES DEL 2013. Al parecer este equipo tiene un recubrimiento más resistente que el resto de los Macbook. En mi caso, yo ya intente con Listerine, toallitas de Clorox, y otras toallas multiuso, pero nada ha funcionado. Ahora ultimo compre POLYWATCH por Aliexpress, para ver si esto resulta. Los usuario que tenga el mismo problema, por favor respondan por acá la posible solución. De antemano muchas gracias! Saludos desde Chile!

Hello dears. I hope you all are okay! The information on this page has been very useful for many people, but some like me, continue with the problem, specifically for the MACBOOK 15 INCHES FROM THE END OF 2013. Apparently this equipment has a more resistant coating than the rest of the Macbook . In my case, I already tried Listerine, Clorox wipes, and other multi-purpose towels, but nothing has worked. Now last I bought POLYWATCH by Aliexpress, to see if this works. Users who have the same problem, please answer the possible solution here. Beforehand thank you very much! Greetings from Chile!

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Hola, tengo el mismo problema con un macbook pro 13' de finales del 2013, hay un par de zonas que me ha sido imposible quitarlas, me gustaría saber si pudiste solucionar tu problema? Saludos desde Chile igual

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Figured I would add my experience just in case it would be helpful for anyone in the future.

I bought a used Macbook Pro a couple of weeks ago with quite bad Staingate. At first, I used the Listerine and that worked a treat. Got about 90% of the screen in like 5 minutes. But then, like many others, I was left with a really robust part of the coating in the upper region of the screen. I tried Listerine, the W5 wipes, cleaners, Polywatch, and a lot of elbow grease for 1 hour - not any improvement.

I was close to giving up but then I tried a mixture of 1 part vinegar to 2 parts baking soda, and this did the trick. If you're like me and have this part of the coating that doesn't want to give, I recommend this. Use a microfiber cloth, and I actually recommend rubbing the vinegar/soda paste into the cloth (the abrasive baking soda grains is what removes it I think), before applying it with medium pressure to the screen in small circles. That way you pretty much a slightly abrasive cloth, which removes the coating. Took me about 45-60 minutes, so have patience, but you will see it starts wearing away bit by bit.

I’ve added some photos. Left is after the Listerine, where I have the robust, impossible to remove, remaining coating. Middle and Right are one after 30 minutes of me rubbing with the baking soda, and then a perfectly clear screen after 45-60 minutes, respectively. It should be quite clear which is which.

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Be careful around the edges of the screen, the rubber gasket doesn’t react well to the combination and hardens quite badly. As some of my keys are quite badly worn, I have a silicon QWERTY cover over it which compensates somewhat.

Chris

MacService - Antibes.

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Lysol with micro scrub beads will remove 100% of the coating. Have done it on a handful of macs with no issues, no scratches. I use the purple one with citrus. Just apply medium to light pressure in a circular motion. It will take about 30 minutes to remove all the coating, just be patient. Use a new wipe for about every 5 square inches to avoid scratches caused by reflective coating on the wipe.

On a 15 inch I use about 5 wipes so a 13 inch should use about 3. More is better.

Here is a link to the one I use

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Lysol-Citrus...

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In my experience, the effectiveness of each technique varies from machine to machine, which means there is no universal solution which will work every time. The best performing removal tool I’ve used was an anti-bacterial Clorox wipe. On some machines it would allow complete removal of the anti-glare coating within 30 minutes, but on other machines there were blotches that it couldn’t remove.

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I have used the Lysol with micro scrub on everything from late 2012 to 2016 13 inch and 15 inch models and it has worked 100% of the time.

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I'll have to test that some time! Thanks for the info.

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I used a mixture of about 1 part water 2 parts baking soda with a cloth and was able to rub off all the film in under 5 minutes. For me it was very easy, but as posted above your milage may vary as to how easily it comes off.

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I was considering removing the coating on my MacBook Pro 15 but instead I put a ‘tempered glass’ screen protector over mine and surprisingly it has totally solved the main issue as no staining or distracting marks are visible now when the screen is on, even when the brightness is all the way down .

It also looks much better when the screen is off and is virtually invisible. The one I got has an oleophobic coating too

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My experience using the same method on multiple machines, your mileage really does vary hugely. The manufacturing tolerances for applying the coating must be vast as some machines the coating is pretty much in removable while on others the same method removes it in around 15 mins.

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Hey Guys,

Today I use Aldi’s glass cleaning solution with a microfibre cloth. It did work me for me. It took me almost half an hour to take it off. Thus, you need to be patient and gentle but it will work for you.

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I used a mixture of baking soda and water. Took about 1 hour but my screen looks brand new. There are plenty of solutions out there but when looking at all of them, I saw that using the baking soda method was faster and more effective. Just remember, be patient and take your time. Also don't use a lot of pressure because you are working with an LCD screen.

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Hello there, would you recommend to remove the anti glare coating and continue without it? How bad is it without the coating?
I personally don't like screen protectors or other coatings on my screens, so I'd skip that, but at the cost of not having any anti glare coating. Thx in advance!

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