The Silicon Exit Staingate Experiment

This isn't a very entertaining video, but I was told to film my experiment to accompany my article on SiliconExit.com http://wp.me/p5V1dY-b3

Watch me work up a sweat as I try to remove the coating from a Macbook 15" Retina Screen with a variety of solvents, from mineral spirits to denatured alcohol and acetone. Guess what? On a properly built screen, it's practically impossible to remove the antireflective coating -- even with evil paper towels!

"I was one of thousands of Apple customers who purchased a Macbook Pro Retina 15" with a defective screen affected by Staingate. Unlike so many Apple products I've owned in the past (although I did return an iPhone 5 for a defective LCD panel, and an iMac developed internal blotches which were removed under Apple care), Apple's response when it comes to Staingate has been decidedly "Un-Apple." Too often, the customer service reps and Apple Store Genius claim that Staingate is caused by using unapproved cleansers or those most dangerous of items -- paper towels."

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