On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:21:03 -0600, Tim
<timmib.nospam@excite.not.com> wrote:


>Believe me that I do not want to fiddle with the innards! I was
>just hoping someone would know if there was a simple seal
>between the screen and the crt tube which could be
>fixed/replaced after cleaning the crt tube surface. For as it
>is now, there is what appears to be a dust layer between the
>screen and the crt tube which gives a very light grayish-
>brownish caste to everything.

I would suspect there is nothing sealing the two and that is
why dust eventually got in... but to know for sure you'd
have to start taking it apart. I caution you to first
Google for a safe method of discharging the tube, it will
hold a high voltage charge for awhile, though I don't know
how many days.

I suppose it could instead be that there was a seal like
foam and it just deteriorated over the years and this "dust"
you see is actually particles off the seal.