A suggestion to fix broken screens

About two years ago, my iMac and the table it was sitting on had a collision, due to brakes being applied strongly in our motorhome. The result was a ugly crack in the screen and a jagged pattern of black on the screen.
I have no idea what possessed me to think "Bandaid", but I immediately put clear 2 inch wide packing tape over the break, and the crack radiating from same. To my amazement, the black area didn't grow any more, and over a period of time, the black WENT AWAY. It had healed itself.
A year later, that same abused iMac took another spill during a move which seemed to "reopen" the wounds. Now, thirteen months later, those black marks are gone. Again.
So if you have suffered non-catastrophic screen fractures, they might be repaired. Give it a try.

Hello Richard,
Blimey! Packing tape really can fix broken things? Including computer screens! I is very impressed I is.
Regards.
Ian.

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