I just completed the process of separating a nearly demolished glass panel from the LCD. It was a tedious task involving a lot of cussing and convoluted facial expressions over the course of about two hours. I started with a separator tool (you know the one with the flimsy tip on one end and a cute but worthless thin circle of plastic on the other. That was a waste of about 20 minutes. I changed to a metal ruler (with a cork backing facing the LCD) and a hairdryer. I figured that I was already looking at having to pay for the entire LCD glass assembly if I failed and only the glass with some double sided tape if I pulled it off (literally).
I spent nearly an hour and a half heating the screen just enough to loosen up the glue and wedge the ruler a little deeper into the void. Once I pulled off the last of the glass, I scraped the LCD face with an old credit card until I got the big lumps off. I pulled out the goo gone and lightly spritzed it on the screen (careful not to get too close to the sides). I tried to wipe the goo gone off with an old wash cloth but it was only getting stuck and sucking the goo gone off the screen before working it into the glue. I went up to my bathroom and stole some of my wife’s make up cotton circle things. They are just the right combination of sturdy and gentle. I used them to work in the goo gone and a new dry one to sop up the mess. I used a total of maybe six or seven of them and the screen is completely glue free.
Would I do this again? Heck no. There were some light scratches on the LCD when I was done and the cleanup was awful. It has been a little more than an hour and I still have sticky forearms despite vigorously washing several times with soap, glass cleaner, goo gone, and a host of other cleaning and grease busting products.
You can do this but is it really worth saving $150-250?