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I can't imagine that a few scratches on the tube's face could heighten implosion risk. The glass on a modern color television picture tube is like 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch thick on the face - a few 1/32" deep scratches shouldn't make it any less safe. Now, if it was a huge chunk or large deep gouge, then yeah, that makes sense. And one of these is a 32" set - the glass should be much thicker. These scratches are pretty large, but they're not deep gouges. It's just that those scratches on the screen are really, really annoying.
For the most part though, the scratches I run into are tiny, hair-thin ones on monitors or terminals. Tiny scratches won't be noticed on a large TV, but if you're staring into a terminal all day with a scratch in it, it gets annoying.
I'll look into some of that optical resin stuff. Where would one buy something like that? Hardware store, or maybe LensCrafter's or similar eyeglass chain?
-Ian
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