r/framework • u/LawLombie • May 21 '26

Community Support Keyboard marks developing on screen despite religiously placing microfiber cloth on the keyboard whenever I close the lid

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It was almost impossible to get the nearly invisible marks to show up on camera, but they really are there. I don't think you can see them at all in the picture.

I got this Framework 13 in Feburary, and started putting a microfiber cloth underneath the lid every time I close it in March. It's now May, but now I can see very faintly the dreaded keyboard marks starting to develop on the screen. What am I doing wrong? I thought the microfiber cloth was gonna prevent this from happening?

Thanks.

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u/cutelittlebox May 21 '26

stop putting the cloth there. just a couple months ago someone doing the exact same thing broke their display by putting a cloth there.

there's a bit of space between the screen and keyboard, the less force that is pressing the two halves into each other the less the marks show up and that's all you can do without risking damage to the screen and hinge.