Need help cleaning 445 nm diode glass urgently!

Hello people,

I have realized that there is like a tiny burn dot mark on the glass of the laser diode. I tried to remove it using Q-tips and alcohol and even acetone, but nothing worked! I'm guessing the laser diode's lens is made of glass? Shouldn't burn marks as such be removed if thats the case? The line without the 405-G-1 glass looks horrible, and theres no way to fix it! What do you reckon I do? Should I replace the diode with a new one or are there ways of fixing this? Also, is it possible that the spot is from within the diode itself? In other words underneath the visible glass shield that protects the internal circuit of the diode? Your help is much need and appreciated. Thanks!

Never mind, the diode's glass is damaged. Guess I'll be needing a new diode!

some people remove the glass, either by decanning or by putting the diode can in a set of pliers and praying...

Is that the same Laser you complained about that RayFoss
replaced twice and are trying to sell on the Forum...:thinking:

Jerry
(8000-314-27958)

lasersbee said:

Is that the same Laser you complained about that RayFoss
replaced twice and are trying to sell on the Forum...:thinking:

Jerry
(8000-314-27958)

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Nope, this is the one I bought from x101xtreme a couple of months ago.

just throwing it out there, if you need a new diode i have a group buy underway in my sig, A140 diodes for 40 shipped if your in the US 42 shipped if your outside

Can't the glass be cut, very carefully?
PS: Sry, I just posted on an year old thread.