1st, dundee;....
i am not expert. but my guess is it has to do something with projection thing.
Since you are admittedly not an expert , you really shouldn't be putting up "off the wall" theories as to what the problem is...
That would be like you , me or gervey doing brain surgery....
Short & sweet;=>...IF you can't "walk the walk" , do NOT "talk the talk".....
coolant only makes the picture crisp and sorts our haze pic quality. may be the direction of the CRT bulb got aligned due to vibrant movement
Coolant does NOT "make" the pix crisp...
It keeps the face of the CRT "cool" so it doesn't overheat & crack causing dammage to the set while allowing transfer of the image thru the lens to the screen....
Hence the name "Coolant"....
Nuff said....Right ????
gervey;....
Halo around images, Blue color is almost not noticeable, color shift, and the picture is squeeze in on the sides of the TV.
From what I'm reading here , I think you have more than one problem...
From what I read in this forum I can see that one problem maybe contaminated coolant (which I have to verify)
Easy to do.........
and the mist alignment of the colors but the one that I do not have any idea is the squeezing of the picture on the sides of the TV.
Answer coming up.........
I was trying to find out if the convergence IC when they go bad besides introducing a 3 effect on the picture (color separation) will also produce bowing of the picture vertically and horizontally.
Answer...YES !!!!....
How much electronic/TV repair background experience do you have ????...
Later....Ron.M.... ........
Veteran & Retired TV technician