Is rice really hygroscopic enough to pull out such a small amount of water from a screen?

We might need something with more desiccating power than that.

But I agree, we are better off trying this first than another heat experiment. This fails, no harm. Baking fails again, we have another dead screen.

I need to bring my Classic II (and now my Plus) to you to have them recapped anyway, so I'll just hand off the screen to you if this one is contaminated as well.