cleaning TFT screens

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Christo

any good advice on this, i have looked around on the net, one place has said
to use a slightly damp paper towel and wipe the screen down and then wipe it
again after with a dry paper towel

then i read another place saying never to use paper towels

so can anyone give me any adive on the best way to clean a notebook TFT
screen

its filthy!!

i cant stand looking at it when its this bad
 
Christo said:
any good advice on this, i have looked around on the net, one place has
said to use a slightly damp paper towel and wipe the screen down and then
wipe it again after with a dry paper towel

then i read another place saying never to use paper towels

so can anyone give me any adive on the best way to clean a notebook TFT
screen

its filthy!!

i cant stand looking at it when its this bad
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go to the website of the mfg
and get *specific* instructions...
 
Christo said:
any good advice on this, i have looked around on the net, one place
has said to use a slightly damp paper towel and wipe the screen down
and then wipe it again after with a dry paper towel

then i read another place saying never to use paper towels

so can anyone give me any adive on the best way to clean a notebook
TFT screen

its filthy!!

i cant stand looking at it when its this bad
Click to expand...


Use a clean white T-shirt (the really soft paper towels are okay but
leave behind lots of lint). Use distilled water. Do NOT use
ammonia-based cleaners on LCD screens: over time they can cause LCD
screens to yellow. Windex contains ammonia (but they have a
non-ammoniated version that has vinegar). Do not use ethyl alcohol
(denatured alcohol, acetone, methanol) as they will damage the plastic.
If distilled water doesn't work, try a 50-50 solution of distilled water
and vinegar. If that doesn't work, try *isopropyl* alcohol (which is
what most eyeglass and monitor cleaners use).

If fingerprints are allowed to remain on an LCD for extended periods of
time, you could end up with a permanently fingerprinted screen and maybe
some burned out pixels.

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20030722.html
http://store.earthlcd.com/s.nl/sc.10/category.-110/it.I/id.168/.f
http://www.klearscreen.com/
 
Vanguard said:
Use a clean white T-shirt (the really soft paper towels are okay but leave
behind lots of lint). Use distilled water. Do NOT use ammonia-based
cleaners on LCD screens: over time they can cause LCD screens to yellow.
Windex contains ammonia (but they have a non-ammoniated version that has
vinegar). Do not use ethyl alcohol (denatured alcohol, acetone, methanol)
as they will damage the plastic. If distilled water doesn't work, try a
50-50 solution of distilled water and vinegar. If that doesn't work, try
*isopropyl* alcohol (which is what most eyeglass and monitor cleaners
use).

If fingerprints are allowed to remain on an LCD for extended periods of
time, you could end up with a permanently fingerprinted screen and maybe
some burned out pixels.

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20030722.html
http://store.earthlcd.com/s.nl/sc.10/category.-110/it.I/id.168/.f
http://www.klearscreen.com/
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citrus based CPU cleaner?

i have some akasa citrus based CPU cleaner, wll that do the job?
 
Christo said:
citrus based CPU cleaner?

i have some akasa citrus based CPU cleaner, wll that do the job?
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Sounds too corrosive to me, plus it will probably leave a residue. Just
because it cleans your countertops nice and shiny doesn't mean it should
be used on plastics that need optical clarity. You don't have any
vinegar in the kitchen? No isopropyl alcohol in the medicine cabinet?
No eyeglass cleaner?
 
Christo said:
citrus based CPU cleaner?

i have some akasa citrus based CPU cleaner, wll that do the job?
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Hi,

Go to an opticians etc. and buy a cleaning cloth - these are designed to
clean coated lenses etc and are plenty soft for LCD screens. For a cleaning
solution you could use water with a little vinegar but always apply the
fluid to the cloth! One thing to be really careful of is don't put too much
pressure on the screen - you could crack something - be gentle.

HTH

BillL
 
Vanguard said:
Sounds too corrosive to me, plus it will probably leave a residue. Just
because it cleans your countertops nice and shiny doesn't mean it should
be used on plastics that need optical clarity. You don't have any vinegar
in the kitchen? No isopropyl alcohol in the medicine cabinet? No eyeglass
cleaner?
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hehe yeah i just used some isoprypol, just thought maybe that akasa CPU
cleaner would be more suited to the task.

Thanks for the advice man
 
I used a typical household multi surface cleaner in a trigger spray bottle
from my local supermarket, i cant remember the name now, but this worked
just fine.

I have a Sony TFT & i did not want to ruin it so i applied a little on a
cloth in one corner to see the results & it worked just fine so i did the
whole screen & there were no problems whatsoever.

Phil.
 
Use a soft dampened tissue paper, such as Kleenex. You can dry the sceen
with the same thing. Take care to not rub too hard in to the screen. A very
soft lint free cloth will also work.

DO NOT use harsh paper towels. NEVER use any strong cleaners on the screen
surface. The coating can be removed. Even for a CRT screen, the optical
coating can be damaged with strong cleaners.

Fingure prints can be hard to remove, but with some repeated effort, they
will come out. Putting too much pressure, of more than about 2 to 3 ounces
can damage the screen. NEVER press on the LCD screen.

NEVER let people touch the screen with their fingures. The touching action
can cause damage. These are very senstitive. The acid in the oils from
finger prints can damage the coatings on both CRT screens, and LCD panels.

It is a myth that fingure prints will cause bad pixels. They will only cause
some stain on the surface, or do some damage to the coating.
 
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