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What do use to clean an LCD monitor screen without damaging it? The user's manual I've got says water+vinegar with a very soft rag, but it doesnt do the job. I'd think that I-phone screens wd be a big problem -- the constant touching with the fingers is bound to leave a lot of oil and dirt on them.
-------------------- dennis kiernan independent artist san francisco, calif, usa Posts: 907 | From: san francisco, ca usa | Registered: Feb 2010
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Dennis...I just use window cleaner and a soft paper towel for my 28" monitor and both of our laptop displays. So far so good.
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You'll want to use an ammonia-free cleaner. The ammonia can damage the soft plastic face of the monitor. I use the same cleaner that I use for cleaning my glasses.
Also, never spray the cleaner directly onto the face of the monitor. Doing so risks letting some of the fluid drip down and get between the plastic bezel and the screen and kill a whole bunch of pixels. Guess how I know.
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They also make pop up wipes for computer screens. The one I bought worked well but by the time I used half of them the liquid started drying out.
You need to stop reading comedy on the computer. Spitting coffee all over the screen isn't good for them.
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"Dennis...I just use window cleaner and a soft paper towel for my 28" monitor and both of our laptop displays. So far so good." Dave, the monitor mfr specifically warns against both of those. They also say that pressing too hard on the screen will kill pixels.
-------------------- dennis kiernan independent artist san francisco, calif, usa Posts: 907 | From: san francisco, ca usa | Registered: Feb 2010
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cigarette smoke is attracted to them... then it deposits nicotine on it.
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I should have mentioned that I make sure the monitor/screen is powered off, and I spray the cleaner on the paper towel, not directly on the screen.
I must have different displays, it used to be if you touched the screen on a flat screen it would show a "halo". Not anymore, they must have a glass overlay?
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This reminds me of a Hardees that I painted years ago in Topeka. I drove back by there a couple months later and I saw some kid out there trying to remove the window paint. Amazingly, he was using sand paper! The store closed and it is now some other local burger chain, but the three windows on the west still have the 80 grit marks all over them. True story!
-------------------- Preston McCall 112 Rim Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 text: 5056607370 Posts: 1552 | From: Santa Fe, New Mexico | Registered: Nov 1998
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This screen I've got seems to be a very thin film of plastic over a hard surface a teeeeeeeeny space behind it. If you touch it with a pencil point it makes a flickering halo about 1/4" wide.
-------------------- dennis kiernan independent artist san francisco, calif, usa Posts: 907 | From: san francisco, ca usa | Registered: Feb 2010
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use what the manufacturer suggests,...different monitors have different plastic substrates and or laminate covers so the manufacturer should know,especially if it is a soft pliable plastic as you describe
-------------------- fly low...timi/NC is, Tim Barrow Barrow Art Signs Winston-Salem,NC Posts: 2224 | From: Winston-Salem,NC,USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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The mfr actually says nothing about cleaning. I was mistaken when I said the water-vinegar method came from the user's manual.
Rapid clear, or the Rapid Tac II? I'm not familiar with these, what's in them? One website says, "Avoid cleaning products that contain ammonia, ethyl alcohol, acetone, toluene, ethyl acid, or methyl chloride. These chemicals can react with the materials that the flat screen is made of which could yellow the screen or cause other kinds of damage."
-------------------- dennis kiernan independent artist san francisco, calif, usa Posts: 907 | From: san francisco, ca usa | Registered: Feb 2010
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I've always used plain old RapidTac on my screens. I feel it gives the junk on my screens more time to soften up before wiping.
-------------------- Frank Smith Frank Smith Signs Albany, NY www.franksmithsigns.com Posts: 807 | From: Albany, NY USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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