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windex for lcd screen made in china

Proud owner of an iBook, not even six months old and already the screen is marked in places. Also, I was working on a project with someone and they kept pointing at things on my screen with the business end of their pencil. Endless frustration!

So I"m in the same boat, looking for stuff to clean LCDs. Once in the Apple Store I saw some "Apple Wipes" for cleaning your tre-chic computer. Buying those would make me a massive tool and I figure they"re only for cleaning the glossy parts, not the shiny parts.

I use a cleaner from Kensington (http://www.kensington.com/html/1081.html) on my monitor _and_ my LCDs and it works great. It comes in a little spray bottle, and I use these neat little 3M "electronics" microfiber cloths to buff off the spray. Works like a charm.

The official word on LCD cleaning in Apple manuals is to use a solution of diluted isopropyl alcohol, no more than a 50% solution. Usually the rubbing alcohol you buy at a drugstore that is either 90% or 98% pure but 98% is pretty hard to get (you don"t need it anyway). I mix 1 part water and 1 part 90% isopropyl alcohol, which works out to... um.. something just under a 50% solution.

Be absolutely sure to use a very VERY soft cloth. I use a piece of soft flannel. Do NOT use paper towels or anything more abrasive than an old worn out cotton Tshirt. Absolutely do NOT use windex or anything with ammonia in it, it can etch the screen surface and can cause the plastic to go cloudy. You don"t want that to happen!

BTW, there is a commercial cleaning solution called something like Klear-Screen, it"s pretty expensive. It is merely a 50% solution of isopropyl alcohol and water. Just like I make, for a fraction of the cost.

Just read the ingredients list on my bottle of Kensington "Screen Guardian", and it"s the exact recipe that you have...It was $3, so I guess I was just being lazy :)

The 3M cloths are really nice for the wiping part, though, as they are softer than an old t-shirt, and because of their design, if they do happen to pick up some grit, it doesn"t get trapped on the surface, so you"re less likely to scratch that nice screen. You can also throw them in the laundry every once and awhile, and they come out like new.

I"ve been using Klear Screen for a while now and really like it. The disposable packages make it easy to toss a couple in my bag so I have them with me whenever I need them. Each of the packages has a moistened clean pad and a dry polishing cloth.

For my CRT I use dish soap too. For the LCD on my powerbook I use some little LCD cleaning pads i bought at Frys. Except when I can"t find them, then I just use a dish towel and a bit of water. Or no water. But my Powerbook is falling really badly apart anyway. :-)

Dish soap isn"t soap, it"s almost always detergent. I recommend against it. Soap is a pretty safe cleaner for most surfaces, it"s even used in some circumstances for art conservation etc. but I sure wouldn"t put it on an LCD.

BTW, lens cleaner and eyeglass cleaner is the same 50/50 formula I described. And most better CRT monitors have an antiglare optical coating almost identical to the coating on camera lenses and eyeglasses, the antireflective coating will be degraded over time with paper towels and windex, I use the 50/50/flannel solution on my expensive Sony 20" CRT too.

I spend a lot of time cleaning my optics. I had the antiglare optical coating put on my eyeglasses and boy did I regret it, it was much harder to clean without streaks, showed fingerprints more than uncoated lenses, and I felt like my glasses were constantly dirty and blurry. My optician gave me a new cool microfiber polymer cloth that is extremely soft and will lift fingerprints and gunk from eyeglasses without using any liquids, it"s amazing. Might be worth checking out this cloth for CRT and LCD cleaning, it"s only like $3 at your local eyeglass shop.

Use Klear Screen. The product has been around a long time, and I used to think it was silly, but then I tried it. It"s amazingly good and worth the cash.

I have portbale dvd player that has a LCD screen that needs cleaning! i am afraid to use anyhting because peopel tell me that certain things ruin the screen. What should I use to clean it?

i just use a damp cloth just enough to get the dust out too, windex and other stuff will kill the lcd"s after a while so i just wipe it most of the time with a dry paper towel straight across or horizontally and that does the trick

I was not impressed with the results. At first it seemed like the solution didn"t work, but I looked again at the bottle of rubbing alchool and it turns out it was a %70 concentrate, so I added a bit more to the solution and it worked like a charm. A mirco fiber cloth for glasses is what I used.

Charels...great suggestion....my screen cleans great with that recipie! It won"t make my screen yellow like the other solutions people mentioned though?

First time I"ve made a comment on a blog. Just did a search for "clean LCD screen" and Jeremy"s page came up. I read all the comments with interest (and amusement on some). The chemical mixes etc sounded like too much effort, so I went for the "very, slightly damp cloth" approach. Importantly the cloth is one of those MICRO-FIBRE ones which are marketed as smear free. It worked an absolute treat. It"s a Vileda one. Either my web connection is slow or their site is crap (wanted to post a link) but you should be able to get them from your regular supermarket.

Seemed to me the less chemicals, the better. I read this page, got a soft washcloth from the bathroom, wet it, wrung it out extremely well and simply wiped the screen off. It"s now as clean as the day I bought it. Sold!

3. Wipe the LCD or flat panel screen gently with a soft dry cloth. If any marks remain, moisten the cloth with LCD cleaner, and then gently stroke the cloth across the display in one direction, moving from the top of the display to the bottom.

NOTICE: Do not use any of the following chemicals or any solutions that contain them: Acetone, ethyl alcohol, toluene, ethyl acid, ammonia, or methyl chloride. If you have a different chemical or solution and are not sure whether it is suitable, do not use it. Using any of the chemicals in the previous list may cause permanent damage to the LCD or flat panel screen. Some commercial window cleaners contain ammonia and are therefore unacceptable.

There are many cleaning solutions sold specifically as LCD cleaners. You can use these to clean LCD screens on Dell notebooks. Alternately, you may use a 50/50 isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and water mixture. Microfiber cloths such as those used to clean eyeglasses are excellent for use with LCDs.

Related to the topic is how to avoid the marks that the keyboard actually leaves on the screen after a (long) while of utilization. A friend of mine has come up with the idea to place a tiny mouse mat inbetween the screen and the keyboard before closing the notebook. Each time. Takes some practice, but actually works pretty well.

Thank you so much to everyone here who posted. I got my husband a brand new LCD monitor for his birthday about a week ago and today our two year old wrote on it with a ball point pen. After calling the company twice I was pretty convinced that the monitor was ruined, but the alchol took almost all the pen off and there are just a couple places that were damaged. Thank you so much.

I didn"t read the Knowledge Base for my Sony Vaio until after using windex on the screen. Now that I have these streaks what can I do? I ask because the sony site specifically says not to use alcohol and Isopropyl is alcohol???

WARNING: There is a risk of hardware damage. Do not scratch or exert pressure on the LCD. Do not use any type of window cleaner, abrasive pad, scouring powder or solvents (such as alcohol or benzine). Do not leave the LCD facing the sun. Doing any of these things could cause the LCD to become damaged or to malfunction.

Thanks guys! I scrawled a wiggly line with a permanent black marker on my lovely new 19" LCD screen (yeah, they breed "em pretty stupid Down Under). But I read your advice about 50/50 isopropyl alcohol/water, shot off to the chemist to get 50 ml of the magic potion and now it"s as good as new. Brilliant!

I"m wondering if any of you could help me. My youngest thought my Hp omnibook XE3"s screen looked dirt and used something with ammonia in it to wipe the screen down while it was running. At the same time it was starting to overheat so I shut it down. When I turned it back on, the screen is black and I can barely seen anything. Is the screen fubared or do I just need to clean it again?

There are many products out there, but some are better than others. iKlear Apple Polish & Monster Screen Clean Kit are tested and proven to work. **Both products DO NOT contain any alcohol or ammonia and have anti-static properties. Their formulas are engineered for LCD screens and their special coatings.

I use Windex. I used to spray the screen and wipe it with a paper towel until I ruined my first display (Windex behind the screen"s bezel). Now, I spray the paper towel and wipe the screen.

This is an important issue to me due to an eye problem that makes me susceptable to glare. I cannot use standard monitors without a glare screen or other glare retardant

Now for another great horror story, how about a 3 year old drawing a picture and coloring it on a brand new 19" FP LCD. Yes it happen, then this same child managed to dock a PBNJ sandwich into the DVD player.

Ok, now some people may have a REALLY hard time cleanign their LCD monitors and televisions, but i was born to make it even harder. Now this is so difficult it may cause extremely bad headaches.

First I will tell you what happened to me. My little brother and me were painting a room for my mom, and i took my eyes off him for one second and he went into MY room and had COVERED my entire computer system including tower, LCD, and printer with PINK paint!!!!!!!!! And also let me mention that i had just bought this computer. I wanted to put him through osmosis. So what did i do? I cleaned it. Here"s how to clean an LCD monitor (even with pink paint on it.)

Pink LATEX paint is one thing, but how"s this -- I had my laptop on my clean garage workbench, when an aerosol can of grey oil-based paint rolls off the bench and impales itself on a sharp metal contraption I was working on. It proceeds to spew a fine mist of paint on everything within a 10 foot circle. Now I have a fine mist of grey oil-based paint on my laptop LCD. I can use the laptop, but these little dots are annoying, and NOTHING gets them off.

Working for an isp has its advantages, we all use Windex (our side of the world, Zimbabwe...we call it Windoleen!) We spray on a kitchen cloth and then wipe gently. Being greek of course you can use Windex on just about anything!!!!

I read this page with great amusment (the yello screen, grey paint, todler with the ball point pen and the rest). However the fourth last reply (by John Collier) seamed the logical and that is exactly what i did, looks as new as the day i bought it.

The spots seem to be on the inside of the LCD -- does anyone have any ideas? I don"t know what else to do -- I"ve even tried "elbow grease" with the traditional substances -- but no success with these either.

I just used water on a t-shirt and my screen turned out clean as new, I had a screen cleaner at home but I didn�t want to use it just to see what happens haha.

I use some insanely expensive screen wipes that I got at best buy, they come in a container much like baby wipes. They cost around $10 for I think 50, I treat them like gold and use them maybe twice a month.

I have been using Klear Screen as recommended by Apple for a few years now. It come in a bulk spray bottle or individual packets that you can keep in your laptop bag for cleaning on the go. It works great for CRT as well as LCD screens. For as little as $10 + shipping you can"t go wrong.

Thank you all for your suggestions, even the silly ones. :-) The big thing I got out of it is that ammonia (didn"t know this) and acetone (a no-brainer) would be bad ideas. The 50/50 isopropyl alcohol and water sounds like a good idea, and I"m surprised that some maufacturers discourage it. I"m legally blind, and when I got these glasses (8X telsescope mounted to right lens) in "79, I was given a bottle of Look-Lite and a box of Kimwipes. The Look-Lite contains isopropyl alcohol, but the label didn"t say how much at the time. I"ve used just plain water, mostly, but I think I"ll see about finding a small bottle that will produce a fine mist and mix up the 50/50 solution for the glasses *and* my LCD flat panel and laptop screen.

My mother, God bless her, got me a microfiber cloth by Fellowes for Christmas that I just used to clean the LCD. Looks pretty good, as far as I can tell. B-) While cleaning the TV with it, though, I found some nasty scratches that have apparently been there for a while. I couldn"t see them, so I guess they don"t matter. It"s only a $200 flat-screen Philips, anyway. But, the $600 LCD is a different matter. Again, thanks for the suggestions, All.

thanx 4 the good info , just dropped 450 on a 19 b4 xmas and still havent cleaned it for fear of the horror stories (makes me half wish i got a monster crt lol)

hey...i had the same problem until i came across a high performace cloth my dad had bought for his computer. Its made by 3M technology and it"s super soft. I use it all the time to dust off my screen and buff off any smears or prints on the screen. If something is resisting your cleaning use water.

50/50 alc and water, thanks guys, that was easy. As for you other knuckle draggers who"ve posted here, you are hilarious, dont let anybody tell you different. Just dont quit the day job.

I just used a mixture of approx. 50 % Isopropyl Alocohol and 50% water (mixed very inprecisely) and used a clean cloth diaper. It worked great! The fingerprints and unidentified smudged disappeared from my laptop screen, the 15" LCD screen with my desktop looks brand new, and the 7" fold down screen in the minivan never looked better. In fact, the 1/4 cup solution that I made was enough to clean the CRT screen on my 36" TV, a bathroom mirror, and a hallway mirror. I may never buy Window cleaner again!

My three year old took a good ol" ball point pen to my 19" ViewSonic LCD. I took care of him with a spankin" and the monitor with 70% alcohol. Both worked like a charm.

I have a laptop and would also like to get it clean as whenit was new. Unfortunately, some of the products you recommend are not available where i live (south america).

Somehow my LCD managed to get a smear of AstroGlide personal lubricant on it (go figure)... this is proving IMPOSSIBLE to remove... I"ve tried a moistened cotton towel, than some $20 a bottle Monster ScreenClean to no avail. Help?

Clean LCD screen is a more popular search than i expected. The alcohol solution on my old nightshirt worked beautifully. I poured some alcohol through the slot on the floppy drive and it updated my BIOS! Excellent!

I just read the above responses and after ready the remidies you all suggested, I decided to get brave and use my own favorite "get anything out" solution. It is called "Lickity Split" by Kirby home care prducts. It cleaned the LCD screen to look new. I strongly suggest it for anything. (Lipstick, crayon, glue, oil, tar, permanent marker, and more. You should check it out.

I have an Elvis thing going with my laptop. Every time I log into my DMOZ editors dashboard I reach for my gun and threaten the screen. Hard to wipe away a bullet hole.

When I purchase a new LCD the first thing I do is cover it with Saran wrap to prevent any dust. If I am in a dust storm then I store it in a plastic bubble to protect it from debris. Okay. Thanks very much.

As for the Apple site (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60446), it does not really warn against IPA, but against regular alcohol, a.k.a. ethyl alcohol a.k.a. ethanol.

If you use an aerosol can to spray a mist over a lighter flame it produces a huge flame. Perfect for burning off dust and smears from lcd screens. If that doesn"t work I usually cut a hole in my car battery and wipe the screen down with battery acid applied to a VERY SOFT cloth, not papertowels or anything like that. It has to be a soft cloth and battery acid. It works

With regard to the posted IBM link by jlmarin: That link seems to imply that only the OUTSIDE of a laptop can be cleaned with an alcohol-based product. In that same paragraph, it reiterates the LCD cleaning cloth should be DRY (capital letters are IBM"s emphasis, not mine). While isopropyl alcohol may make for a good "occasional" cleaner, sites elsewhere mention that long-term use of it can lead to yellowing and stiffening (ie, brittle) of the LCD plastic covering (screen). Personally, I use Klear Screen (ordered directly from their USA on-line store, and no, I"m not affiliated with them). The Klear Screen product is 83% water and 17% proprietary ingredients (the latter including methyl paraben) according to their MSDS.

And looking back over the prior posts, Charles" post of April 2003 suggests that Klean Screen uses alcohol. I"m not sure if they once did, but they not specifically state their product is alcohol and ammonia free. The Apple web page I saw, referred to by another poster here, states that alcohol products should not be used.

Like a few others on this topic, I had my 3 year-old draw a masterpiece on my LCD screen with a ball point pen. In a few places it almost looked like the screen was damaged from the sharpness of the pen. I tried the glasses cleaner from my optometrist, no luck. I tried 50/50 isopropyl alcohol and it made a small dent, but not much. I added more alcohol to the mix and got slightly better results, but the final trick that got that pen off was straight 70% isopropyl alcohol. It all came clean, thank you for the posts! We"ll probably get a small yellow spot from the windex my wife first applied to a corner of the screen to "test" it. We may get an entire yellow screen someday from the straight rubbing alcohol, but at least it bought me a little time.

Ok all you crazy and nutty scardy cats! Soft washcloth with just a touch of water is the best. Forget all that malarky about 50% alcohol. Rock it old school with water and a towel. My screen is as see through as the Bush Administration"s lies ;-)

From a "scardy cat". Water is fine for water-soluble contaminants such as dust and common everyday dirt, however it does nothing for wax/oil-based smudges such as some inks, finger prints, food products, etc. In these cases, another non-water-based solvent needs to be used. Whether one uses alcohol or a commercial product is typically based on experience and word of mouth. The alcohol-based and other very similar products will "eventually" ruin a LCD or optically coated screen. Therefore, my preference is for a commercial non-alcohol, non-ammonia based products (already mentioned here) and the softest towels available.

In case this may help someone else: I was looking for some help cleaning off something sticky (maybe gum??) from an open box item I purchased for a reduced price. It is a Sharp aquos tv - I couldn"t find anything related to this, so since I knew I could return the item if it didn"t work - I used WD-40. It worked like a charm, then used a very mild solution of water and dishsoap (couple of drops) to clean again and walah - no more sticky screen and a TV for quite a reduced price.

I prefer to cover my LCD in tobasco sauce and bake it in the sun. The acids eat the dirt away. Baking it in the sun allows for those acids to soak into the plastic and when the hardened tobasco sauce is chipped off, offers future protection from dirt and grime. Oh yeah, the other thing I do to clean my monitor is to tie a rope to it, bring it in the car with me to the top of our local bridge over the root river. I then toss the monitor over the bridge and yank it up and down in the water a few times. Works like a charm.

First I don"t know how people can stand dirt on the screen. Or how they can keep from getting dirt etc on there but anyway. John Collier knows what he"s talking about. Soft wet (with water) really takes care of everything. And it"s streak free, I"ve tried the cloths and the endust stuff they all leave streaks. I hate streaks. Also I have three children,ages 2-7 and two lovely 19 inch flat screens. My children have never hurt them or the computers. Which are sitting in the living room I would suggest proper supervision for that. Honestly children are not animals they can respect your possesions!

Just thought it was interesting that I stumbled upon this while trying to figure out how to clean my lcd screen on easter sunday, also. Only 2 years later.

I"m looking for some tips. I recently purchased a Compaq Presario R3000. I use it at school and home. I wanted to know what I can buy to clean the outside with (I assume it"s plastic) and what to clean my LCD screen with. I"m looking for a product that is already made...I don"t trust myself with diluting alcohol. And also, I cleaned my touchpad with rubbing alcohol, and it didn"t seem to do much good. I keep the screen down when my computer"s not in use, but it STILL gets dust on it. Is there anything out there that will help prevent dust buildup? (I"m new at cleaning laptops...it"s my first one!)

the non-glare coating will dissolve after a while using any type of alcohol solution. either dont use or use and live without antiglare. there are antiglare screen covers that can be used or use polarizing soft films(gels).

I have an LCD TV in my kitchin, the place you would expect a screen to pick up grease - nasty. So guess what . . . I never clean the screen . . . and How can that be? . . . Well you don"t have to if you replace the cling-film often enough.

Something that may be helpful if anyone has lazy pizels on their lcd"s ie. the pixel remains one colour. (not for dead pixels) If you run some fast graphics it something with alot of colour changes quickly and GENTLY massage the display in a circular motion (note use a lint free cleaning cloth to do this) it may revive. Now I must be 100% sure you have the GENTLE bit. This will not work on all lazy pixels and definatly not on dead ones but is definatly worth a try.

I use 70% Isopryl Alcohol @50% mixed with water and a chamois cloth. I actually DO spray it on the screen from a micro-sprayer, then wipe. The chamois is perfect. About the softest thing you can find and it doesn"t leave streaks.

I always an industrial floor buffer to clean my laptop screen. Open out your laptop screen to the max(180 degrees), lie it face up on a hard gravel surface...perhaps on your driveway and away you go!!!

I use a pair of my underwear and some Finlandia vodka. Or at least that"s what I assumed waking up with an empty bottle and my underwear in my hand, with my head on the keyboard. I must have been cleaning SOMETHING, although my LCD screen has a few white spots. (dead pixels?) I can still make out the impression of the keys on my forehead, and my girlfriend wont shut up about the email that I sent her that was full of the letter "h".

i use a wet handerchief, but i"m going to use Endust for Electronics next time i clean it. i wasn"t so trusting of it, even though it says on it "Use On: (bunch of stuff), non-glare and laptop computer screens", but i just looked at the ingredients online and it looks to be good (and i know a little chemistry if you"re worried i missed something)

Every time I clean my screen,I usually use the same process they used on Linda Blair In the movie the Exorcist....I Bring In two catholic priests,both with bottles of the 50/50 solution.

We have an LCD tv and my son got crayon on it, i"m so nervous to use anything on it and i"m looking for something to dissolve it so it will wipe off??? Any suggestions?

I can"t believe it. Some folks actually researched and took the time to document that: Yes, acohol and water (1:1) will clean a screen, but it WILL disolve anti-glare coatings, make LCD screens turn very yellow and hard with continued use, leave a white film if allowed to dry, disolve lubricating components if it seeps down into the hinges of a laptop. For CASUAL or ONE-TIME use only, the alcohol:water treatment is probably okay, but NOT FOR LONG-TERM/MULTIPLE use. Absolutely, under no circumstances, should company employ this technique in their normal practice.

*QUITE A FEW apparently since alchohol is NOT good, as noted previously: Yes, alcohol and water (1:1) will clean a screen, but it WILL disolve anti-glare coatings, make LCD screens turn very yellow and hard with continued use.

AFter trying every every product I had on hand for plastics (all left streaks) I found a "Surface Cleaning Wipe" by Fellowes and followed that with a microfiber cloth (3M) but any soft, lint free cloth should work. Fellowes also makes a product for the screen but I suspect it is a similar/identical formula.

Just to say I used Johnsons Baby Oil. I got the idea from cleaning my stainless steel cooker with it. It leaves the screen nice and streak free, it"s not abrasive, no alcohol so should be fine on anti-glare screens, and seems to to prevent more dust appearing. Ace!

Why is everything so complicated? Screw the alcohol, or water, or buying extra crap. I just toss mine in the washing machine and use the delicates setting. A little extra softener really makes it smell WONDERFUL. However, I highly recommend that you not use the drier. If you do, use it on the delicates mode, and only run it for fifteen minutes. Then, pull it out and let it air dry. It should be good to go in a couple of hours.

Theres only one way to clean off a lcd screen, use a wire brush and a bucket of petrol its the best beleive me .Also if you have some old tatoos your fed up with you can scrub them off at the same time and it woks a treat on bird poo if you have any on the car.

on my crt screens I have always used water with soft sponge, wiped streak free clean with newspaper. That"s a throwback to my windshield cleaning days. i don"t know, seems to be ok. I have one lcd monitor, getting another and wondering how i"ll clean that. i like water and soft cloth till someone has a divine inspiration.

First, I take a boxcutter and scrape out sections of the screen with stains. Then you can rinse the monitor off with your garden hose after peeing on it. Also, make sure you pee into the vents on the back of the montor. Then to dry it, use a low grit sandpaper followed by smooth, circular motions with a banana peel dipped in diesel fuel and dog shit. (Make sure you use circular motions). When you"re done, if you didn"t eat that banana, you can shove it up your ass.

i go down to the local college"s particle accelerator and climb inside of a giant solenoid with my laptop and ask the janitor to turn it on. then i hold on for dear life to the laptop as the magnetic field tries to pull it out of my hands. this generally removes the dust particles which can also respond to the magnetic field. sometimes i forget that i have my keys in my pocket so they rip through my shorts and go flying.

if there is a pesky spot, i ask an experimenter if i can borrow some accelerated particles. i then proceed to zap the monitor with protons moving at near the speed of light. thanks to my wonderful theory of special relativity, the lcd screen takes no damage from the protons moving so fast and exploding into smaller particles upon impact.

Hi I saw the coolest thing today at radio shack. Its a piece of thin plastic that goes over your screen. It comes in multiple sizes too. Its fantastic when your screen gets dirty just wipe the plastic with windex or replace it. COOL! Oh by the way our radio Shack became a The Source by Circuit city you can get these here too.

i have a laptop and i have cleaned it many times. The best solution for it is to mix about a 1:1 ratio of Sherry Wine and Sprite. The wine takes all the grease and grime off the screen and the sprite gives a little sparkle to the screen.

I used "ambersil NO1" LCD Cleaner ambersil is the only LCD Cleaning product recommended by P.C.S to safely clean all LCD /Notebook/Laptop disply and also CDs

you can"t seen a sharp black screen like the new one! because All LCDs have problem still! my panasonic GS150 LCD have blured very badly after cleaning with fiber cloth and with any product i can"t return that"s new sharp and nice screen!!!

I tested about 102 different products on the world no one worked and no one is good ! therefore don"t touch your screen even with micro fibers!!!!or use only ambersil NO1 with swiss formula but you can"t gain better results with any other products...!

I just bought a brand new 19" LCD monitor from DELL. A week after I bought it there were a few smudges that I wanted to get out. I tried using a computer screen solution from APPLE(mother fuckers obviously dont have a clue what they"re doing) that made my screen look like someone sneezed on it. I then got a damp paper towel and wiped it down three times and dried it off with an inside-out sock. It looks brand new again:)

Ok, seriously, alcohol is bad for laptop screens. I used the half water half isopropel solution once a week for about a year on my last laptop. Little by little, the screen yellowed and dried, leaving a fog over the whole damn thing.

A damp microfiber cloth works best for weekly use. Alcohol solution can be used ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE for tough jobs, but make sure you wipe with a damp cloth with just water after applying the alcohol solution.

As far as wipes are concerned, the only premade wipes I purchased were "Screen Cleaning Wipes" by Fellowes. I DO NOT recommend them, they a film over the screen and really bad streaks. Stick to the damp microfiber cloth. It works.

First off, NEVER use Windex. It"ll yellow and fog up the plastic. I don"t trust the alcohol-water mix either. All you need to do is get a microfiber cloth (like the ones that you use for cleaning eye glasses) and soak it in water, then wring out the excess water until it"s damp. Wipe the screen moving from top to bottom. It works perfect every time, and you don"t have to worry about screwing up your screen, especially if you just spent hundreds of dollars on the damn thing.

If any marks remain, moisten the cloth with LCD cleaner, and then gently stroke the cloth across the display in one direction, moving from the top of the display to the bottom.

HEY, don"t ask but if you need to know, non-acetone instant polish remover made by "Pretty Nails" and a few DAMPENED, not saturated q-tips works great for nail polish on the laptop screen. Quick swipe of polish remover on a q-tip, quick swipe over it with a dry cloth. After all polish remover, clean as usual. You"d never know it even happened. It was like magic, and a godsend.. lol

HEY, don"t ask but if you need to know, non-acetone instant polish remover made by "Pretty Nails" and a few DAMPENED, not saturated q-tips works great for nail polish on the laptop screen. Quick swipe of polish remover on a q-tip, quick swipe over it with a dry cloth. After all polish removed, clean as usual. You"d never know it even happened. It was like magic, and a godsend.. lol

Wow this thread has been going for more than 2 years. I just got a 19 inch hp f1905 flat panel monitor last Saturday. It"s my first LCD, and I"m very afraid to touch it because it was $404.20, and I"m not getting another if I break it. Will the 3M microfiber glasses cleaning cloth with water work good enough for dust and god forbid finger prints?

I just got a brand new LCD screen like 2 days ago, and I alerady see a very light SCRATCH at the bottom right corner (several people use the computer, i have no idea where the scratch came from). . and i dont know if I could get it off or not with the klear screen stuff though, should i spend 20 bucks and try?

I just used the alcohol/water mix and it worked great -- I had some old 1-time use moist eye glass wipes that I realized last time I tried to use one that they had dried out, so I just re-wet one those w/ the mix. My screen is used as a tv in my kitchen and it was grubby.

I use my wifes silk panties to clean my LCD, but she gets a bit shirty having to take them off frequently when my friends come around to do a group assignment(why is that?.

Yeah you all have a lot of great plans to clean the screen. Yet I"ve most all of them on my 21" LCD and they just doen"t get it as clean as I would like. One method I think seems to work best is to carefuly slide the entire screen up your ass and then walk a mile. May not clean like soap, but feels a hell of alot better though!

I have an older Compaq laptop, running Winodws XP. Anyways the LCD screen is a 14.1" Active Matrix. I have been using just water and cotton balls to clean the screen, and I use cotton swabs to clean the edges and corners. The screen has no scratches and is as good looking as a bran new laptop"s. This is all I do once a week and the screen has been running great for these eight years.

I read all the fixes great, I heard of one and desided to try it. OFF BUG SPRAY WIPES. Did not have to rub hard and it took it right off then wiped it off with a damp soft cloth. Looks brand new! OH Forgot to tell you this was Black permanet marker all over the screen thanks to my 2 year old grand daughter. I am not kidding it really works!

I like to clean my 62" lcd in my bedroom with a damp cloth, then my 84" in my hallway with damp water but then i have a computer lab.. 8 laptops i usually clean the 17 widescreen monitors with special cleaner,, i like to keep them really krisp.. in my kitchen i have a 26 inch sony that i usually use my leftover dishsoap

You can also trying pissing on your monitor...but piss lightly, if you piss too hard it can sometimes damage the lcd. A solution of 1 part feces and 1 part piss works well too, but sometimes you need a can of aerosol after your done, just depends on what you had for dinner that night. If you had anything spicy use a .25 part to .75 piss.

My 3 year old drew on our new LCD monitor with crayon! I tried wiping, alcohol/water solution etc. I decided to try the Magic Eraser by Mr. Clean. While I"m sure the chemicals are too strong to use on a regular basis, it removed the crayon and the screen is as good as new. I did it in small increments and wiped it dry as I went along with a dry cloth. So if crayon is your problem... try the Magic Eraser but I wouldn"t recommend it for regular maintenance.

So believe it or not, I used a box cutter to cut off ALL OF THE ANTIGLARE COATING, CUTTING DEEPLY INTO THE COATING UNTIL I HIT PAY DIRT, OR IN THIS CASE PRISTINE GLASS!!!! :) The monitor now looks like new and since you can"t scratch glass with anything but a diamond, it"s not at all scratched by the scraping I had to do to get all of the coating off. Of course since you loose the Antiglare coating it would be good to go out and buy a cheap Antiglare screen. I had to also turn down the contrast and the brightness afterward to

I went for the microfibre solution. I most say it works great. It removed all fatty fingers a friend made on my lcd-screen, and it doesnt"t need solvents that can harm the plastic coating. It also doesn"t leave stripes I got when I used a soft damp cotton cloth.

I have never cleaned by Inspiron LCD because I was really scared it would damage my screen. The 50/50 alcohol/water with a tshirt solution worked wonderfully. I am embarrased to say that there was food spatter on the screen and this solution removed those as well as fingerprints, etc.

HELP... My 5 year old sprayed Windex on the TV this morning and now I noticed that I have streaks of windex behind the screen of my television ( He must have sprayed a bunch).. Toshiba 52 inch... I dont know if the TV is ruined or if it will eventually dry out???

I want to buy some cleaner for my brother for christmas. He has a 19 inch flat panel computer monitor. I see that office depot has some cleaners and i was wondering what is the best for the least amount of money. Also, does best buy, walmart, radioshack, or any other common stores have good cleaner for this situation? Please Help

i spilled a little bit of soda on my touchpad and now it is under my touchpad where i click & it gets stuck all the time! i need to get in there and clean it out. do i need to go to someone to do this for me or is there any way i can do it myself???

But then I thought about it, everytime I get a new screen I"m scared to even touch it but a year or two later, I"m scrubbing it with paper towels and windex... or worse. And truly, my 5-year old 15" Sony CRT (antiglare-coated) screen is flawless, though I"ve long moved away from treating it with kid gloves. So, somehow, I wonder if it all really matters...

Or is there something so fundamentally different between the antiglare coating on LCD"s and CRT"s that it"s destroyed faster? or the coating on my glasses for that matter, which too is fine after 5 years of abuse).

I love the interweb and all youse peoples who talk aboiut this on the interweb without you i would"ve committed a great nono on my new lcd screen... whew.. well thanks.. bye

My 6 year old daughter decided to write on my brand new, just out of the box, got it for Christmas 19" LCD monitor with a black sharpie. I tried Windex, I tried soap and water, I tried a damp cloth, I tried olive oil. What actually worked was paper towels and a product I got from the dollar store called AWESOME. It has no acid, no ammonia, no bleach, and it"s non flammable, I swear this stuff works on anything! It also takes off crayon marks on tv screens. You do have to rub and rub on the LCD monitor to get permanent marker off, but it eventually comes off with this stuff!

My 2 year old daughter colored my apple imac screen with permanent marker. After reading apple"s cleaning instructions, I didn"t dare to use alcohol, ammonia, soft scrub or soap. First, I turned off the computer; then, I used a damp microfiber cloth and baking soda. Use very light pressure and clean in circular motion. The easiest way is to get a corner of the cloth wet, wring it out so it is damp. Then put your finger in the cloth (it will look like a glove around one finger) and dip it into the baking powder. Gently rub the marker off. You should not see the screen dent in at all. PATIENCE!!! It took about 30 minutes but well worth the results. Last, use a clean damp microfiber cloth to wipe the whole screen. And another one to dry it. There are no scratches or rub marks and the screen looks just like it did when we bought it 3 months ago. I hope this makes sense...Good luck!

i have a samsung synmaster and it is very dirty. i have sprayed it many times with coffee and vast and various varieties of fruit juices too. i wanted to clean it but didnt know what to use on the lcd screen so i went online to samsung"s website. i could not find any info but found and downloaded the specific appropriate user manual in pdf form which took me roughly 30 minutes on a lousy dial up. upon opening and reading the user manual"s listing under the topic "cleaning", it states i should "USE THE RECOMENDED CLEANER."

for the last comment on this thingy if you read any of the comments above you i think you ll find your suggestion on how to clean it and yea i have the same monitor a nice 19" its great :)

I actually hover over my dirty 120" LCD, and fart on it. After that, I quickly take a solution of 33% grain alcohol, 33% ammonia, 33% salt water, and 1% draino. Usually that takes care of the fingerprints.

LCD screens accumulate smudges and scratches all the time. To clean these, choose a non-abrasive cloth or towel. Plastic and glass cleaners containing ammonia may leave a glare-causing film, so use a computer monitor specific cleaner from a computer store. Spray the cleaner onto the cloth, then wipe the screen with it.

I just built a Digital Picture frame from an old notebook computer and got fingerprints, sawdust and glue on the LCD. Can"t wait to get home and try all these ideas.

Didn"t have 90% but 70% straight (no water) took a little bit of elbow grease, but removed the year old drawing my 2 year old did on my mom"s laptop. It cleaned it right up. No haze or anything.. Works Great, thanks for the tip...

Endust for Electronics is the best solution...literally. If the grime is real heavy, follow with a slightly damp clean bath towel dampened with water, then wipe dry. Your screen will look crystal clear. Thanks.

Thanks all. This has been a fun read. It sounds like water and a soft microfiber cloth works for most cases, and for the tough jobs either 50/50 alcohol/water or Klearscreen.

We recently noticed our (3-year-old) Sony VAIO LCD screen looking a little blotchy when the ambient light reflected off it at just the wrong angle. We"ve been using a moist cloth to clean it occasionally, and it looked like it ought to wipe right off, but multiple attempts with the moist cloth had no effect whatsoever this time. I didn"t want to wait to get some KlearScreen, so I tried the 50/50 alcohol/water approach. It took a few tries, to eliminate the secondary streaks, but the screen has cleaned up beautifully. Must"ve been some kind of oil-based coating, maybe from being just a little too close to the Kitchen.

it rained on my monitor and now i have dried up water spots on the inside of the screen there sort of white bubbly circles.is there any way to remove them or is it ruined?please help me!!!!!!!!!rick

Having read about 20% of the posts above and discovering there that eyeglass cleaning solution is 50:50 isopropyl alcohol and water I went to get my solution. Then I wondered if the eyeglass cleaning cloth (made of soft microfibre) would do the job. It did the job perfectly. Being for spectacles it is extremely soft. And it is extremely cheap and washable (not sure how many times). I"ll save the alcohol/water solution for serious marks.Hope this helps.

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i used water/alcohol to clean permenant marker off my lcd screen, what i haven"t figured out is how to fix scratches from my 2 year old who tried to help clean with a sponge? any ideas on that?

Came across this post when desperately searching for how to get permanent pen off my only pair of good eyeglasses (plastic lenses). Wish I could blame that on a kid, but, no, I was the only one sitting here at my computer burning DVDs and writing on them with a double-ended sharpie. Have no idea how I managed to get two lines of black right across one of the lenses...

"Alcohol or ammonia - based cleaners if used repeatedly may cause permanent damage to an LCD. Over time, these types of cleaners could cause the surface of the screen to yellow and make the screen brittle. Eventually this will cause cracking on the screen surface.

Start with one quart of 100 proof Vodka of your choice. Mix with fruit juice of your choice, (the less juice the better). Consume amount required to "get up your courage". Then unless you have a specific problem like the aforementioned paint, felt tip marker, grease (ball point pen), etc. just use plain water and the softest cloth you can find and wipe ever so gently. My problem with the water/alcohol solution is that the alcohol makes it dry so quickly I can"t for the life of me get it on and dried off without it leaving streaks and dots on the screen. If you do use the mixture follow with the plain water deal.

That said, I"d still give this method a solid recommendation - I mean, after a few tries with my mix, I wasn"t really left in a state to care very much how my LCD looked.

Can anyone tell me how can i go about spoiling the LCD of my notebook such that it can be considered for replacement by the company. I have a dead pixel and the people refuse to take any action. I feel this is unfair for a consumer

I just got the OptiMist Prime, and it is by far the easiest and best performing cleaner. It cut through crummy finger prints and left me with a crisp brand new 20" Cinema display.

Just bought my first notebook yesterday, floor model at a discount. Cleaned screen with cotton sock turned inside out, wet the toe area and wring well. Clean with damp part, polish with dry part. Works great!!

I was freaking out because i got permanent marker on my mother in laws new LCD screen. I used spray and wash stain remover for the laudary to try to get it off and it worked.

I just couldn"t get the damn thing clean, and I was afraid to put too much pressure on it, so I got a carpet fitting knife and sliced around the edge, gently peeling the screen away from the laptop lid. I could then lay it flat and really give it a good scrub without worrying about damaging the laptop.

I simply used alcohol that I use for cleaning my camera"s CCD, plus a clean cloth, and it came up beautifully, an added benefit was I could clean the reverse side too, which was a bit dusty.

I works at Eb Games and saw this little bottle of anti-static cleaning solution sitting out the back i wasnt going to pay 3.99 but i borrowd it for the nite works a dream too. maybe ill buy some when this runs out lol

I use a rubbing alchohol that comes in the bottle as 50% alchohol by volume. So its half alchohol and hal purified water. it is the exact ingredients of Klear Screen which is 4.00 a shot and I buy 14oz"s of the rubbing alchohol for .59cents at BigLots, and it seams to be readily available there. Its one of their staple products. It seems to be the answer for any lcd screen and also my crt. I have been using microfiber clothes but I have run out. Upon going over the suggestions I will probably try the cotton sock inside out.

We found your site because our 3year old and her friend colored our LCD TV with crayons today. We bought the Monster ScreenClean and tried a damp cloth, but nothing worked like gentle back-and-forth little rubs with a simple dry cloth. I think the TV"s gonna make it...

Man it"s very important not to use water nor Shampoo on the screen.Because it would make it worth.Just use a fiber tissue with only small amount of water on the uncleaned tag.

My 3 year old wrote all over my flat screen monitor. After windex and alchlol did little. We grabbed a Mister Clean Magic Erase Sponge and about 3 minutes later the screen was clean.

Whatever liquid solution you use, remember; The screen is lightweight plastic an therefore can be scratched even by a swipe with a fingertip to sweep off dust. Socks, teashirts, dishcloths (shudder), anything like those pick up dirt. Then you are cleaning this .27 pitch screen with a .50 boulder in the threads. That means a few small scratches each time. Multiply that by a few times a week for a few years and you get a screen with more scratches than video. Use lens cloths, dry. If it becomes necessary to wash off spots, use lens cloths with water or octal solution (non-saline eyedrops). Treat an LCD just like a $1000 camera lens. Dont wash lens cloths, get new, or use fiber or cotton "Tech-wipes" or eqivalent. Washing cloths introduces junk from waterlines or washing machines. Keep the cloths in a baggie between use. Room dusy on a cloth means a dirty swipe, scratches.

Baby wipes...I called the company and they told me that they are mostly made up of water...and the cloth material is very soft...$1 for a package of 80 at the dollar store and they come in handy for all thoose other every day messes

Unreal!! my mans son, marked up his monitor with permenant BLACK marker..we tried everything without rubbing hard. I looked in here..i read most of your comments..kept seeing alcohol..but sadly we didnt have any on hand. I got out my essential oils ,,pepperment essential oil,(which is an astringent) approx 12 drops to 1oz tap water (i used alot .may take less) ..wipe on...wipe off!! it was GONE! no harm to screen!! wooohoooo

Also, am I supposed to break up the ibuprofen with a razor blade or just scrape it back and forth on the screen in its original pill form? I tried emptying half of one out and pouring in water but that didn"t work too well. I might move onto something like Vicodin if this doesn"t work.

new notebook owner, went hunting for lcd advice and this is the best place yet! my kids are asking me what"s so funny. but based on what i"ve read,looks like a lens cleaning cloth and purified water would make a good safe start before i start adding any armful chemicals. guess i"ll come back here for a good laugh later.

I use a rubbing compound like you use on your car, followed by Turtle Wax. I actually have a turtle so I had it laying around and thought, hey if it works for my turtle..........

Warning: Don"t clean the screen with a cleaner containing alcohol or acetone. Use a cleaner intended for use with an LCD (liquid crystal display). Never spray cleaner directly on the screen. It may drip inside the display and cause electric shock.

I work for a company which produces LCD"s and will share with you a little industry secret. First of all, don"t use any of the soltions here as they will damage your display. Water is o.k though for a first try. However, if water fails then mix these solutions together in a pail:

My 2-year-old daughter just put permanent marker all over my flat panel LCD monitor. Is there any way I can get it off, so I don"t have to spend 300 bucks on a new monitor?

Thanks, Charles for suggesting the 50/50 alcohol solution. It works. And whoever suggested lens cleaner - that works too. I used the microfiber cloth that came with my eyeglasses to wipe the screen with. Hey, did you know that if you bought a lens cleaner solution from Wal-Mart Vision Center, they will refill it for you for free?

I use warm water and some tissue on my IBM Thinkpad screen and it works great. Sometimes i use a clean towel with some tap water. Usually the only dirt the LCD screen picks up are the fingerprints and some dust. never ever wipe the lcd screen with a dry cloth it will scratch the surface. hope this helps

I spilled hot sugary coffee across my new HP wide screen LCD last year when it was a month old... scared me! I just wiped off with a soft cloth but had smears ever since... sooo LOL before I read this I used some disinfecting lemon fresh wipes by Clorox (bleach Free) and then wiped with soft cloth while it was off...it came out looking like Brand new :) Woo Hoo :) Will try the 50/50 solution in 6 months ( next time I get around to cleaning it )

monster screen cleaner is the bomb! You spray it on your laptop screen and wipe it off with the included microfiber cloth. One applications removed streak that I was for sure would be permanent! get it at best buy

THANK YOU for all your suggestions. Our dear son sprayed our brand new (less than a week old) monitor with orange oil today, and we flipped out!!!!! Your suggestions saved our son"s life (ok, we wouldn"t really have killed him, but...

Hi I have a new 17"" Lcd screen which has now got a black mark on it from moving it in the car, can anyone surgest what I can do if anything to remove this dent?

I am not sure what you are talking about. It sounds like a "keyboard scratch," as I like to call it, which can"t be removed by any cleaner. You call it a dent, and if it is...you"d beed a replacement LCD screen.

My 2 & 1/2 year old just colored crayon all over the DVD player LCD screen. The 50% isopropyl alcohol solution worked great to get it off and no apparent damage to the screen at all. Looks like new. Thanks.

If you are having problems with streaks use newspaper. I use it to clean everything from my windows, to the TV, to mirrors, the streakfree is amazing! The newspaper ink won"t come off on glass, or the LCD surface, but when it comes in contact with plastic parts it can leave wet ink marks which easily come off with water. So the cheapest solution to an LCD clean? Glass cleaner and a microcloth or newspaper.

I tried the 50/50 alcohol water mixture, and it left a horrible film all over the screen. I even used distilled water to be safe. I then had to spend 10 minutes very carefully buffing it off with a camera lens cleaning cloth. Luckily, it doesn"t look like there"s any permanent damage. I think the $20 klear screen might be worth it.

Jeez. This thread has now been going for 3 years. Do people really have anything new to say?! It"s pretty clear. Water for regular cleaning. Alcohol mixture for occasional cleaning. What more do you want?

Look its simple, just like John Collier said, for minor dust, random dots from spit or something, you can just take a very soft, clean rag and wet it barely and wipe in one direction across the monitor. No risky erosion chemicals of any sort, just good old H2O. If that doesn"t work, I would try the baking it in tabasco sauce or possibly pissing on it.

I use the power of suggestion to clean my screen. I convince my laptop that it has a shiny streek free shine and that its anti glare coating is still in place. Then I rythe around on the floor and speak in tongues(my laptop is especially impressed by this and feels compelled to join in). I then make an efogy of my laptop and clean that, sacrafice a goat and eat a virgin. Then with other young males from my village I prove my bravery by jumping from the highest cliff I can find into the sea(this is especially impressive as the highest cliff and the sea are about 2 miles apart). Once completely healed I then usually go for the 50/50 isopropil mix or wet and dry sand paper cut into strips of about 4 inches by 1 inch and fitted through a slot about 1 and 1/4 inches long in a 1/4 inch bar that is fitted the buisness end of my hammer action drill I find this will remove a water buffalo

HELP >>>PEASE! My wife used windex to clean the tv screen. (rear pro)At the base of the screen (viewing from the side l/r not head on) I notice a black haze, stain.... not sure what to call it. It"s a 46" Tosb. and need your help. The eye glass cleaner was used with NO LUCK. What"s next?

You may also use a mild glass cleaner that contains no alcohol or ammonia. Most office supply stores sell cleaning kits specifically designed for this purpose.

While there are many commercial products available that will work without damaging the plastics, Apple has tested a product called Klear Screen made by Meridrew Enterprises (http://www.klearscreen.com) and found it does not cause any harm to the plastics. This product may not be available worldwide.

Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only, and does not constitute Apple"s recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.

I"m not so sure that wiping with newspaper is such a good idea as someone here suggested that wood fibers from mere paper towels can harm an LCD. I would think that the fibers in newpspers would be worse.

Just a thought. I haven"t cleaned my screen since I got it almost two months ago. But I don"t want to void the manufacturer or extended warranty so I"m going to bug the peeps at Apple. They love when I call them incessantly with every darn question. :)

Well, I took the ultimate dirty screen solution which I remembered was suggested here, and bought a new laptop. Having done that, as well as an iPod Video, I wondered if this thread was still online.

There"s nothing the matter with my screens yet, I just wanted to be prepared for all eventualities and couldn"t remember the name of the chemical that I had found here before that was good for emergency use.

Is it time to start giving awards for the best post? Mine goes to Jeff April 12, 2006. Looks like he had the same memory lapse that I did. Isopropyl? Isometric? Ibuprofen? It may not have cleaned his screen, but at least now his monitor should be free from "mild to moderate pain, fever and inflamation"!

I laughed my ass off at the smart asses on here but let me tell ya.....My 2 year old daughter loves to color. And she did so on our 2 day old LCD with a black ball point pen. Thank God my husband was gone. I was having a small heart attack and I remembered that a baby wipe is a thing of magic. I used the baby wipe and it got it all off. I was amazed and relieved. However, I wouldn"t clean the LCD like that daily...that was an emeregengy situation. But it worked!

There are many cleaning solutions sold specifically as LCD cleaners. You can use these to clean LCD screens on Dell notebooks. Alternately, you may use a 50/50 isopropyl alcohol and water mixture. Microfiber cloths such as those used to clean eyeglasses are excellent for use with LCDs.

Use common sense people. Try a slightly damp (with water) paper towel. Works 99% of the time and doesn"t damage the screen. Why pay money for something that doesn"t work better than plain water?

well,my 17" iMac got a bit dirty with all the dust and finger prints on my LCD, i tried the alcohol, water and soft fabric... it works my monitor looks good as new..thanks charles!!!

I was looking for solutions to clean pen mark from my new Imac g5. Yes, my 2 yr old got to a pen and drew all over it.....NO i wasn"t watching him do it. I got bored from reading all the info and went to go change his nappy. So I think OK maybe i can use a wipe??

My friend told me that a well-oiled chainsaw works well when cleaning my LCD, but I didn"t believe him...thanks for all of the suggestions and great comments!

I find that if you want a nice crisp clear image, your best solution is to use an old fashioned CRT Monitor. There is little fear of scratching it with Windex or other fabrics, and it tends to have a crisper and brigher image. (Though the new LCD"s are pretty impressive). Either way, I just used the 50/50 solution on a two year old Dell and it came out like new. Thanks guys.

70% Isopropyl alcohol/rubbing alcohol will ruin some types of plastics. I dont know if diluting it to "30%water/70%isopropyl" or "50/50" will affect plastic screens but do some testing with these mixtures on cd"s glasses or other items before using on a good screen.

For a while, I used alcohol to clean my glasses. Although it worked great on the lenses, I stopped when both of the earpieces snapped off in my hands. It seems that the flexible plastic they used contained (and needed!) water; the alcohol removed this and made them extremely brittle. Live and learn...

I think that is very funny to pay 20.00 for a bottle of water. I get 5 gallons of Reverse Osmosis water for 2.05 add a bottle of that "proprietary" stuff (isp. alcohol/rubbing alcohol) for 79 cents and for about 3.00 you can make a butt load of this stuff.

hi.......two hours ago my computer screen was fine..laptop with an LCD screen. When I went back to the computer there appears to be a black spot on it.......similiar to the shape of a leaf (about the size of your finger tip). I do not have a clue what to do or what this thing is and landed on this site by "googling" my problem. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance

As several other people have mentioned, the Shaggymac Optimist lcd cleaner spray is great. Their Shaggymac laptop screen protector is also a must have. The 14.1" fits my T43 perfect!

Zee screen ees, how do you say? Ah yes, ehdirty. I suggest trying "ANTONIO YBANDERAS". SERIOUSLY, THOUGH, I used heavily diluted isopropyl and tappus waterus. I included said alcohol in such a diluted amount mainly to irradicate the grease-based part of NEANDERTHOLesque finger prints. Works well, on an OCCASIONAL BASIS ONLY. Like, only every 3 years on Easter Sunday, when the moon is full. Walk three paces to the North, exclaim "SHIBBYDIBBY" fortissimo, and make a silent wish.

I"ve found that the only way to really clean a laptop screen and this method is purely accidental, is to beat off with your left hand (rightys) while watching animal porn and just as your releasing onto the screen, smudge it all in quickly in a counter clockwise fashion before lumps of your semen dry. now let that screen sit for about one hour and if this method hasnt worked for you... well then you should try the 1 part water 1 part alcohol approach. good luck.

I googled "clean LCD" (and found this site) because my laptop"s lcd screen had gotten so dirty that people who saw it asked if it was burnt in places. Inspired by some of the posts here, I decided to try the powerpad, a cleaning pad my mom had given me to use for windows and mirrors without requiring the addition of any cleaning products. i wetted it slightly and wonder of wonders it has worked beautifully -- no more wierd spots, no streaks either. The tag mentions a website: www.powerpad.com

This is definitely a very helpful forum. I tried the dishwasher approach, and the heated dry function didn"t work, left the inside components quite soggy.

Finally I found the one idea on here that worked very well. I used a belt sander to take off the rough stuff, and then rinsed the screen after with the hose. I am going to go and turn it back on. The screen sure is sparkling!

isopropyl alcohol is different than ethyl alcohol (that"s grain alcohol and will definately leave smudges on your screen)or even Methyl (wood alcohol). the combination of ethyl and methyl alcohol is an industrial solvent and will damage your screen although it"s not readily available. Denatured alcohol has a substance added which will smudge your screen. Ethanol is also in Purell hand cleaner which also has additives and will smudge your screen. There ar

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