What are you using to clean your monitors?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by knopix, Sep 12, 2006.

  1. #1
    I've got about 6 LCD monitors in my house, some of them have food stains (dont ask) so a wet towel just wont do.... any suggestions?
    are all monitor wipes the same? any particular brand you can recommend?
     
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  2. SumitBahl

    SumitBahl Reign of Chaos

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    I would like some suggestions for the same as well.
     
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    Ugh...... if you take a plain white undershirt t-shirt and just use your finger to gently rub away any dirt on the screen it works fine. As for food splatter about the screen... i dunno.... excited to get a sale or something? :D
     
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    I got a cannister made by a company called IXOS containing 100 Large Screen Cleaning Tissues that are specially designed for TFT, LCD, PDA, laptop and scanner screens. They feel a little bit dry but seem to clean my screens perfectly without appearing to damage them. This was from PC World in the UK, I don't know if they are sold in other countries.
     
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    Thats not a very bright idea.:rolleyes:

    Finger prints and the toughest to get rid off.
    I never let anyone touch my laptop screen or desktop LCD. :)
     
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    Believe it or not but i use a credit card or any other plastic card to scrape my LCDs and nothing else. But yet again its usually just dust.
     
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    I think you mis-understood him :confused:

    he's saying finger + t-shirt and then touch screen...but even then over time I would think the oils from your hand would penetrate the t-shirt unless you were diligent in making sure you were using a new portion every time.
     
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    ohhh.... my bad.

    Sorry about that.:eek::eek::eek:
     
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    i used this $1 bottle of "glass cleaner" from the Family Dollar store.
    And a paper towel. :D
     
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    Sounds like you've been too involved in this thread haha
     
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    I dont mean your actual finger. I meant to put your finger underneath the tshirt and gently rub. Cotton material is just fine.
     
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    toilet paper might work also...
    i know that shirts scratch cd's when you use it to rub them
     
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    yeah but toilet paper has lint, so you're replacing one type of dirt for another ..

    I found some screen cleaning fluid and a lint free clothe so I'm gonna give that a go.
    thanks for that link timsdd
     
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    HAHA so do i! After the start of this thread i was getting nervous i was the only one to do this and thinking i was doing something really wrong! It works great and havent had a problem. I am addicted to that canned air though and blow out my keyboard alot lol.
     
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    #17
    glass cleaner or cooton soaped in alchool
    just make sure that your tfd/lcd/monitor is off if you use to much liquid.
     
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    i just use wet cloth :)
     
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    #19
    definitely you should have a sun glass at your home , you can take that soft cloth used for sun glass ,
    that cloth is the best to clean all your monitors without any stain
     
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    I usually use a rag to clean the monitor
     
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