How To Clean A Laptop Lcd Screen
A laptop monitor is flat screen called an LCD (liquid crystal display) and LCD monitors are especially susceptible to scratches so they require some extra care and attention when cleaning them.
When cleaning laptop screens you can leave the monitor on, but if you turn it off you will be able to see the smears and smudges much better.
Warning: Never put your fingers on LCD screen as this can burn out pixels.
ALWAYS use a SOFT cotton cloth to clean your screen.
Warning: Do not use rags, paper towels or napkins as these can scratch your LCD monitor.
Dry Dusting:
If your screen is not too dirty you can use the soft cloth to remove dust. Dust the screen, without applying any pressure, in one direction from the top of the screen to the bottom.
If your screen is really dirty then you can use a cleaning solution for a deep cleaning.
Warning: Do not use any products that contain ethyl alcohol, ammonia, acetone, toluene, ethyl acid, or methyl chloride based cleaners these will yellow your screen.
You can go to the store and buy a laptop screen cleaner especially made for LCD there are plenty of those. If you don’t want to spend extra money there is a homemade solution.
Homemade Cleaning Solution:
Ingredients:
Isopropyl Alcohol
Distilled Water (Do not use tap water because it contains salts that can whiten your screen)
Mix equal parts distilled water to isopropyl alcohol (example: 1/4 cup water to 1/4 cup isopropyl alcohol)
Make sure to use only isopropyl alcohol, which is just regular rubbing alcohol.
Cleaning Directions:
Once again only use a SOFT cotton cloth or those special electrostatic cloths used to clean eyeglasses.
Apply a very small amount of the solution ONTO THE CLOTH and very gently (without pressure) wipe the screen in one direction from the top of the screen to the bottom.
Warning: Never pour or spray cleaning solution onto the LCD monitor as this can short circuit the laptop.
By: JR Lang
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January 21st, 2009 at 11:25 pm
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Jes@ Computer Repair Ventura
April 20th, 2011 at 5:31 am
2Thanks for providing people with this information. So many people automatically go to the usual house cleaning products to clean their computer, laptop, phone and TV screens. However, it can be pretty harmful to your devices. Hopefully more people will read this post.
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