How to clean a flatscreen?

[Dog--]

It's not LCD, by the way, it's a flat screen from around when they first started getting popular. Once you get a smudge on these things you have to scrub like your life depended on it to get part of that smudge off.. Then when we first got it I made the mistake of cleaning it with a wet towel.. I haven't tried to clean it since, but the smudges are becoming more and more annoying (it's also getting more and more smudges..), so what's the best way to clean it?

 

[giant384]

so if its not a lcd then its a flatscreen crt lol....

windex or any window cleaner should work fine. only other sure safe way is to buy your self a bottle of a cleaning agent for monitors at the store.

 

[Barney Fife]

How did you get smudge on the screen? U sure its a smudge? what type of smudge? safe smudge or there are things swimming in it? :upstare:

Get a paper towel and a Windex. You can clean CRT with Windex its LCD you must worry.

If it's a LCD get one of those lens cleaning cloth, mist of Windex and rub the screen with lens cleaning cloth as gently as you possibly can.\

Good Luck.

 

[Saturos]

so if its not a lcd then its a flatscreen crt lol....

windex or any window cleaner should work fine. only other sure safe way is to buy your self a bottle of a cleaning agent for monitors at the store.

Are you MAD?! You can't clean a LCD monitor with Windex!! Oh well, reckon the poor guy will find out soon enough. If he hasn't already that is.

 

[Sedako]

Use any sort of Isoprophenol solution. You can also make some yourself using 1 part water and 1 part isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol. This solution will work on glass surfaces and LCDs. It's used primarily as eyeglass cleaner because it doesn't degrade the anti-glare coating. Make sure you use a soft cotton or similar cloth.

 

[giant384]

Are you MAD?! You can't clean a LCD monitor with Windex!! Oh well, reckon the poor guy will find out soon enough. If he hasn't already that is.

you missed the first part of my post....

 

[Pesmerga]

Wait, what's wrong with cleaning an LCD with windex? I do it all the time.

 

[Sedako]

Wait, what's wrong with cleaning an LCD with windex? I do it all the time.

LCDs have an anti-glare coating. Windex degrades the coating over time.

 

[Pesmerga]

Oh.

Thanks.

 

[Barney Fife]

I forgot to add in my previous post that you cannot make a habit cleaning LCD with Windex but if u must a little tiny mist is enough but cloth has to be as soft as butter.

 

[lePobz]

I clean my 20" TFT monitor with windex, it works fine. I'm not going to clean my 40" HTTV with it though.