How do I clean a LCD monitor screen?

Are you doing your shoes?
Spit shine is good.

-Kevin

... cleaning kits, but I suspect they would be inflated. If you can't find "soft" in something around the house, you can get "painters' rags" at the Home Depot for cheap that are thin t-shirt like material.

I'm curious, if, as Toni says, IPA is OK for cleaning monitor screens, does anyone know what's wrong in Windex?

Evie

I use windex with no problems, but my LCE-TFT is that new flexible thin glass, not plastic.

I think my old keyboard is putting wrong letters on things. The LCE-TFT should be LCD-TFT in above post. Either I'm getting really bad at missing keys or transposing as I type or this keyboard is taking liberties at times. I wonder which it is?

acting funny, or real dirty, I always have a 'on sale' and 'after rebate' $9 - $12 Microsoft keyboard ready to plug in.

... that can dissolve the anti-glare coatings.

a worn out t-shirt. How about a pink or blue baby's blanket?
That's pretty soft material. May also put my monitor to sleep at the same time. ZZZZZZZZZ?
Evie, I am serious about the fabric. Also, what kind of soap?
I do not want to use isopropyl alcohol on the screen at all.
Would you want to use isopropyl alcohol on a baby's tender parts?
This LCD Monitor is like a new baby to me.

-Kevin

... I don't know about the soap. I use the swiffer-type dusting cloths on my new TV as there's no problem with fingerprints and such there. For my laptop screen I just use a mild liquid hand soap and water if I get a greasy print. Otherwise it's swiffer for that too.

The painters rags at HD are fairly fine soft white cotton. Like an old T, but "new". That would be my suggestion if you don't wanna cut up old clothes.

Evie

When I worked for a large company that used a lot of cassette tapes, they only allowed Denatured alcohol to clean the playback and recording heads. They claimed Isoproply or rubbing alcohol left a film.

isopropyl contains a small amount of oil. This type of alcohol, usually called rubbing alcohol, is used to clense and maybe cool the skin. The oil is there to keep the skin from drying out.

You should never use isopropyl on ANY electronic equipment for any reason. For cleaning, use denatured as it contains no oil.

Buy it at your local Home Depot in the paint section.

... "health and beauty aid", I would think IPA would have to list all contents clearly.

When I worked in silicon device processing, our final rinses were often pure EtOH because it dried the quickest and left no film.

Evie

isopropyl means that it contains oil. Denatured is without oil. I think.

... the "iso" means the -OH group that classes it an alcohol is on the central Carbon atom instead of an end Carbon of the rather short 3-C chain.

I did some poking around and it appears that isopropyl alcohol is impossible to separate from water by regular distillation. My guess is that the water -- while "clean" -- might contain small amounts of dissolved "stuff" that leaves a residue or "water spots" or "streaks". I know we used pure ethanol with the Si wafers because it dried fast and clean so that would definitely be the way to go.

I wonder what's on those screens that is dissolved by ammonia but not IPA or EtOH? The chemist in me has gotta know!

Evie

When I was in the AF we used dichlorodifloroethane for cleaning sensitive equipment such as recorder heads on data collection tape recorders.

Checked on your link. A good one.
I use Windex on a paper towel for my glass CRT and TV screen cleaning.
Viewsonic suggested a soft cotton cloth and soap.
Maybe just a soft dampened cloth would be the way to go.
The heck with the soap.
John, Professional window washers use Borax and water.
I wonder why?
So many cleaners contain borax today.
Remember the old 20 Mule Team Borax commercials on TV years back?

-Kevin

Get a Ferrari with good canuba wax.
Wax-on, wax-off.

-Kevin