What's best to clean screens (TV mainly)

[UTH]

Now I've got a toddler with grubby hands getting all over the place, what's best to clean the TV/laptop screen etc?

I seem to remember reading that using things like glass cleaner sprays etc is actually very bad? Is it just a damp paper towel? Fairy liquid?

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

If the screen is particularly grubby I use a damp microfibre cloth with a tiny dot of washing up liquid on it. I then use kitchen roll and glass cleaner to make sure the screen is properly clean.

I have been using kitchen roll and glass cleaner to clean my laptop screen for years, I have never had an issue.

I suspect someone will be along soon to tell me that the screens are coated with some magic treatment and I have ruined them all.

[UTH]

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

I suspect someone will be along soon to tell me that the screens are coated with some magic treatment and I have ruined them all.

yes this is exactly what is ringing a vague bell in my mind, so the fact we've both thought it does make me wonder.....

[captain_cynic]

UTH said:

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

I suspect someone will be along soon to tell me that the screens are coated with some magic treatment and I have ruined them all.

yes this is exactly what is ringing a vague bell in my mind, so the fact we've both thought it does make me wonder.....

Standard window cleaner is pretty abrasive, it can easily dissolve the anti glare coating... There, ask a wker on the internet anything

I use Duronic for my laptop and screens.

https://amzn.eu/d/0Ov1pHU

[joropug]

I use Betron screen cleaner - its on amazon

The main trick I have found is to do several passes, each with a clean microfibre. first pass don't worry about finish, just get all the marks out
then do a light coat with a new cloth and get really good results.

[JerseyRoyal]

Lint free cloth and isopropyl alcohol.

[UTH]

JerseyRoyal said:

Lint free cloth and isopropyl alcohol.

Is that the same as rubbing alcohol?

[JerseyRoyal]

In most instances. You want as much alcohol as possible as it’s the water that leaves streaks.

I buy bottles of 99.9% from here.

https://hexeal.co.uk/products/ipa

You can get it on Amazon too though.

[dundarach]

Kitchen roll and lidl glass cleaner....

Works fine on my glasses every day, the last ones cost more than the telly and remained scratch free for the four years I was wiping them.

Others will tell you I'm destroying something or other I expect!

[sgrimshaw]

Best I've ever used is Ecomoist, available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ecomoist-Business-Compute...

Smaller sizes are available.

[Fallingup]

captain_cynic said:

Standard window cleaner is pretty abrasive, it can easily dissolve the anti glare coating... There, ask a wker on the internet anything

I use Duronic for my laptop and screens.

https://amzn.eu/d/0Ov1pHU

How do you deduce that window cleaner is abrasive?

[lancslad58]

ny cheapo window clener spr]y that contins vinegar and some kitchen roll.
Use the same on TV.
Use it on just about anythin, I thnk vinedar is ey

[vaud]

JerseyRoyal said:

Lint free cloth and isopropyl alcohol.

This,

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

captain_cynic said:

Standard window cleaner is pretty abrasive, it can easily dissolve the anti glare coating... There, ask a wker on the internet anything

I use Duronic for my laptop and screens.

https://amzn.eu/d/0Ov1pHU

Can I add I wash my car with washing up liquid and use Flash as an APC for the door shuts with a Poundland paint brush?

If anything they are better than expensive "detailing" products.

[SAS Tom]

Fallingup said:

captain_cynic said:

Standard window cleaner is pretty abrasive, it can easily dissolve the anti glare coating... There, ask a wker on the internet anything

I use Duronic for my laptop and screens.

https://amzn.eu/d/0Ov1pHU

How do you deduce that window cleaner is abrasive?

Also interested to find out what is abrasive in window cleaner.

[bitchstewie]

Microfibre cloth and ideally just water.

You can take the anti-glare coating off if you clean too much (don't ask me how I know this )

[captain_cynic]

SAS Tom said:

Fallingup said:

captain_cynic said:

Standard window cleaner is pretty abrasive, it can easily dissolve the anti glare coating... There, ask a wker on the internet anything

I use Duronic for my laptop and screens.

https://amzn.eu/d/0Ov1pHU

How do you deduce that window cleaner is abrasive?

Also interested to find out what is abrasive in window cleaner.

I thought it was common knowledge that abrasion is how most cleaners work.

Window cleaners are typically based on ammonia or vinegar.

Google can help if you're still lost.

[vaud]

captain_cynic said:

Standard window cleaner is pretty abrasive, it can easily dissolve the anti glare coating... There, ask a wker on the internet anything

I suspect it is the acidic nature of window cleaner...

[SAS Tom]

captain_cynic said:

SAS Tom said:

Fallingup said:

captain_cynic said:

Standard window cleaner is pretty abrasive, it can easily dissolve the anti glare coating... There, ask a wker on the internet anything

I use Duronic for my laptop and screens.

https://amzn.eu/d/0Ov1pHU

How do you deduce that window cleaner is abrasive?

Also interested to find out what is abrasive in window cleaner.

I thought it was common knowledge that abrasion is how most cleaners work.

Window cleaners are typically based on ammonia or vinegar.

Google can help if you're still lost.

Well I guess I learnt a new definition of abrasive. I’d never have described vinegar as abrasive but it appears many do.

[Mr Pointy]

SAS Tom said:

captain_cynic said:

SAS Tom said:

Fallingup said:

captain_cynic said:

Standard window cleaner is pretty abrasive, it can easily dissolve the anti glare coating... There, ask a wker on the internet anything

I use Duronic for my laptop and screens.

https://amzn.eu/d/0Ov1pHU

How do you deduce that window cleaner is abrasive?

Also interested to find out what is abrasive in window cleaner.

I thought it was common knowledge that abrasion is how most cleaners work.

Window cleaners are typically based on ammonia or vinegar.

Google can help if you're still lost.

Well I guess I learnt a new definition of abrasive. I’d never have described vinegar as abrasive but it appears many do.

I think the pink Windolene type is a bit abrasive - it seems to leave a powdery deposit if it dries out.