What's best to clean screens (TV mainly)

What's best to clean screens (TV mainly)

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UTH

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9,017 posts

180 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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

268 posts

33 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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

Original Poster:

9,017 posts

180 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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.
laugh 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

12,279 posts

97 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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.
laugh 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 hehe

I use Duronic for my laptop and screens.

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

joropug

2,602 posts

191 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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

117 posts

2 months

Tuesday 30th April
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Lint free cloth and isopropyl alcohol.

UTH

Original Poster:

9,017 posts

180 months

Tuesday 30th April
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JerseyRoyal said:
Lint free cloth and isopropyl alcohol.
Is that the same as rubbing alcohol?

JerseyRoyal

117 posts

2 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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

5,131 posts

230 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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

7,336 posts

252 months

Tuesday 30th April
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Best I've ever used is Ecomoist, available on Amazon:

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

Smaller sizes are available.

Fallingup

1,574 posts

100 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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 hehe

I use Duronic for my laptop and screens.

https://amzn.eu/d/0Ov1pHU
How do you deduce that window cleaner is abrasive?

lancslad58

621 posts

10 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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

50,795 posts

157 months

Tuesday 30th April
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JerseyRoyal said:
Lint free cloth and isopropyl alcohol.
This,

ThingsBehindTheSun

268 posts

33 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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 hehe

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

3,423 posts

176 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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 hehe

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

51,944 posts

212 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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 cry)

captain_cynic

12,279 posts

97 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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 hehe

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

50,795 posts

157 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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 hehe
I suspect it is the acidic nature of window cleaner...

SAS Tom

3,423 posts

176 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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 hehe

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

11,346 posts

161 months

Tuesday 30th April
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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 hehe

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.