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Almost all of the people who gave you advice earlier are idiots. Water is horrible for LCD screens. It can leave permanent water spots and marks, and NEVER use anything other than 100% cotton to clean it with. Toilet paper, paper towels, anything like that can scratch the monitor. So here is what you do:

Turn your computer off first, so as to avoid any shorts or anything and to allow it time to fully dry.

Take something 100% cotton... An old shirt, sock, etc..

Use a small amt of rubbing alcohol on the shirt and lightly wipe the screen. Alcohol works best because it is fast drying and wont leave spots or anything.

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Hmm, the thought of sanding or polishing my rear is unsettling. Anyway I just use Endust of a paper towel, while it's probably not the ideal solution it's worked well enough and hasn't damaged the screens of anything I've cleaned.

hmmmmm.. i didnt know, that toiletpaper is like sandpaper

im happy that someone told me but i dont have any screw on my LCD! really its works great on mine! but i think i will buy real good stuuf to clean my LCD! it was expensive enough

again.. sandpaper.. damn thats horrible..

THX!!!

Thankyou Nilsc for the information there. Very imformative. I have bought some cleaning equipment which is working great (got it vvv. cheap as well). I really don't know how they get so unclean. I am very careful, i have had to be since i go the laptop cos i know how easy they can be broken, but they seem to get very unclean just by breathing about 6 feet away lol. anyway it is looking very nice now. Thanks all for posting.

one question.. ahhm what are yu doing with your LCDs that they get so dirty? on mine are some sparkles but nothing such bad i have to use alcohol! i just use toilet paper with a little bit of water! really just a little bit! and then i just wipe gently!

thats all

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Ouch, toilet paper That is about the worst you can use on any kind of monitor screen. If you ever look at toilet paper under a microscope (yes I did) you'll see it have the same surface as emery paper or fine polishing sandpaper! You should use a cleaning agent that don't remove the coating on your lcd screen and use monitor wipes or at a minimum a soft cloth of the kind you use to clean glasses.

The fibers in toilet paper are made from groundwood, groundwood is the same material that newspaper stock is made from. Old newspapers are recycled in the paper mills along with old office paper to create most of the tissues and toilet paper sold (at least in the US)

If you scratch the coating on the lcd you can see small discolored specs of light where the scratch is.

Nils

one question.. ahhm what are yu doing with your LCDs that they get so dirty? on mine are some sparkles but nothing such bad i have to use alcohol! i just use toilet paper with a little bit of water! really just a little bit! and then i just wipe gently!

thats all

Just buy a cleanung spray for LCD displays and take a soft duster...

That's all.

Cleaning kit would be the best. Like one from Kensington, with 3M cloth.
The cleaner contains isopropyl alcohol mixed with water.
Just avoid ammonia or acetone.
i've been using my IBM laptop for 3 years (wish i got enough bucks to replace it
and it's still on top performance so is the LCD.

I have this little sweeper thing that's made especially for computers. It works ok, but doesnt get the stains out of the screen

I would get a cleaning kit if I were you..just to be safe

I believe some places sell cleaning kits for laptop and LCD monitors. But yes, check for cleaning instructions from your manufacturer.