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Author Topic: PC monitor cleaning Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 02-17-2003 12:25 PM                        What do you use to clean the screen of your PC monitor?  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-17-2003 12:30 PM                        Windex. The coatings on modern CRTs don't seem to be bothered by it at all.  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-17-2003 01:10 PM                     I also use Windex. I don't spray it directly on the screen though, I spray it on the paper towel and then wipe the screen, using the paper towel as a wet rag.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-17-2003 01:23 PM                     Ditto.  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-17-2003 01:34 PM                     Windex. Spraying it on the cloth avoids drips running down into the works. Avoid -!!!- using Fantastic on anything glass. It will etch many types of glass, let alone what it might do to the monitor's AR coating.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-17-2003 01:40 PM                        I agree with the caution not to spray liquid glass cleaner directly on the monitor surface, lest it drip down into the electronics. Some monitor wipes sold for the purpose contain a conductive antistat to minimize attraction of dust to the monitor faceplate. For CRT displays, keep magnets away from the monitor, or you might require a degaussing of the monitor to regain your purity.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-17-2003 01:44 PM                        I remember "back in the old days" some monitors had an anti-static coating of some kind that was very susceptible to fingerprints, and they didn't like to be cleaned with anything other than a re-application of the same or similar anti-static spray. Modern CRTs seem to do much better -- not much problem with static, and they aren't bothered by careful cleaning with something like Windex.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 02-17-2003 01:47 PM                        I tend to blast mine with an air duster spray. As has been noted in other threads and contexts, this just moves dust - it doesn't remove it - but it moves it to a location where it can safely be removed with a damp cloth.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-17-2003 02:07 PM                     John said: quote: For CRT displays, keep magnets away from the monitor, or you might require a degaussing of the monitor to regain your purity. That's for sure!!!! A new demonstration monitor was completely ruined at a retail facility by some little punk who held a powerful magnet next to the screen. The magnet damaged the screen so bad that even normal degaussing could not restore it. I am also amazed by the people who lean their floppy disks against the monitor. They cannot understand why the disks get corrupt just sitting there when they turn the monitor off and on. ...and then, there was a person who recorded some data on a 5.25-inch floppy, took the disk out of the drive, and stuffed it in his electric typewriter and typed the name of the contents on the disk. He thought the disk was defective when he tried to use it again.  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-17-2003 02:18 PM                     We used to have a 16-screen video wall in our lobby. It was my job as projectionist to clean it. In a month it would get a measurable amount of dust built up on the screen. We used to use a screen brush moutned on an extention pole to dust it. But every now and then we would have to get out the 16' ladder and get up there with Windex and paper towels. I was always amazed and horrified as to the amount of dust those CRTs attracted.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-17-2003 02:24 PM                        TV picture tubes seem to have the problem much worse than computer monitors. I have a 27" Sony Wega flat-screen TV that attracts dust like a magnet.  |  IP: Logged John Moriarty Film Handler Posts: 50 From: Cambridge, UK Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-17-2003 04:56 PM                     And what do people use on LCD (or similar) screens? I normally use a damp soft cloth, and if necesary a touch of washing up liquid. (Too cheap to buy stuff deisgned for purpose.) John  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-17-2003 08:28 PM                        I position my LCD displays high enough that I can tilt the display downwards a couple of degrees. This way dust never settles on them and I never have to clean them.  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-18-2003 12:32 AM                     Spray Windex onto a clean rag or paper towel then wipe the face of the monitor. To keep it cleaner longer I follow this cleaning with a product made for coin operated video game monitors called "Touchdown" by Wildcat Products.  |  IP: Logged Matthew Peters Expert Film Handler Posts: 179 From: Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Australia Registered: Nov 2002 posted 02-18-2003 01:14 AM                     I use a plain, soft, lens/negative cloth – no chemicals. Always removes fingerprints and dust. [ 03-10-2003, 04:59 AM: Message edited by: Matthew Peters ]  |  IP: Logged

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