Cleaning Your Laptop Screen with Household Products
Laptop screen, even when you have
never touched it, tends to collect dust and even food particles. After a while,
your screen may look smudged, making pictures and videos appear blurry. There
are plenty of cleaning solutions manufactured specifically to clean laptop or
computer screen, but you can always use household products such as white
vinegar and water to clean the screen right away. Follow these steps to clean
your laptop screen properly.
1. Turn of your laptop
The first thing to do is turn off
your monitor; it will be even better if you turn off your laptop. This is
probably not necessary, but it is good to minimize the risk of electric shock.
Cleaning the screen involves water, so better safe than sorry.
2. Cleaning Solution
In most cases, water can be used
to clean laptop screen. Make sure to use a microfiber cloth instead of paper
towel or toilet paper. Microfiber cloth is very smooth that it will not scratch
your screen roughly. Dampen the cloth with water; do not soak the cloth because
you don’t want any drip of water falling into your laptop keyboard while you
are cleaning the screen.
If water does not get the job
done because your screen is too dirty, you may want to use a cleaning solution
consisting of a mix of distilled water and white vinegar in 1:1 ratio. Do not
use ammonia or alcohol-based cleaners since they can ruin LCD screen. If you
decide to use a spray bottle to contain the mixture, please remember that you
should not spray the solution directly to the screen. Doing so may allow excess
of cleaning solution to slip through the bezel or keyboard and there is a risk
of electric shock when you turn on the laptop. Instead, spray the solution to
the microfiber cloth and wipe your screen in circular motion.
3. Repeat
It may take several passes to
clean smudgy screen, but your screen will not get damaged as long as you keep
it gentle. Pressing too hard may damage your screen. To make sure you do every
circular motion effectively, re-spray the cloth if necessary.
Do not use glass cleaner
There are many cleaning solutions
readily available. If you need to use any of those, please read the ingredients
and avoid everything that contains alcohol, bleach, or ammonia. They may work
well for glass materials, but they are not intended to clean laptop screen.
