Cleaning a monitor screen

[NiceCupOfTea]

My hubby is insisting that you cannot use normal window cleaner on a monitor screen because they have a special coating that will be destroyed. I'm saying it's fine to use the window cleaner.

Who is correct?

What is the best thing to use if we can't use window cleaner?.

[Huderon]

If it's a CRT monitor - big bulky thing with a glass screen - spray glass cleaner should be fine, but I wouldn't use a cream. I use surgical spirit and a tissue on mine.

If it's an LCD monitor, I'll leave someone else to give you the answer !

[Panic Button]

Oh my God! I sprayed Tesco window cleaner (with vinegar) on my laptop screen last week and wiped it!
This was after over a year of not cleaning it, as I didn't know what to do.

Please someone answer this question so I know what to do next time.

(It came up beautifully by the way)

[rojash]

I have three monitors and I clean them with whatever comes to hand. If you're nervous, a wet cloth with a teeny dob of washing up liquid, but I've cleaned mine with:
lemon juice
gin
washing up liquid
general purpose cleaner which says its for "greases and filths" (according to Babel Fish translator - the label's in Greek)

[rojash]

Carry on as you are Panic Button - forgot to mention, that I've also used window cleaner with vinegar to no ill effect.

[carlton23]

I use a optical lens cleaner sprayed on a lint free cloth supplied by my optician.

[zig.zag]

depends on what you look at

the cleaning tools could range from a damp sponge to a brillo pad lol

[ACtheTROLL]

the books tend to go for a comercial monitor wipe

or 1 drop of pure soap in 1 pint of warm water
however

whatever you can get away with is good

[ChuckFickens]

hmmm, damp sponge probably OK, brillo pad not so good Zig.zag!

I personally use baby wipes (and sometimes I clean my screen with them too!)

[LCDMAN]

There's no coating that you would be able to affect with a cleaner, any "coating" there is would be a direct-etch antiglare and this is a permanent surface treatment - rather than a coating that could be removed.

The only thing to consider is to use something that will not be abrasive on glass and leaves no residue after "drying". In the workshop we use a foaming cleaner by Servisol, available from CPC and lots of other places. This cleans and de-greases and leaves no residue. Use a soft cotton or microfibre cloth.

Feel free to carry on using your window cleaner.

[whiskeryron]

I must confess that seeing how dusty my 32inch LCD tv screen in the sunlight was (Wait for it) I dusted it with a nylon duster-on-a-stick & now it has 4 scratches on the screen.
Altogether now ('' Pillock Ronnie'')
is it possible to polish these out?Ron

[NiceCupOfTea]

Cheers all. I was trying to work out if panic button was being sarcastic, but I've decided to stop, what with life being too short and I'm also getting a headache now staring at the answer on this filthy screen. Just off to get my window cleaner yipee!!!