Lint on screen after cleaning - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Rick Law
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 03, 2019, 10:41:27 pm
content: This is such a simple problem I was reluctant to write this "tips for cleaning" for a while. But what the hack... May be it will benefit someone.Have you ever clean your laptop screen or the LCD display screen withpaper towel or tissue paper and left lint on the displayat the edge of the rim/frame that is annoying and hard to get rid of? Getting another paper towel just gets you newer lint to replace the old one.If you are like I am: I know I have those special velvet-like paper/pad made for screen-cleaning, somewhere in the house... If only I can find them...This is such a small problem we rarely want to waste time thinking about it...Well, since most of us here likes coffee, here is a quick solution:Use paper coffee-filter. No one wants lint in their coffee so they are made to be lint free.It works particularly nice if you are wetting it with cleaning fluid first. It soften up the paper. Some coffee filter paper is much rougher than say paper towel or toilet paper. If not soften, it does have the potential of scratching very soft screen surfaces when used dry.Now you can save your brain cells to solve more important problems...

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 03, 2019, 10:44:48 pm
content: It's best not to use paper on screens and other fragile surfaces. Paper is abrasive and causes scratches, albeit small ones. Using cotton or specialized products is preferred. These generally won't lint as easily either.

author: Rick Law
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2019, 01:56:47 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on August 03, 2019, 10:44:48 pmI agree with you. I pointed out that unless wet, there is a potential of scratching also. Best of course is to use material made for cleaning LCD screen, but they are not always at hand. So between using regular paper towels which would also scratch, coffee filter is probably better because it leaves no lint.In so far as paper goes, the one that likely is safe is those made for camera lenses. The better lenses have coating which is can be fragile. Lens cleaning paper is made to deal with that. Same for the camera lens cleaning cloth. After I used up my lens cleaning paper quite some years ago, I switch over to use my lens cleaning cloth.For LCD/Laptop, mostly, I just don't take that level of trouble and use what is at-hand - but I do avoid rubbing. I've seen scratches cause by rubbing hard. Gentle wipe only. With gentle wipe, you can avoid scratching even on LCD. (of course until the manufacturers do more "cost reduction" and they start using material as hard as butter under the hot summer sun).

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 04, 2019, 02:54:35 am
content: A roll of cotton kitchen cloths works just fine with a little isopropyl alcohol. No dust and a perfectly spotless screen without damaging the surface. They can also be washed and reused many times.

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2019, 04:18:35 am
content: use optical wipes

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2019, 09:04:57 am
content: Micro-fiber cloth works very well.

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2019, 01:02:13 pm
content: Ha!!!!... I do a lot of Pixel Level editing of Graphics, before converting 'images' to True Vector.I have lost count of the number of times I've tried to 'Edit' out something, when it's on the Screen!!!It is also a problem when you find out about "Dead Pixels", (obviously relative to LCD screens, andNOT the old CRT monitors). Although strangely, I have rarely ever found those in real life?