The plastic layers that make up your screen are very thin, and sensitive. Water and cloth are the mildest way to clean a screen and will clean almost all dirt, dust, smoke residue, and oily smudges form your screen.

Invest in a small leather chamois, and keep a little spritzer bottle handy with distilled water. These chemicals will eventually leave a yellow tint on your screen or worse yet, turn your screen cloudy. Windex has a number of harsh chemicals that are meant to clean glass and hard surfaces. January 7, Cougars- The best way to clean a laptop computer screen is just as the article stated. By the way, I have no interest in shield cleaner and I'm sure any alcohol-free lens cleaner is pretty much the same formulation.

The result was a very clean and streak-free monitor. I turned off the monitor so I could see well against the black, spritzed the screen three or four times and very gently went over the screen with the soft cloth. Both were giveaways from my last trip to the optician. I just cleaned my LCD monitor with Shield Lens Cleaner (alcohol-free) and a very soft (probably microfiber) cloth. I had a problem with my laptop screen, but couldn't find the solution anywhere until now! Great job!

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