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Safely Cleaning LCD Displays?
An anonymous reader asks: "I own several laptops and one flat-panel LCD display, and I am trying to find a good way to keep them clean without damaging them. Using the alcohol-based cleaning wipes that I normally use for my CRT displays doesn't seem right, and I had an (idiot) friend who shorted out a great many of the transistors on his laptop's LCD by spraying Windex on it. What's the best way to clean these things without damaging them or creating buildup that I'll just have to clean off again separately?"
Having a two year old can be rough on a LCD screen. In fact, just last night, my son used a colored pencil on my 18" desktop screen. No physical harm, just markings. I also setup an old laptop for him to bang on when I'm working (he just wants to be like me) and he used a crayon on the laptop LCD. Since I didn't care about the laptop screen, I decided to try one of the various "Orange" cleaning agents (the foaming kind) on the screen. Much to my suprise, the crayon and the colored pencil markings were removed with barely any pressure on the screens.
Both LCDs probably look better now than they did when they were brand new. No streaks, no damage, just clean.