How to Clean Your Netbook's LCD Screen

Your netbook's LCD screen is one of its most expensive parts. The bad thing about it is that netbook LCD screens are not that easily available in the market, unlike regular laptops, which all the more reason that you should take good care of your netbook.

A netbook's LCD is the part that looks visibly dirty, it can easily bear the mark of fingerprints and dust. The netbook's sensitive LCD screen imperative that you do NOT wipe it with dry lint-free cloth since the dust particles will likely scratch the surface. The easiest way to clean your netbook's monitor is to buy a professional-grade LCD monitor solution. These, however, are expensive. A big bottle costs almost $20 while a mini bottle set costs almost $15 on Amazon.

Here is another way to clean your netbook's LCD.

1. Find a soft piece of cotton cloth.

This could be anything from your mother's old handkerchief to your baby's cloth diapers. Remember that an LCD screen is pretty much like baby's skin - anything as rough as tissue paper and toilet rolls can scratch it permanently. If you can't find any piece of cotton cloth, a lint cloth will do. Lint is also very common, just ask your mother for her eyeglass buff cleaner.

2. Prepare a home-made LCD cleaning solution

Mix one part of de-ionized water or distilled water with one part of vinegar OR isopropyl alcohol. Do not use tap water or mineral water since their dissolved salts can leave white marks on your netbook's LCD screen. This solution is also god for cleaning High-Definition TV and Plasma TV.

Do not use solutions that contain acetone, ammonia, ethyl acid, ethyl alcohol, toluene, or methyl chloride. If you're buying a cleaning solution, check the label for any traces of ammonia. While your LCD screen may be clean, over time these solutions can damage your netbook's display panel.

3. Turn of your netbook.

Turning off your netbook can help you spot problematic areas on the LCD, or places where there are smudges or fingerprints. Spray the solution on the soft cloth and wipe the LCD in one direction, from top to bottom. If you see streaks after wiping, wipe with a dry cloth immediately after. Be careful not too pressure on the LCD screen. Never spray the home-made solution directly on to the screen.

Before using your netbook or closing it, makes sure that the LCD is already dry. As a matter of advice, do not touch your netbook's LCD screen. If you do it often enough and hard enough, it might leave permanent fingerprints on your screen.

Caring for your LCD screen takes a bit more work than cleaning your netbook's casing. Some netbook models actually come with their own cleaning buffs so your casing stays clean. If your netbook screen has scratches (from your cat's nails or your own), buy some products that are designed to buff scratches off plastic. Make sure though that your screen is glossy and not matte. Buffing off scratches on matte finish screens with these solutions will only make things worse.

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