How to Clean an LCD Monitor

If you own a computer monitor, it's going to get dirty. In addition to collecting dust and other particles floating through the air, your monitor will get smudged by your fingerprints pointing things out to other people. If you own an lcd monitor and want to clean it, you should read this article first and not make certain common mistakes. This article will demonstrate how to clean an lcd monitor effectively without damaging the screen or other part of the hardware.

Lcd monitors are different from crt monitors because they don't have a thick glass or plastic covering over the electronic display area. In this sense your lcd monitor screen is more like a calculator screen than a crt monitor or a television screen. Because of this, you need to pay special attention to what cleaning agents you use on this particular type of screen. Using the wrong type of cleaning fluid can cause damage to the liquid crystal display, which is the last thing you want to do on an expensive lcd monitor.

To remove dust particles and other free-floating debris from your lcd monitor, you can either use a soft, moisture-free cloth or a Swiffer cloth. I prefer Swiffer dusting cloths because they not only sweep away dust and debris, but also catch it in special electrostatic grooves in the fabric. So potentially a Swiffer cloth can clean an lcd screen more effectively than a regular soft cloth, but how you choose to remove dust is really a matter of personal preference. Just be sure that neither cloth contains any hard piece of debris that could potentially scratch the surface of the lcd monitor.