Cleanable LCD screens

I liked the old CRTs in way because they were very washable. With mineral glass you didn't have to worry about scratches and you could simple use any cloth you wanted.

With LCD you have to be very careful when cleaning the LCD surface. The surface is made of plastic that scratches easily so you have to buy special cloth for this. Also there is a high risk that cleaning liquid escapes under the display bezel when running down.

What I want is that laptop manufacturers (and also desktop) add a protective hardened class outside the LCD so that we can rub the screen just like on a CRT. Then there is the problem with glare so I guess you have to add some kind of anti-reflective coating.

Why haven't this become a standard on LCD screens?

 

Because its more expensive and adds yet another reflective layer to screens, and then you get dust stuck between the two layers and its a bit annoying... my HDX has both of these issues, with the dual reflections not being that big of an issue, but the dust being quite annoying.

 

How was that possible? Shouldn't the area between the LCD and the outer glass completely sealed?

 

In a perfect world, yes; but nothing is perfect so...

Its like how smartphones are now, dust gets between the outer glass/touch layer, and the actual display inside, which can't be fixed until they figure out a way to make the surface of an LCD touchable as well... but then you have issues of durability...

 

Get a microfibre cloth and keep it in your laptop bag.

 

Haven't changed my monitor/computer cleaning methods for nearly half a century...

Simply squirt a little Sunlight dishwashing liquid

see:
Home Hardware - 500mL Original Dish Soap


onto a new/clean J-Cloth

See:
J Cloth

and work/rinse out most of the soap under a gentle stream of warm(er) water (leave 2 or 3% of the Sunlight soap on the J-Cloth).

squeeze as much water as you can from the J-Cloth until it is only 'damp' and not dripping with excess water/soap.

Unfold the J-Cloth and snap it a couple of times from one corner to remove any remaining water drops.

Clean the screen/keyboard/mouse/laptop/etc. by bunching the J-Cloth up and swiping back and forth (gently) until the surface is 'wet'. Once 'wet', you should be able to see any dirty spots easily. Simply keep wiping gently until these spots disappear over the whole surface you're cleaning.

'Polish' the surface with the same J-Cloth (which should almost be dry by now) by very lightly going over the surface until it is dry and shiny and clean.

Make sure to view the surface being cleaned at different angle to be able to easily see any J-Cloth fibres that may have been left behind (simply wipe them with the almost dry J-Cloth to remove).

With this method - I have given/sold (sometimes decades later) old laptops/monitors and keyboards/mice that looked as is they were unpackaged yesterday.

If water, Sunlight and a J-Cloth can't clean it - I am 99.9% sure that nothing will.

Hope this helps.

 

I've actually gotten dust and debris out from between the diffuser sheets of a panel before. Its not crazy, definitely not too difficult for CCFL screens.

I don't see why it would be difficult to get it out from under a screen protector... though I guess they are probably glued on.