microfiber cloth to clean screen ok? - Blu-ray Forum

paulfromtulsa · 08-23-2009, 02:46 PM

is it ok to wipe down the screen of a lcd tv with a microfiber cloth? will it stratch it. what else could i use to clean the screen?

ZedsDead · 08-23-2009, 02:51 PM

microfiber is fine, I bought the monster screen cleaner that came with a microfiber cloth, but any cloth will suffice.

D · 08-23-2009, 03:22 PM

Best to use a lense cloth, you can get one at at a camera shop, or with a screen cleaning kit.

solarrdadd · 08-23-2009, 03:26 PM

yes, the microfiber cloth is fine. just remember your not buffing your car! wipe the screen gently, without heavy handed, pressing motions and everything will work out fine. the other thing to remember is to tell folks "NOT TO TOUCH THE SCREEN WITH THEIR BARE HANDS!" i watch folks at work or home, computer or HDTV, they for some reason must touch it with their fingers while pointing at something. that oil on your fingers/hands will do more damage to the screen than dust will ever do to the screen. screens on HDTV's and LCD computer monitors are for watching, not touching!

Rob J in WNY · 08-23-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by solarrdadd

yes, the microfiber cloth is fine. just remember your not buffing your car! wipe the screen gently, without heavy handed, pressing motions and everything will work out fine. the other thing to remember is to tell folks "NOT TO TOUCH THE SCREEN WITH THEIR BARE HANDS!" i watch folks at work or home, computer or HDTV, they for some reason must touch it with their fingers while pointing at something. that oil on your fingers/hands will do more damage to the screen than dust will ever do to the screen. screens on HDTV's and LCD computer monitors are for watching, not touching!

Yes, have to agree. Make sure cloth is at least slightly damp as well. This will further reduce any abrasiveness. Easy, light pressure is the key. Just enough pressure to get clean the screen - no more. Hopefully, cleaning the screen will be required as LITTLE as possible. I've had my Sony XBR4 for going-on two years, and I've 'damp-cleaned' cleaned the screen twice so far. Dusting screen (with feather duster) is done a few times a month.

Getting people NOT to touch my 22" LCD screen at work is like bringing a knife to a gunfight. Pens, fingertips, ugh... I have marks, scratches and other anomalies permanently etched on the screen surface as a result of ignorance. At home, no problem, except for a full-hand print from my young son one time...lol. Cleaned it off without a hitch.

steve1971 · 08-24-2009, 03:27 AM

If your screen has finger prints on it then by all means use the cleaning solution and microfiber cloth from Monster that works very good. But if your just getting the dust off use a feather duster like I do. Plus it was cheap from Home Depot!

crazyBLUE · 08-24-2009, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by steve1971

If your screen has finger prints on it then by all means use the cleaning solution and microfiber cloth from Monster that works very good. But if your just getting the dust off use a feather duster like I do. Plus it was cheap from Home Depot!

I do the same ! one thing to add is to clean the screen when it is been off & is cool to prevent the solution from leaving smear marks from being warm !!

maverick22 · 08-26-2009, 11:24 PM

I just got into with my wife last night. There is about a 4 inch smear/line on my new TV, and I wiped it with the cloth that came with the TV. I asked my wife if she still sees it. She then walks up to the TV and starts rubbing the smear with her hands. I about had a heart attack right then and there!

Seriously though, it seems like when I use the cloth to wipe it off, it appears to go away, but it's actually still on there. Any suggestions to get this off? I don't know what caused it. I can't tell what it is.

Thanks in advance.

solarrdadd · 08-26-2009, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by maverick22

I just got into with my wife last night. There is about a 4 inch smear/line on my new TV, and I wiped it with the cloth that came with the TV. I asked my wife if she still sees it. She then walks up to the TV and starts rubbing the smear with her hands. I about had a heart attack right then and there!

Seriously though, it seems like when I use the cloth to wipe it off, it appears to go away, but it's actually still on there. Any suggestions to get this off? I don't know what caused it. I can't tell what it is.

Thanks in advance.

that is why i do all the dusting of anything near my stuff. i clean it all too. i keep my family and friends away from it. you need to get the Ike & Tina review going; she'll stop touching the screen then!

maverick22 · 08-26-2009, 11:49 PM

Oh yeah, I can't be around ALL the time though. I told her just let me clean it. Don't spray anything around it or anything...I'll handle it. She says she doesn't know what caused the smear either. I just want to get rid of the thing!

MaCruz · 08-27-2009, 12:20 AM

MF towel? I thought I was at the car detailing forums. My eyes got

i-Dak · 08-29-2009, 04:03 AM

I just use a damp Viva paper towel. My neice touched mine with stick fingers, and I tried like hell to clean it with the lil P.O.S micro-fiber towel and it didn't do crap! Thats when I turned to the softest made paper towel I could find. Get it damp with a light pressure for sticky finger prints. It's never done any harm to any of my Tv's or pc monitors.

ADstv · 08-30-2009, 06:17 AM

Usually just a microfiber cloth works, one thing is I dont show photos much on the TV, was displaying photos and my aunt was pointing and touching the screen I nearly had a fit, soon after cleaned it with the microfiber cloth. Sometimes adults are worse than kids.

BoomerKS · 08-30-2009, 06:33 AM

Everyone of my friends know NOT to get close to my TV. Its my baby, and only I will load a moie or clean the screen. I'm the same with my discs and the boxes. I had a friend who borrows a movie occasionally and the box comes back sticky or has crap on it. So I clean the box with a microfiber cloth too---LOL.

So, this is what being Obsessive/Compulsive feels like

ADstv · 08-30-2009, 07:05 AM

The funny thing is they wonder and complain why their electronic equipment keeps breaking down while all mine last for years and years. Just recently her computer LCD screen gave up, hmm wonder what the cause was...

CZAR · 10-09-2009, 04:46 PM

Do u have to slighty damp the microfiber cloth to clean it? I usually dont but wanna make sure. I noticed when i have damped the cloth and wiped the tv it seems to leave water smudge spots but they do go away. I just assume because its wet it does that until it drys but it still scares me. Anyway is it safe to dry wipe softly with microfiber? Got Em!!

t2rules · 10-09-2009, 05:26 PM

this works good of my samsung lcd but it will make a mess on my sony bravia
test it i also use a fiber cloth to wipe the dust

MaCruz · 10-09-2009, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by CZAR

Do u have to slighty damp the microfiber cloth to clean it? I usually dont but wanna make sure. I noticed when i have damped the cloth and wiped the tv it seems to leave water smudge spots but they do go away. I just assume because its wet it does that until it drys but it still scares me. Anyway is it safe to dry wipe softly with microfiber? Got Em!!

MF towels can scratch if you wipe the surface dry.

CZAR · 10-09-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by macruz19

MF towels can scratch if you wipe the surface dry.

Ok thanks! So would any duster work as well or do I need to buy a peticular one for dust? Got Em!!

MaCruz · 10-09-2009, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by CZAR

Ok thanks! So would any duster work as well or do I need to buy a peticular one for dust? Got Em!!

A duster would be ok, but using a damp MF is fine.

Cheap MF = scratched up surfaces.

08-23-2009, 02:46 PM	#1
paulfromtulsa Active Member Member since:Feb 2007	microfiber cloth to clean screen ok? is it ok to wipe down the screen of a lcd tv with a microfiber cloth? will it stratch it. what else could i use to clean the screen?

10-09-2009, 05:26 PM	#17
t2rules Active Member Member since:Sep 2008 Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:163 Blu-ray reviews:5	I use original windex and towel this works good of my samsung lcd but it will make a mess on my sony bravia test it i also use a fiber cloth to wipe the dust

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08-23-2009, 02:51 PM	#2
ZedsDead Senior Member Member since:Jul 2009 Home Theater Gallery:28 Blu-ray collection:94	microfiber is fine, I bought the monster screen cleaner that came with a microfiber cloth, but any cloth will suffice.

08-23-2009, 03:22 PM	#3
D Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Roaming the Highlands Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray reviews:1	Best to use a lense cloth, you can get one at at a camera shop, or with a screen cleaning kit.

08-23-2009, 03:26 PM	#4
solarrdadd Blu-ray Prince Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Virginia Home Theater Gallery:255 4K collection:209 Blu-ray collection:1344 DVD collection:4 Blu-ray reviews: 42 Trading Score:316	yes, the microfiber cloth is fine. just remember your not buffing your car! wipe the screen gently, without heavy handed, pressing motions and everything will work out fine. the other thing to remember is to tell folks "NOT TO TOUCH THE SCREEN WITH THEIR BARE HANDS!" i watch folks at work or home, computer or HDTV, they for some reason must touch it with their fingers while pointing at something. that oil on your fingers/hands will do more damage to the screen than dust will ever do to the screen. screens on HDTV's and LCD computer monitors are for watching, not touching!

08-24-2009, 03:27 AM	#6
steve1971 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Saint Paul Minnesota. 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:352 Blu-ray reviews: 119 Trading Score:1	If your screen has finger prints on it then by all means use the cleaning solution and microfiber cloth from Monster that works very good. But if your just getting the dust off use a feather duster like I do. Plus it was cheap from Home Depot!

08-26-2009, 11:24 PM	#8
maverick22 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Tejas 4K collection:943 Blu-ray collection:1424 DVD collection:2 MA collection:3 Digital collection:9 iTunes collection:10 Trading Score:282	I just got into with my wife last night. There is about a 4 inch smear/line on my new TV, and I wiped it with the cloth that came with the TV. I asked my wife if she still sees it. She then walks up to the TV and starts rubbing the smear with her hands. I about had a heart attack right then and there! Seriously though, it seems like when I use the cloth to wipe it off, it appears to go away, but it's actually still on there. Any suggestions to get this off? I don't know what caused it. I can't tell what it is. Thanks in advance.

08-26-2009, 11:49 PM	#10
maverick22 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Tejas 4K collection:943 Blu-ray collection:1424 DVD collection:2 MA collection:3 Digital collection:9 iTunes collection:10 Trading Score:282	Oh yeah, I can't be around ALL the time though. I told her just let me clean it. Don't spray anything around it or anything...I'll handle it. She says she doesn't know what caused the smear either. I just want to get rid of the thing!

08-27-2009, 12:20 AM	#11
MaCruz Community Gaming Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Jacksonville, FL Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:958 DVD collection:18 MA collection:394 Digital collection:570 iTunes collection:527 Prime collection:192 Blu-ray reviews: 23 Trading Score:139	MF towel? I thought I was at the car detailing forums. My eyes got

08-29-2009, 04:03 AM	#12
i-Dak Active Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Ankeny, IA Home Theater Gallery:10	I just use a damp Viva paper towel. My neice touched mine with stick fingers, and I tried like hell to clean it with the lil P.O.S micro-fiber towel and it didn't do crap! Thats when I turned to the softest made paper towel I could find. Get it damp with a light pressure for sticky finger prints. It's never done any harm to any of my Tv's or pc monitors.

08-30-2009, 06:17 AM	#13
ADstv Active Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Perth, Australia Home Theater Gallery:70 4K collection:300 Blu-ray collection:712 DVD collection:54 iTunes collection:5 Trading Score:1	Usually just a microfiber cloth works, one thing is I dont show photos much on the TV, was displaying photos and my aunt was pointing and touching the screen I nearly had a fit, soon after cleaned it with the microfiber cloth. Sometimes adults are worse than kids.

08-30-2009, 06:33 AM	#14
BoomerKS Active Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Manhattan, KS Blu-ray collection:708	Everyone of my friends know NOT to get close to my TV. Its my baby, and only I will load a moie or clean the screen. I'm the same with my discs and the boxes. I had a friend who borrows a movie occasionally and the box comes back sticky or has crap on it. So I clean the box with a microfiber cloth too---LOL. So, this is what being Obsessive/Compulsive feels like

08-30-2009, 07:05 AM	#15
ADstv Active Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Perth, Australia Home Theater Gallery:70 4K collection:300 Blu-ray collection:712 DVD collection:54 iTunes collection:5 Trading Score:1	The funny thing is they wonder and complain why their electronic equipment keeps breaking down while all mine last for years and years. Just recently her computer LCD screen gave up, hmm wonder what the cause was...

10-09-2009, 04:46 PM	#16
CZAR Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Camp Crystal lake 4K collection:72 Blu-ray collection:312 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:75	Do u have to slighty damp the microfiber cloth to clean it? I usually dont but wanna make sure. I noticed when i have damped the cloth and wiped the tv it seems to leave water smudge spots but they do go away. I just assume because its wet it does that until it drys but it still scares me. Anyway is it safe to dry wipe softly with microfiber? Got Em!!

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