Best way to clean the screen?

[wyndslash]

I was trying to use the spen but the screen was too oily for it to be very responsive. So what's the best way to clean the screen? Wouldn't a microfiber cloth just spread the oil around? Do I need to use alcohol or something?

 

[Herodroid]

I just use a microfiber cloth, but you could you a small spray of lens cleaner if you needed to.

 

[ScandaLeX]

^ What HD said.

 

[snsjets]

I use a warm, damp sponge or microfiber cloth with a drop of mild detergent followed by clean microfiber cloth. Works great! Same way I clean iPad and computer monitors. Never had an issue or scratch.

 

[wyndslash]

I've got a lens cleaner here so I'll try that first

 

[wyndslash]

Wiped the screen but still feels oily

 

[wyndslash]

I wonder if I can use alcohol

 

[ScandaLeX]

I wonder if I can use alcohol

Can't hurt.

 

[bonerp]

your sleeve! Mine always comes up clean.

Bit OTT isnt it cleaning it with lense cleaner etc, which you will then touch with oily fingers?!

 

[Corki2]

I use a real microfiber cloth. If the screen is really dirty, I dampen the cloth on one corner then dry with another corner. I was using my eyeglass cleaner but I found out a true microfiber cloth works much better on fingerprints.

 

[wyndslash]

What do you mean by a true microfiber cloth?

 

[Phases]

I rub it on my shirt or pant leg.

 

[wyndslash]

I just don't want the tip of the spen to get caked with oil. By the way, how do you clean the nib?

 

[TMD78]

I always use micorfiber lens cloths made for eyeglasses and a quick spray of the lens cleaner.

Microfiber cloths wear out, or at least craps out eventually. I go through a few a year and they get to a point where they are just spreading around the oils.

Every year I go to the eye doctor and am thrilled to get the free spray and cloth handout to clean my gadgets with (lol, the little things).

 

[wyndslash]

Will lcd cleaner work too?

 

[Corki2]

What do you mean by a true microfiber cloth?

I've had cloths that say microfiber but they are just smooth, almost shiny looking squares. They just smear stuff around. I look for microfiber cloths that look almost like a shammy and they grab the junk right off the screen.

 

[some.devil]

microfiber cloth

 

[casarosa]

I just use the same thing that I clean my spectacles with a spray along with a microfiber cloth

 

[BufordTJustice]

Your pant leg just before the knee works pretty well and if you have a real dirty spot the bottom of your shirt or sleeve cuff work well for rubbing hard.

 

[lcneed]

I just do "hahhhhh" on the screen and clean it with my sleeve and bottom of the shirt.

 

[TheOtherBill]

I put on a Spigen Ultra Oleophobic screen protector and since then it's needed nothing but a quick shirt wipe. It really makes a difference.

 

[edlex]

Dry 3M microfiber cloth.

 

[evohicks]

I put on a Spigen Ultra Oleophobic screen protector and since then it's needed nothing but a quick shirt wipe. It really makes a difference.

I'm going to try one of these next time, I use the ultra clear atm but the Ultra Oleophobic seems to get better reviews.
Btw i usually just dampen one end of an old t-shirt and wipe it dry with the other part, I do have screen cleaners in sealed pouches, might try one of them sometime.

 

[Liam548]

3m high performance cloths. Expensive but great

 

[wyndslash]

I'm still waiting for my ultra oleo to arrive