How to clean a laptop screen with household products

This guide will show you just how to clean that dirty laptop screen with Windex, or other glass cleaning products that you may have lying around your house. All you need is a few simple supplies.

Step 1 What you will need

You will need

• Paper Towels
• Water
• A spray bottle, like an old windex bottle
• One laptop with a filthy screen
• Hands
• Half a brain

Also, make sure that you do not put the water directly on the screen.

Comments

[ScooterSES]

What happens is that the ammonia in the Windex reacts with the anti reflective coating on screens (at least CRTs) and it will leave spots in the coating.

[mdkelsh]

I must not have noticed it because my screen was a piece of crap

[mdkelsh]

I fixed it

[tri0xin]

Don't do this! We had a kid stain the screen of a new monitor at work by dousing it with windex. One side of the screen now has a nasty looking water stain down the side from windex getting underneath. I understand he sprayed directly onto it, but I'm sure using small amount over time will make the screen hazy.

[mdkelsh]

I fixed it

[ac1D]

never do that!

[gamer]

i thought i read somewhere that windex and laptop screen makes a chemical burning reaction... but i could have read wrong... and i also think i've already seen a simmular instructable. so, already been done. nice pictures thought. -gamer

[LinuxH4x0r]

It can discolor them

[joejoerowley]

Yeah, that's what I heard.

[GorillazMiko]

Nicely done. Imagine it blew up!

That would be awesome, but not for you.
Nice job!