Best way to clean monitor screen?

[fustercluck]

Heyas, i got a new monitor (NEC FE2111SB) and it's tricky to clean, it has a special sort of screen. Can't use windex or anything with alcohol, and just using little dabs of water doesn't seems to work well. There's some smudges on the screen that i can't get rid of. Here's what the manual says about cleaning it:

A special coating is provided on the glass (CRT) surface of this monitor to
reduce a reflection and static electricity on the glass surface.
Due to the delicate coating on the glass surface, use a lint-free, nonabrasive
cloth (cotton or equivalent) and a non-alcohol, neutral, nonabrasive cleaning
solution to minimize dust. If the screen requires more than a light cleaning,
apply water or soften neutral detergent with much water directly to a soft cloth
and use it upon wringing water, to clean the glass surface.
CAUTION: The following agents will cause damage to the CRT when cleaning
the glass surface: Benzene, thinner, acid/alkaline detergent, alcohol detergent,
detergent with abrasive powder, detergent with antistatic agent, detergent
for cleaning

So not sure what to use, i assume they'll have what i'm looking for over at Office Depot or Comp USA or something.

 

[CP5670]

Yeah, I have a very similar monitor (mitsubishi 2070) and the coating makes it sort of difficult to clean smudges and fingerprints. I got some glass cleaning cloths from Staples that seem to work quite well (they are just labelled microfiber cloths). Water is generally not needed and a slight dampening of the cloth ]gets rid of the tougher smudges nicely. I have to rub the cloth quite a bit though for the stain to completely disappear.

 

[govtcheez75]

Go to your local Apple store and get this stuff called "Apple Polish" made by iKlear. I use it to clean just about everything. It doesn't damage anything including special coatings. It's kind of expensive and pretty tough to use since you really have to buff for a while, but well worth it.

 

[fustercluck]

Apple store hmm, don't think there is one around here 😛 - Any idea what the product name is for the ones you found at staples? There's no local Staples stores here either, but i imagine similar or the same products can be found at competing stores. Does this look familiar? I wonder of those would work or not...says Nonabrasive but also says "Not for use on antiglare or notebook computer screens". That's all i can find when searching the office supply websites though.

 

[CP5670]

These are the things I was talking about:
http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/store...angId=-1&productId=86849&cmArea=SEARCH

It says that they are for LCDs but they work very well on CRT glass too. Kind of expensive though considering that the pack only contains two cloths. At least they are reusuable and don't get dirty easily. You can probably get similar items at other stores.

 

[fustercluck]

Well, i already have a good cloth, i suppose if i could just find some kind of liquid or something to use it with i'd be alright, not sure what to look for though.

 

[Bona Fide]

Just get a water-based cleaner, since they recommend a chemically neutral formula. Alcohols might do a bit of damage.

 

[ElFenix]

ivory dish soap (100% pure soap) and water, using a piece of cotton (hanes t-shirts work well, just run them through the wash a time or two first)