@@esesoyyo96 you are wrong. He's a professional monitor cleaner. LMG is merely his side hustle. In fact, Plouffe cleaned my monitors and my TV this morning. He did an awful job and he talked too much. 2/10.
--- Indeed, me neither. The actual question here should be: "Why is your monitor dirty to begin with?!" Occasinal dust removal obviously is a normal routine. But otherwise one would need to deliberately smudge their monitor to make it dirty. Granted, when it comes to the "cats"-variable, my experience seem to be with super cleanly rural specimen; basically almost no hair aside a little on their own personal day-nap-pillow. ---
--- @@JS-oh2dp I'll double down: I for one have gone further beyond avoiding to things to clean up later, I.E. any unnecessary extra work especially when it comes to my electronic-equipments. Topic-wise-examples: - The sneezing I always block my mouth with something and I always try sneeze downwards below my keyboard-tray / drawer / *insert-fitting-word-here*. This indeed means that occasionally my head almost dips onto the floor there is at least two layers between my head and monitor ( the table itself, and the keyboard-tray ). - Food and drinks and generally anything that is not dry stays inside "wet-rooms" (E.G. kitchen) far away from my electronics, aside for the occasional barely damp / moist rag when cleaning shelves and such. So yeah, "user-errors" tend to be avoidable; unfortunately 99% of human-creatures "love" repeating errors. I for one have been able to keep my monitors "spotless" for at minimum more than a decade as of posting this message, nevermind the screen of my monitors having almost no dust either accumulating to begin with ( it certainly helps that I keep my monitors tilted slightly downwards / towards me ). ---
Guys DO NOT use a circular motion. If you’ve done any amount of professional cleaning, the first thing you learn it never circular. Circular scratches show up more than any thing and is also the most abrasive so if there are any small particulates on the microfiber cloth or screen that you were not aware of, it’ll scratch the crap out the surface. Always do a bit of a smooth zigzag motion horizontally
@@Iisakki3000That's different. Scratches that are near parallel to the disk's tracks can cause the laser to follow it to an adjacent track. If you wipe outward then any scratches are perpendicular to the tracks and don't affect reading as much.
also, the more you use these "circular motion's" on your monitor the more you "polish" the surface, leaving it shinier in some places compared to the others, what i do and have been doing since 20+ years is using window cleaner and just very gently going from left to right, up and down, then at the very end cleaning small spots that have not been dissolved in the first run. Never had a problem of "over polishing" or the "coating" coming off.
Yeah, seriously... Some spring waters are filtered and some aren't so it's totally misleading. Whole Foods has a machine where you can fill up bottles of distilled and deionized water, which is cheaper anyway (closer to the price of tap water).
@@emma70707 yea except distilled isn’t free of minerals either deionized is around the point we’re there’s enough taken out to not leave particulates behind but not so pure as to be toxic
@@Doubie. this is the first I’ve ever heard this. I thought the minerals were left behind when the base water is boiled during distilling…I’d love to do research on it though.
It depends what material and coatings your screen has alcohol isn’t good for poly but is fine for silicates and ceramics but you still need to watch it melting your bezels
A better option is go to settings>select display and brightness>scroll down , there will be an option of clean your monitor you'll be amazed to see wipers cleaning your whole monitor located inside your computer
Pro tip: Use compressed air before spraying or wiping anything. Scratches are generally from spreading around dirt/particles. Microfiber will still scratch your monitor if you're pushing around dirt. Paper towels wont scratch your monitor if it isn't pushing around dirt.
@@QuesadillaSlam I'm a little curious what you're doing to your monitor that it becomes nasty... Other than a little dust, there's nothing on my monitors.
@@treborrrrr yea my brother used my computer so it got nasty… couldn’t be me tho but ofc I have to clean it up bro there were stains on it n shit fucming gross
It's actually been me doing it this entire time. I'm amazed you still haven't realized. If you're curious as to who I am, I'm the one in all your nightmares. You just haven't seen me yet.
@@ripstah1908 There would be no point in selling distilled spring water. You could get it from a tap cheaper and have an identical product. But then again people would probably buy it.
@@I.C.Weiner Depends how soft your water is, tap water around my area is too hard for any effective cleaning. Definitely saw differences in smudges when using some much softer bottled distilled spring. Deionized water was by far the best, just costs a bit more.
When you were talking about alcohol damaging screens, the MacBook pro you showed wasn’t damaged by alcohol. That is screen delimitation which is a common problem with retina MacBook Pro laptops. The delaminating just happens as the anti glare coating breaks down.
As somebody who has only cleaned with alcohol not high concentration like 70/91 I have not had that problem. I've only seen that problem on the original MacBook Air which I got with a nice puffy bloated battery and it looked more like a taco it wouldn't close and the screen was broken because of it. The only issue I've had with the alcohol has been direct spraying and it eating the rubber around the bezel, so I now spray it on my cloth first. But whenever I see this I get super paranoid and concerned that one day something is gonna get sprayed on something and it's gonna be like toddler with a sharpie on a big screen TV look.
I would actually be more concerned with the use of Clorox wipes as they leave a residue! Recently I was at an event where they use tablets for voting and for the past 2 years Clorox wipes and they're having issues with the residue. I also used to work somewhere where we had a wood table that was painted and after a year of it being repainted it was stripped of paint because of the Clorox wipes that were being used. PS you're supposed to wear gloves according to the instructions!
I make sure to never touch my monitor so as not to leave finger prints. When I sneeze, I do it facing a direction away from my monitor. When I talk I make sure not to spit when I talk. I maintain my monitor with a can of compressed air to get rid of any dust.
LMAO i was eating yesterday and while chewing my body randomly felt the urge to cough. I tried to suppress it by keeping my mouth closed but I only made the food travel at light speed directly at my monitor and everything I was like… maaaan wtf is this what I get for trying to avoid that lol
@@WayStedYouyeah you know how clean my tap water is? Check your privilege kid. If you live in the U.S and didn't know that tap water across the country isn't the same. Congratulations on being able to live in your ignorant little bubble. But now you know. So STFU and maybe think for one second before you assume your personal experiences are representative of the general publics. You're not a bad person for having privilege. You're a bad person for not having the self-awareness to recognize the choices/options you have might not be available to everyone.
OLEDS are glass so it should be perfectly fine, glass doesn’t react to alcohol. And regardless alcohol is only an issue for screens when using super high concentrations, if you dilute it or use small amounts it’s no big deal
Hand wash is easiest as other have said. If you have several, you CAN machine wash, delicate cycle, cold water, minimal detergent (squirt in some dawn or something) DO NOT use fabric softener.
I throw them in the washer without any softener and tumble dry with low heat (no heat/air dry would be better if you only have a few cloths). My eyeglass cloths are still good 5 years later and my automotive/general purpose microfibers lasted 2 years before they wore out. Previously I used to hand wash them but they just wouldn't get clean enough and resulted in reduced cleaning power and much more streaking
You can just wash them with your regular laundry. But as someone else said don't use fabric softener. It won't clean at all if it's full of waxy fabric softener.
@@dcorbe Hello fellow TC viewer! Yeah, I've seen that one. It's definitely not the detergent. My shower runs orange for the first few seconds after I turn it on and my white clothes all have a yellow tint, the water is definitely the issue. Would love to do something about it, but I rent so I don't have many options :(
@@Capiosus yes, but it has other chemicals that prevent it from damaging anti reflective coatings, making it significantly better than any single chemical solution
@@YD_. This is not always the case, and I used to clean Zeiss and other professional lenses and screens. Sometimes Glasses cleaners can damage AF coatings, even on some glasses, it really depends on how the products interact. I recommend distilled water or at least water with minimal mineral content, less mineral content also reduces the chance of conductivity causing a short if some extra water runs off into places it shouldn't.
I cleaned my monitors with paper towels, isopropyl alcohol, while turned on and in a corner to corner motion all my life but thanks, now I'll be extra paranoid. This video is accurate, I'm just lazy and lucky thus far
Some monitors have a gloss finish on the membrane. Alcohol will destroy that protective layer. If you have an old school Glass monitor on the otherhand - then no issues
I just use a clean shirt. Small spray of water on the shirt to make it damp. Give it a pass over the monitor and used the dry part of the shirt to clean it up. No scratches and the monitors look great.
Same here. old t-shirts work well. It's also worth a dray gentle wipe over first, if there's anything gritty on the screen it helps remove it before buffing scratches into the screen.
I’ve been using the cleaning liquid I bought for my camera lenses and accompanying microfiber cloth. If it is good to clean optical quality glass without stripping the coatings, it should be fine for a glossy monitor. So far, so good. 👍
The first tip is to only buy mouse pads which can be cleaned in a washing machine. The second tip is to wash it in a washing machine. Mild detergent or soap, cold water, low cycle, the top side should face outwards. Dry it on a flat surface, maybe put a towel under it. You generally don't want to us a dryer, there's some risk of damage and deformation.
Absolutely avoid any running water drops on the display, if any of those run down under the bezel you can damage the chip on flex bonding to the lcd glass (usually at the bottom bezel since that's where everyone puts their logos). This can cause lines on the screen, usually vertical or black outs, or missing parts, etc. that's why you need to get rid of the excess as shown in this video.
True. Why do they touch it with their greasy fingers to point on something on the screen. Their careless touch also damaged a couple pixels of my monitor.
accidentally sent yoghurt flying while playing with my spoon one time. Thought it all missed the monitor, just to see 4 hours later when I came back that there was a huge dried up yoghurt stain on it. Did this exact method (already learned it a long time ago) and it cleaned it off perfectly
wouldn't really call you a dumbass just for that, I've been cleaning my screens with alcohol for the past 15 years, phones, monitor, laptop, tv, they are all fine after years and years. seems that just some monitors coated with some kind of antiglare material are prone to getting damaged by alcohol but most screens don't have that coating
i don't clean my screen sort of. i clear the dust off the top and back but thats about it. i use them in such a dark room you wouldn't really notice junk on the screen and if you do i just call it a extra feature. i do clean them but not alot maybe once every year or two depends on the screen.
I have a little finger pump spray bottle and use 50% isopropyl alcohol and 50% distilled water with a microfiber cloth. Has been working great for years with no damage to my screens. The diluted alcohol helps it dry faster without leaving water marks.
Using water always leaves smudges and spots. Use whatever you want because unless you're cleaning your screen once a week, alcohol or windex won't make any difference.
@@DxCBuG glass cleaner is fine, don't be insane. You could use distilled water if you don't understand very basic chemistry, but at that point you might as well just not clean your monitor, because that's about the situation you will be in after using distilled water.
@@flyingtentacle7631 okay Mr chemistry teacher. I think most dirt on monitors does not require soap or anything else that disolves it. But i can't talk for your monitors... And of course all the hints in the manual on many Monitors to not use alcohol basee cleaners are fake as well. Or maybe your monitors aren't dirty and you use just glad based apple monitors
If your monitor is particularly dirty, use an alcohol-free coating-safe lens cleaning spray. It should be safe and will help cut through any oils on the monitor.
For this you use distilled water and if there is fat on it you can use curd soap. You need 2 small buckets, both with distilled water, in one bucket you wash the microfiber cloth to get rid of the soap. The screen has to be cleaned repeatedly with the clean rag until the soap is gone. After that you have an absolutely clean and grease-free screen that looks like it was just taken out of the packaging.
I got my monitor new and havent touched the screen itself in ~8 months. I just take a paint brush and wipe the dust off it when the sun hits it just right. No scratches or anything
Me who has been using distilled water for 10+ years to clean my monitors.. it really is that simple. It'll look brand new when you're done. Also if you put your fingers on my monitor I will break them off.
Pro tip: instead of applying the water directly to the cloth and saturating part of it, you should first wash your hands, then dry them, to remove any excess oils. After that, wet your clean hands with distilled water. Then, use a dry and clean microfiber cloth to soak up only the amount of water that remains on your hands after wetting them. This is true dampness. None of the cloth should be saturated with water, and by doing this, you avoid the risk of squeezing out droplets which can fall into cracks in the screen and damage electronic components.
I used to use water, but one of my old monitor probably didn't have any coating. The water seeped in and the whole screen became white. So I have started buying screen cleaner. And use that very sparingly. Mostly just wiping down dust with a dry cloth 2-3 times a day keeps things clean
Honestly I've been using ~50% water + 90% alco on my matte monitors (yeah a waste I know) and have been perfectly fine, but at least now I know I probably shouldn't
I wouldn’t really trust this just because they say use a left to right up and down sweeping motion when dusting your monitor and use a different towel to wet dampen and wipe off your monitor as to reduce scratches. So don’t trust that.
Circular motions can cause circular scratches with any debris on the monitor, which are viewable from many directions and are thus worse than side to side and diagonal scratches.
One time, an intern, near the end of his internship, attempted a good gesture and cleaned my boss's laptop and screen. We have no idea what all he used (I suspect Lysol/Clorox disinfecting/sanitizing wipes?), but the screen's surface was left with swirl marks. Boss was not happy. Intern's plan to get hired on did not work LOL. Boss lived with the swirls for 2 years.
Plain distilled water is fine, but 50/50 distilled water and white vinegar is ideal. It does add a small amount of cleaning power, but it also acts as a drying agent.
advice fr: DON'T use circular motion instead, go edge-to-edge in a straight line, then rinse-and-repeat 3-5 passes; be sure to dig into the corners with your fingernails if your monitor have thick bezels, as those are often easily overlooked and can make your monitor looks dirty even when it's cleaned (because it is) for each pass, make sure to flip your cloth to a clean side, and use less water
I use 1 part vinegar, and two parts water to do mine. I use a shot glass to figure out the amounts, then a micro fiber cloth and the mixture to clean the screen. Works without damaging the coating. Make sure your micro fiber cloth has nothing hard stuck in it's fibers as well.
Water is actually a really good cleaner, in science it's sometimes called the universal solvent because so many things dissolve in it, distilled is the purest and most effective water for cleaning, drinking water is already partially saturated with minerals and various impurities making it less effective at cleaning as well as leaving streaks. A small amount of white vinegar mixed in can help too without much risk of damaging anything.
Use 50:50 water and isopropanol. Apply with a damp microfiber cloth. Use circular motions. Dry and polish with circular motions with a clean and dry microfiber cloth. Works as well when you have fat on your screen, where water struggles.
Ironic part is that Linus said word by word "Plouffe is the only guy I know that makes things dirtier by cleaning them"
He just host the video, some else clean the monitor to show
@@esesoyyo96 you are wrong. He's a professional monitor cleaner. LMG is merely his side hustle. In fact, Plouffe cleaned my monitors and my TV this morning. He did an awful job and he talked too much. 2/10.
HAHA
@@neoquetoSo, what you're actually saying is that he's an unprofessional monitor cleaner? 🤣
@@SnownessProfessional just means he gets paid for it. Whether that money was worth it, well....
Instructions unclear, after drinking the 90% alcohol I passed out and broke the monitor.
You're supposed to use distilled water, not distill the alcohol further.
@tiobetio9501 I was doing it all wrong. I thought you have to use instilled water.
I'm distilling alcohol and drinking water .
did I do it right ??
yea you should drink water then pour alcohol on the keyboard then close the laptop lud then shake it and you are good to go
I usually clean my monitor with an original japanese Katana.
I have to buy a new monitor each time, but the new monitor is super clean.
Why is this comment so underrated its funny as fu*k
LMAOO
That's was unexpected...
oh, that’s how you actually clean it, thanks
Very effective 👌
"Are you sure you've been cleaning your monitor the right way?"
Bitch please, I haven't been cleaning it at all!
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Indeed, me neither.
The actual question here should be:
"Why is your monitor dirty to begin with?!"
Occasinal dust removal obviously is a normal routine.
But otherwise one would need to deliberately smudge their monitor to make it dirty.
Granted, when it comes to the "cats"-variable, my experience seem to be with super cleanly rural specimen;
basically almost no hair aside a little on their own personal day-nap-pillow.
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@@PaveMentman same lol
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@@JS-oh2dp
I'll double down:
I for one have gone further beyond avoiding to things to clean up later,
I.E. any unnecessary extra work especially when it comes to my electronic-equipments.
Topic-wise-examples:
- The sneezing I always block my mouth with something and I always try sneeze downwards below my keyboard-tray / drawer / *insert-fitting-word-here*.
This indeed means that occasionally my head almost dips onto the floor there is at least two layers between my head and monitor
( the table itself, and the keyboard-tray ).
- Food and drinks and generally anything that is not dry stays inside "wet-rooms"
(E.G. kitchen)
far away from my electronics,
aside for the occasional barely damp / moist rag when cleaning shelves and such.
So yeah, "user-errors" tend to be avoidable;
unfortunately 99% of human-creatures "love" repeating errors.
I for one have been able to keep my monitors "spotless" for at minimum more than a decade as of posting this message, nevermind the screen of my monitors having almost no dust either accumulating to begin with
( it certainly helps that I keep my monitors tilted slightly downwards / towards me ).
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PC- dusty, monitor- crusty, they took my paper towels cause ltt don't trust me! 😂
Guys DO NOT use a circular motion. If you’ve done any amount of professional cleaning, the first thing you learn it never circular. Circular scratches show up more than any thing and is also the most abrasive so if there are any small particulates on the microfiber cloth or screen that you were not aware of, it’ll scratch the crap out the surface. Always do a bit of a smooth zigzag motion horizontally
Just like when cleaning cd/dvd/blu-ray. Circular scratches are way more likely to make the disc unreadable.
@@Iisakki3000That's different. Scratches that are near parallel to the disk's tracks can cause the laser to follow it to an adjacent track. If you wipe outward then any scratches are perpendicular to the tracks and don't affect reading as much.
@@mixttime I mean yeah it's different but then again it really isn't. Same thing but for a bit different reason.
also, the more you use these "circular motion's" on your monitor the more you "polish" the surface, leaving it shinier in some places compared to the others, what i do and have been doing since 20+ years is using window cleaner and just very gently going from left to right, up and down, then at the very end cleaning small spots that have not been dissolved in the first run. Never had a problem of "over polishing" or the "coating" coming off.
Nothing better than good ol spit and a gentle finger wipe to remove smudges 😝
distilled water: shows spring water which is full of minerals
Yeah, seriously... Some spring waters are filtered and some aren't so it's totally misleading. Whole Foods has a machine where you can fill up bottles of distilled and deionized water, which is cheaper anyway (closer to the price of tap water).
Reused water bottle maybe?
@@emma70707 yea except distilled isn’t free of minerals either deionized is around the point we’re there’s enough taken out to not leave particulates behind but not so pure as to be toxic
@@Doubie. this is the first I’ve ever heard this. I thought the minerals were left behind when the base water is boiled during distilling…I’d love to do research on it though.
@@Doubie. so, virtually pure water is, "toxic"?
me whos been using windex and paper towels for 20 years:
Oh...
Me who was gonna comment, who the f would need such a common sense tip: O.o
@@dzibanart8521 based
It depends what material and coatings your screen has alcohol isn’t good for poly but is fine for silicates and ceramics but you still need to watch it melting your bezels
I miss cathode-ray tube monitors 😬
lol!
I just lick my monitor clean tbh
Too based honestly
...like a tru warrior
hahahahaha
Same bro 😫
1 question
what displayed on your monitor when you lick it
A better option is go to settings>select display and brightness>scroll down , there will be an option of clean your monitor you'll be amazed to see wipers cleaning your whole monitor located inside your computer
This is true
Source: It came to me in a dream
can confirm this still works. my hero
Pro tip: Use compressed air before spraying or wiping anything. Scratches are generally from spreading around dirt/particles. Microfiber will still scratch your monitor if you're pushing around dirt. Paper towels wont scratch your monitor if it isn't pushing around dirt.
And there I was cleaning mine with gasoline and a Scotchbrite pad ;)
It's good to remove the rust from your screen tho.
@@rpgspyware9560good for playing rust
40 Grit Sandpaper FTW!
@@2Hard2Core :)
@@JustinEmlay :)
Good thing I never cleaned my monitor
real
Nasty
@@QuesadillaSlam I'm a little curious what you're doing to your monitor that it becomes nasty... Other than a little dust, there's nothing on my monitors.
@@treborrrrr yea my brother used my computer so it got nasty… couldn’t be me tho but ofc I have to clean it up bro there were stains on it n shit fucming gross
My laptop monitor I had to clean often but my monitor on my desk I just clean once every 2 years or so because nothing much happens to it
Sometimes I ask myself how the heck fingerprints can even get on my monitor if I don’t touch that shit 😂
@@linearswitchguy9593 the voices they dont stop
@@linearswitchguy9593 Loved it, good job.
@LinearSwitchGuy awesome comment bro, I love reading this type of stuff
@LinearSwitchGuy np, creative comments are far and few between, it's always nice to see em
It's actually been me doing it this entire time. I'm amazed you still haven't realized. If you're curious as to who I am, I'm the one in all your nightmares. You just haven't seen me yet.
LTT should do a video about cleaning common components of a computer setup
Excellent idea!
I always use a sandblaster, never have any smudges left.
And you never have a monitor left
Z
“Use distilled water”
Holds up just of spring water....
distilled water is just a type of purification. it can be from a spring.
@@ripstah1908it would be marketed as distilled, no one cares if their distilled water comes from a spring
@@ripstah1908 There would be no point in selling distilled spring water. You could get it from a tap cheaper and have an identical product.
But then again people would probably buy it.
@ripstah1908 eh kinda, it's really pretty extreme though. It's pretty much pure water with low, or no devolved solids.
@@I.C.Weiner Depends how soft your water is, tap water around my area is too hard for any effective cleaning. Definitely saw differences in smudges when using some much softer bottled distilled spring. Deionized water was by far the best, just costs a bit more.
When you were talking about alcohol damaging screens, the MacBook pro you showed wasn’t damaged by alcohol. That is screen delimitation which is a common problem with retina MacBook Pro laptops. The delaminating just happens as the anti glare coating breaks down.
Yep. Modern LCD screens can be cleaned with alcohol just fine.
As somebody who has only cleaned with alcohol not high concentration like 70/91 I have not had that problem. I've only seen that problem on the original MacBook Air which I got with a nice puffy bloated battery and it looked more like a taco it wouldn't close and the screen was broken because of it. The only issue I've had with the alcohol has been direct spraying and it eating the rubber around the bezel, so I now spray it on my cloth first. But whenever I see this I get super paranoid and concerned that one day something is gonna get sprayed on something and it's gonna be like toddler with a sharpie on a big screen TV look.
I would actually be more concerned with the use of Clorox wipes as they leave a residue! Recently I was at an event where they use tablets for voting and for the past 2 years Clorox wipes and they're having issues with the residue. I also used to work somewhere where we had a wood table that was painted and after a year of it being repainted it was stripped of paint because of the Clorox wipes that were being used. PS you're supposed to wear gloves according to the instructions!
Real distilled water: allow me to introduce myself
I make sure to never touch my monitor so as not to leave finger prints. When I sneeze, I do it facing a direction away from my monitor. When I talk I make sure not to spit when I talk. I maintain my monitor with a can of compressed air to get rid of any dust.
And yet spit, fingerprints, and dust that can't get blown off always ends up on it..
@@darthscion skill issue
The most important tip is not to wash your microfiber cloth with fabric softener, it ruins them and they will never be soft again.
Wasn’t even distilled water 😂
@@ms3862 If your LCD screen is hot, there's honestly something wrong with it.
@@CanIHasThisName older lcd monitors do get plenty hot
@@ms3862 How is your monitor hot? Are you using an old plasma TV as a computer monitor? A halogen backlit LCD? Mine barely get above ambient...
@@CanIHasThisName high framerate high resolution monitors get hot. Not extremely hot, but enough that most of them have ventilation ports.
Free of particulants 😂
Don't have distilled water. Is Mountain Dew ok?
Yes this is actually how most gamers clean their monitors sure to follow up using dry cloth so you don't leave sugar or corn residue
Yes, dip the monitor in the Mountain Dew first, then wipe it off with an old 🐁 pad.
It's from the mountains.. gotta be better than spring water!!
its the best when wiped with doritos for mlg pro cleaning
I did this then immediately did a massive sneeze all over my monitor so I'm just going to accept that monitors are just meant to be dirty.
LMAO i was eating yesterday and while chewing my body randomly felt the urge to cough. I tried to suppress it by keeping my mouth closed but I only made the food travel at light speed directly at my monitor and everything I was like… maaaan wtf is this what I get for trying to avoid that lol
Been following the channel for 6 years, and finally a tech tip, as the title suggests.
Use a glass cleaning microfiber cloth! Most of them have little particles that can scratch screens, discs, etc.
I just use my shirt and some saliva
Sounds perfectly perfect! 👍🏻 /s
This sounds like you have the most dirtiest computer monitor in this comment thread
Me: "Saliva cleans everything!! Just ask my cat!"
Roommate: "You don't own a cat.."
Me: ...
@@dilianvt saliva is generally considered to be clean unless you have a bad oral hygiene
Yey saliva! Then your monitor becomes a petri dish and bacteria will grow.
We're so lucky that Plouffe owns a display
“With these easy steps”
The hard step: leaving home and getting distilled water
The easy step is just using tap water because its fine.
@@WayStedYouyeah you know how clean my tap water is? Check your privilege kid.
If you live in the U.S and didn't know that tap water across the country isn't the same. Congratulations on being able to live in your ignorant little bubble. But now you know.
So STFU and maybe think for one second before you assume your personal experiences are representative of the general publics.
You're not a bad person for having privilege. You're a bad person for not having the self-awareness to recognize the choices/options you have might not be available to everyone.
I like the way this guy explains stuff, thanks dude!
Bruh a target worker told me to use rubbing alcohol on my OLED tv 😂 I knew definitely not to listen to that
doesn't affect oled tvs
OLEDS are glass so it should be perfectly fine, glass doesn’t react to alcohol. And regardless alcohol is only an issue for screens when using super high concentrations, if you dilute it or use small amounts it’s no big deal
Reminder to not use laboratory grade lens wipes. Those are meant for glass and can scratch softer screens. (Great for VR and phones though)
what should one use then?
A tip on how to clean the microfiber cloth also would be helpful
Leave it outside until it rains, when it's clean put it in the oven to dry it.
@@YOEL_44 bruh
Hand wash is easiest as other have said. If you have several, you CAN machine wash, delicate cycle, cold water, minimal detergent (squirt in some dawn or something) DO NOT use fabric softener.
I throw them in the washer without any softener and tumble dry with low heat (no heat/air dry would be better if you only have a few cloths). My eyeglass cloths are still good 5 years later and my automotive/general purpose microfibers lasted 2 years before they wore out. Previously I used to hand wash them but they just wouldn't get clean enough and resulted in reduced cleaning power and much more streaking
You can just wash them with your regular laundry. But as someone else said don't use fabric softener. It won't clean at all if it's full of waxy fabric softener.
I just use baby water wipes, then wipe dry with a napkin. Works perfect
If you don't clean your monitor, you can't clean it wrong.
The Macbook shown was ONE out of all models where they had a problem with the coating. I had the same issue and Apple changed the screen for free.
I absolutely love the irony of the host choice. You KNOW he got called out to do this one lol
Your tap water would have to be pretty darn hard for distilled water to make a real difference.
My tap water is absolutely that hard. You should see my poor dishes.
@@pocketpc_ You might be using too much dish detergent: ruclips.net/video/Ll6-eGDpimU/видео.html
@@dcorbe Hello fellow TC viewer! Yeah, I've seen that one. It's definitely not the detergent. My shower runs orange for the first few seconds after I turn it on and my white clothes all have a yellow tint, the water is definitely the issue. Would love to do something about it, but I rent so I don't have many options :(
Instructions unclear, car wash damaged my monitor
😂
These kinds of tech tip videos are great ! :D
LOL - says used distilled/deminerised water - proceeds to use spring water full of minerals.
I just use eye glasses cleaner since it’s safe of AR coatings
This is the only right way to do it.
eyeglasses cleaner can contain alcohol
@@Capiosus yes, but it has other chemicals that prevent it from damaging anti reflective coatings, making it significantly better than any single chemical solution
@@Capiosus alcohol only does damage in high concentrations
@@YD_. This is not always the case, and I used to clean Zeiss and other professional lenses and screens. Sometimes Glasses cleaners can damage AF coatings, even on some glasses, it really depends on how the products interact.
I recommend distilled water or at least water with minimal mineral content, less mineral content also reduces the chance of conductivity causing a short if some extra water runs off into places it shouldn't.
I cleaned my monitors with paper towels, isopropyl alcohol, while turned on and in a corner to corner motion all my life but thanks, now I'll be extra paranoid. This video is accurate, I'm just lazy and lucky thus far
Some monitors have a gloss finish on the membrane. Alcohol will destroy that protective layer.
If you have an old school Glass monitor on the otherhand - then no issues
@@DRAEK05 anti-glare.
I just use a clean shirt. Small spray of water on the shirt to make it damp. Give it a pass over the monitor and used the dry part of the shirt to clean it up. No scratches and the monitors look great.
Cotton fabrics work as good as microfiber for this.
Same here. old t-shirts work well. It's also worth a dray gentle wipe over first, if there's anything gritty on the screen it helps remove it before buffing scratches into the screen.
Define alcohol. I use IPA (Isopropyl alcohol) all the time without any issues.
I’ve been using the cleaning liquid I bought for my camera lenses and accompanying microfiber cloth. If it is good to clean optical quality glass without stripping the coatings, it should be fine for a glossy monitor. So far, so good. 👍
but water works so why wouldn’t you use water?
I actually need tips for cleaning mouse pads, not monitors
A good mousepad shoud be able to survive the washing machine, unless it's RGB, then... you're f-ed.
I've always left it soaking in my sink with normal dishsoap overnight, might wanna agitate with a soft brush for better results though
The first tip is to only buy mouse pads which can be cleaned in a washing machine.
The second tip is to wash it in a washing machine.
Mild detergent or soap, cold water, low cycle, the top side should face outwards. Dry it on a flat surface, maybe put a towel under it. You generally don't want to us a dryer, there's some risk of damage and deformation.
@@YOEL_44 I just take out the circuit board and toss mine in the washing machine.
Dishwasher, no detergents.
Absolutely avoid any running water drops on the display, if any of those run down under the bezel you can damage the chip on flex bonding to the lcd glass (usually at the bottom bezel since that's where everyone puts their logos).
This can cause lines on the screen, usually vertical or black outs, or missing parts, etc.
that's why you need to get rid of the excess as shown in this video.
I miss the good old days of glass on the front of monitors.
...Which also had protective coatings.
A- THANK YOU!, good thing i saw this short- i was going to clean my new ultra wide monitor with my 90% rubbing alcohol 😅
I was, and still am too afraid to clean my monitor. That's just the way it is.
Step 1: buy screen wipes
Step 2: oh, nvm you're done.
Those screen wipes are utter garbage.
Medical gauze is the way of the master.
i absolutely hate it when people touch my monitors
True. Why do they touch it with their greasy fingers to point on something on the screen. Their careless touch also damaged a couple pixels of my monitor.
@@vollderchriss oh wtf, what kind of people are these??
@@vollderchriss touchscreen habit lol
@@Alex-tu5vu just people who don't know much about monitors. 🤷♂️
Bro it's the guy who owns a display! I want to be just like him when I'm older!
You're assuming I clean my monitors...
accidentally sent yoghurt flying while playing with my spoon one time. Thought it all missed the monitor, just to see 4 hours later when I came back that there was a huge dried up yoghurt stain on it. Did this exact method (already learned it a long time ago) and it cleaned it off perfectly
I still think some people will need a full video on this
I'd actually love a full "How to clean your gear" video
My dumbass straight up destroyed my dad's MacBook some years ago because I used alcohol on the screen. He wasn't really happy 💀
wouldn't really call you a dumbass just for that, I've been cleaning my screens with alcohol for the past 15 years, phones, monitor, laptop, tv, they are all fine after years and years.
seems that just some monitors coated with some kind of antiglare material are prone to getting damaged by alcohol but most screens don't have that coating
Just a mistake, don't beat yourself up.
i don't clean my screen sort of. i clear the dust off the top and back but thats about it. i use them in such a dark room you wouldn't really notice junk on the screen and if you do i just call it a extra feature. i do clean them but not alot maybe once every year or two depends on the screen.
ima keep licking my finger and smudging the dirt around till i cant tell no more :P
Lifehack number two:
Don't freaking touch your monitor (if it not touch screen).
If it is just dust alone on it, it if way easier to clean.
I have a little finger pump spray bottle and use 50% isopropyl alcohol and 50% distilled water with a microfiber cloth. Has been working great for years with no damage to my screens. The diluted alcohol helps it dry faster without leaving water marks.
Using water always leaves smudges and spots. Use whatever you want because unless you're cleaning your screen once a week, alcohol or windex won't make any difference.
Go to monitor manual and read the how to clean part
I need to do this. I don't even touch my monitor and it gets fingerprints
Are you sure there aren't any ghosts in your House?
Did you check that room with Spirit Box? It might be a Phantom or a Poltergeist
Maybe it's the monster under your bed trying to have some fun
@@zaeriuz already asked him, he says he dosent know anything about it.
@@kyle207 that's it, we weren't supposed to touch it. Maybe he did it out of curiosity 🤣
I like how the before and after shots had vastly different lighting. It instills confidence in this technique.
The car guy in me says no circular motions to prevent fish eye. XD
I just use glass spray with paper towel, what we use for cleaning windows. It never fails, and gets rid off nastiest grime.
Noo, glass cleaner is alcohol based... Do not do this (except you have a very rare glass based screen because it's touch)
@@DxCBuG glass cleaner is fine, don't be insane.
You could use distilled water if you don't understand very basic chemistry, but at that point you might as well just not clean your monitor, because that's about the situation you will be in after using distilled water.
@@flyingtentacle7631 okay Mr chemistry teacher. I think most dirt on monitors does not require soap or anything else that disolves it. But i can't talk for your monitors...
And of course all the hints in the manual on many Monitors to not use alcohol basee cleaners are fake as well. Or maybe your monitors aren't dirty and you use just glad based apple monitors
If your monitor is particularly dirty, use an alcohol-free coating-safe lens cleaning spray. It should be safe and will help cut through any oils on the monitor.
I ran out of microfiber so I used scotch-brite.
Steel wool is much better.
Amateur.. I use an ice scraper to get it extra clean!! Also gets it clean in half the time!
For this you use distilled water and if there is fat on it you can use curd soap.
You need 2 small buckets, both with distilled water, in one bucket you wash the microfiber cloth to get rid of the soap.
The screen has to be cleaned repeatedly with the clean rag until the soap is gone.
After that you have an absolutely clean and grease-free screen that looks like it was just taken out of the packaging.
I got my monitor new and havent touched the screen itself in ~8 months. I just take a paint brush and wipe the dust off it when the sun hits it just right. No scratches or anything
Me who has been using distilled water for 10+ years to clean my monitors.. it really is that simple. It'll look brand new when you're done.
Also if you put your fingers on my monitor I will break them off.
Monitor is usually the last thing I mop right before I empty out the bucket. Never had a problem.
It usually gets all red and sticky
how do i fix the hole in my monitor
put a sticker over it
Pro tip: instead of applying the water directly to the cloth and saturating part of it, you should first wash your hands, then dry them, to remove any excess oils. After that, wet your clean hands with distilled water. Then, use a dry and clean microfiber cloth to soak up only the amount of water that remains on your hands after wetting them.
This is true dampness. None of the cloth should be saturated with water, and by doing this, you avoid the risk of squeezing out droplets which can fall into cracks in the screen and damage electronic components.
I used to use water, but one of my old monitor probably didn't have any coating. The water seeped in and the whole screen became white. So I have started buying screen cleaner. And use that very sparingly. Mostly just wiping down dust with a dry cloth 2-3 times a day keeps things clean
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I thought Isopropyl was ok for monitors, that it's things like Methylated Spirts which can damage it. Guess I'll give this a try, though.
Honestly I've been using ~50% water + 90% alco on my matte monitors (yeah a waste I know) and have been perfectly fine, but at least now I know I probably shouldn't
I used 70% alcohol wipes once and it destroyed my Matt monitor finish :[
I tried using diamond lapping paste but now my screen looks fuzzy.
🤣
Did you try unplugging it and plugging it back in
This was very informative thank you
I wouldn’t really trust this just because they say use a left to right up and down sweeping motion when dusting your monitor and use a different towel to wet dampen and wipe off your monitor as to reduce scratches. So don’t trust that.
*_Pro tip: Don’t ever touch your screen._*
You can’t tell me what to do
nah, fuck that, alcohol free window cleaner and paper towel.
I liked this. Please make more! Simple problem that I've never thought about, but I'm happy for the advice
Circular motions can cause circular scratches with any debris on the monitor, which are viewable from many directions and are thus worse than side to side and diagonal scratches.
One time, an intern, near the end of his internship, attempted a good gesture and cleaned my boss's laptop and screen. We have no idea what all he used (I suspect Lysol/Clorox disinfecting/sanitizing wipes?), but the screen's surface was left with swirl marks. Boss was not happy. Intern's plan to get hired on did not work LOL. Boss lived with the swirls for 2 years.
why did this get reuploaded
They used the wrong aspect ratio last time.
I just take it to the carwash and use their presure washer
Plain distilled water is fine, but 50/50 distilled water and white vinegar is ideal. It does add a small amount of cleaning power, but it also acts as a drying agent.
advice fr: DON'T use circular motion
instead, go edge-to-edge in a straight line, then rinse-and-repeat 3-5 passes; be sure to dig into the corners with your fingernails if your monitor have thick bezels, as those are often easily overlooked and can make your monitor looks dirty even when it's cleaned (because it is)
for each pass, make sure to flip your cloth to a clean side, and use less water
Vertical scratches can be very visible due to the subpixel edges.
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Man touching the distilled water towel with hands and saying its debris free lol
The real question is; WHY ARE YOU TOUCHING YOUR MONITOR?!
I sneeze on my monitor and use sandpaper to wipe the screen.
I use 1 part vinegar, and two parts water to do mine. I use a shot glass to figure out the amounts, then a micro fiber cloth and the mixture to clean the screen. Works without damaging the coating. Make sure your micro fiber cloth has nothing hard stuck in it's fibers as well.
This is definitely one of the tech tips ever!
i'd remove that stupid coating if it was easy to do
Water is actually a really good cleaner, in science it's sometimes called the universal solvent because so many things dissolve in it, distilled is the purest and most effective water for cleaning, drinking water is already partially saturated with minerals and various impurities making it less effective at cleaning as well as leaving streaks. A small amount of white vinegar mixed in can help too without much risk of damaging anything.
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Use 50:50 water and isopropanol. Apply with a damp microfiber cloth. Use circular motions. Dry and polish with circular motions with a clean and dry microfiber cloth. Works as well when you have fat on your screen, where water struggles.
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