New touchscreen laptop screen is super grippy

I just picked up an HP Stream 13 notebook with touch screen. I elected to get the touch screen model partly because I was concerned about possibly having a bad track pad and I figured swiping and scrolling up and down pages may be better with touchscreen. The screen colors look brighter and better on the glossy touchscreen, but the viewing angles are still poor since the touchscreen is still on a cheap TN panel.
So far the trackpad on the laptop is "ok," but it is difficult to use the touchscreen because the glass is so grippy.
My fingers stick and studder across the screen as if I have silicone gloves on.
If I put the same fingers on my smartphone screen, I can slide my fingers smoothly and effortlessly.
The experience of using this touchscreen is so bad that I had to closely look at the screen to check to see if there was some kind of shipping film on the screen, but I don't see anything.
Is this how touch screens are on cheap laptops or is there some way to clean the screen on a brand new laptop so fingers can glide smoothly over the glass as expected?

 

There was invisible gunk on the screen despite being brand new out of a sealed box. It must happen because they don't put a plastic film over the screen to seal it clean during storage and shipping like they do for tablets and smartphones.
I was able to rub most of the grime off and now it feels 90% better, but the screen is not completely smooth. I just feel minor ripples in the glass now.

The performance of the device is fine for what it is. Not noticing very much lag in web browsing on the sites I use. Trackpad is quite usable. The most useful use I have for the touchscreen is for pinching and zooming on a page to make text bigger. This is easier than using the browser menu and it is a little better than using the trackpad to pinch and zoom. Trackpad basically works for the same function though. Swiping is better with the touch screen, but it is debatable whether it is enough better.
If I needed a 13 inch model anyway, I think it is probably worth the extra $50 to upgrade from 13 inch non touch to 13 inch touch since you lose nothing and gain touch screen a bit of screen brightness due to the glossy screen you get on the touch model.
However, the $80 upgrade from the 11.6 model gives you cons of added/size weight and SD card slot downgraded to micro-SD.

I use the touch screen a little bit. but not enough to be sure it is worth the extra weight and cost over the 11.6 model. I also just realized that the 11.6 has a SD card slot, but this 13 inch only has micro-sd. I saw reviews for the 11.6 and didn't imagine they would put a smaller card reader on a bigger device.
Since the 11.6 has the same keyboard, and same screen resolution, the only thing I think I would miss by down grading from this 13 inch touch is the glossy screen that makes colors pop better as opposed to more dull and less contrasty colors on the matte screen models. Track pad and palm rest will also be smaller on 11.6. However, I would be able to use my existing full size SD cards and have a lighter and more portable device.