What do you use to clean your Vaio Z screen?

Hi all

Since getting my Vaio Z I have been really anal about it and looking after it like a new born baby.

I really need to clean my screen but I dont want to scratch or damage it so I am wondering what do you guys use to clean your screens? Is a lint free cloth with some solution ok?

Thanks

 

kit9t9, I went down to mac store at newcastle and I bought a Iklear Complete cleaning kit for laptop or computer. It work very good and Iklear bundle whole lot of item in it. 2 pieaces of micofiber and a keyboard protector cloth and anti bacterial fiber cloth plus two cleaning solution with different sizes. It cost quite expensive roughly £30.

You can try the screen spray is No-aclohol, No-ammonia and sodium lauryl suplhate free.

You can try it is pretty good.

 

Thanks Bryan I will pop into the Sheffield macstore and check it out. It sounds ideal bundle.

By the way have you received your Vaio Z yet?

 

KFC Freshen Up - wet tissue

 

yea. I received and I love it but I still did not know how to use the WWAN. Whenever I connect their is an error.

For the Iklear solution, I own a Sony AW laptop and I didnt protect and my screen are whole lots of finger prints. The Iklear work so best that ntoa finger print and it's beautiful You can use that solution to clean the keyboard and the external case too.

Just check it out you will know how good is that. Cheers

How your vaio Z running?

 

I use....(drum roll, please)

Fog from my breath and a microfiber cloth (rubbed on the screen in a circular pattern).

Works great (and you can send the money you save to me ).

 

The same as I use for camera lenses, glasses and TV screens:

First a blast of canned air around the edges.
Then wait a couple of minutes for dust in the air to settle.
Warm water on a clean leather chamois.
A second leather chamois to dry it off.

The reason I don't recommend screen cleaning kits is that different screen coatings react differently to the chemicals in them. What might be safe for one screen might not be safe for another. If the manufacturer recommends a product in the manual, stick with it, otherwise use water.
Similar with not using paper wipes -- paper is abrasive.

Symptoms of the coating being damaged may include one or more of added reflectivity, a screen that statically attracts dust, an "oily" colour sheen, polarization changes, or the "twisted" part of Twisted Nematics (TN) becoming more visible (certain shades getting a "diagonal" look to them).

 

Which network you using? It took me a while to get the T-Mobile sim card to work but I found a thread on a forum somewhere and it advise to create a dial up connection with Username as *99# and passowrd as pass

This might only work for T-Mobile but worth a try or check the network support forums.

My Z working great thanks. It does everything I need it to do and look stylish at the same time. I am actualy on a business trip at the moment and using my mobile brandband in my room : )

 

toilet paper

 

Toilet paper, any kind of paper, is bad because the wood fibers will scratch. The best is microfiber cloth. You can buy a whole box of them for like $5 at the Grocery store, like: "Windex Clean and Shine Dry Micro-Fiber Cloths"



I use three micro-fiber cloths: 1) Soaked in a diluted dish-soap solution, 2) A wet one to remove the soap, 3) A dry one to dry the screen.

Once I have the three sheets set up and I have finished cleaning the Z screen, I do all the other laptops, monitors, and TV's in the house. Might as well, at that point you're all set up

Ariths suggestion of compressed air is good because it can blow off abrasive particles before you begin, although if the screen is reasonably clean and it's just finger smudges, I would say that step is optional. For the same reason, it's important never to wipe a dry or dirty screen with a dry cloth you will just scratch it with the dirt that is on the screen at the time.

 

This is why I recommend a chamois leather instead of microfiber cloth, if you can find optical grade chamois leather -- it doesn't have the problem of attracting dust through static while dry, so the risk of scratching is even less when drying off. But by all means, microfiber cloths are good too.

 

Well to be honest, I find keeping a laptop screen isn't as difficult as you would think.

First off get a camera lens brush with very soft bristles. You'll want to brush off dust on the screen periodically as it will tend to build up on the laptop. If you tend to use your laptop more like a desktop computer as in it barely moves from one particular spot, don't bother closing the lid. I find the LCD tends to pick up dust from the keyboard extremely easily and you're also putting more wear and tear on the internal cables in the hinge.

Second, learn NOT to touch the screen and get mad at anyone that does. I find most average people have a bad habit of literally pointing at things on the screen. Some folks literally like poking the screen to the point that the LCD panel warps. That alone will probably risk breaking your screen than cleaning it. Also avoid eating on your notebook or having it too close to your kitchen where it can pick up grease. If you do at least this, most of the times a brush will be enough to sweep off the dirt.

If somehow you do manage to get it dirty with oil deposits. I find a soft white paper towel works well enough. You don't want to use kleenex or toilet paper as it will leave behind paper lint. First brush off any hard dirt first. Then use a standard good grade screen cleaner and soft white paper towel for the rest. If there's something really stubbornly stuck, I use rubbing alcohol.

While admittedly you could use microfiber or something a bit more high end, I find typically a manufacturer has made the screen durable enough to survive most minor abuse. Just don't scrub the tar out of it. You also shouldn't need to clean your screen that often! I found a brush was mostly enough while cleaning fluid was only needed every month or so.

Don't forget to use a small vaccum to suck the dust out of the keyboard as well because that will often transfer to your screen.

 

That's fine but just note:

The screen IS plastic, a paper towel DOES scratch it, because of the wood fibers.

Dry wiping WILL scratch it if there are abrasive dirt particles on the screen.

 

Just got this kit from Sony. I'm overdoing it I guess?

 

How much did you get it for?

 

Around $25. It's quite nice actually.

 

Thanks... what's the dimensions of the cloth that's of a deeper-blue color? I'm wondering if that can be used to cover the keyboard when the screen is closed...

Did you get it from a SonyStyle store? If so I'll take a look when I next go there...

 

The microfiber one? I just tried it; and it's a perfect fit actually! Thanks for mentioning that, I might use it that way now.

Yeah I got it from a SonyStyle store.

 

The part number is VGP-CG100, in case you needed it.

 

Thanks... Here's a review:
Review: Sony Vaio PC cleaning kit (VGP-CG100)

Here it is on eBay,
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-VGP-CG100-PC-Cleaning-Kit-Vaio-Computer-/130389319944

the shipping is $12.80 I'll look for it in the store...

 

I use steel wool and rubbing compound.

 

First important rule is don't use ammonia-based glass cleaner! A friend who's a materials engineer cautioned that ammonia applied to plastic makes it brittle over time.

As for my VAIO screen, I initially tried plain water by moistening a towel, wiping, then using a dry microfiber towel to wipe the surface dry. I didn't like the results as the suspended fingerprint oil would just get reallocated by the water droplets as the screen was getting toweled off.

Next I tried rubbing alcohol (isopropyl) from the local drugstore. It cut into the surface grease every effectively, but the rate that the alcohol evaporated instantaneously left large swaths of grease/oil streaks on the screen before I could dry it off with the towel.

A tip from the AVS forum instructed mixing water with the rubbing alcohol and that's been working perfectly for me. Proportion doesn't matter too much 1:1, 1:2, 3:2 it's pretty goof-proof. I've used this on many glass and screen surfaces without any ill-effects to the multi-coating (prescription glasses, HD camcorders, VAIO screen, dSLR filter lenses, etc). Costs about a buck for a liter of isopropyl alcohol. The grease/oil gets lifted off and the rate of evaporation lasts long enough to dry off with a microfiber cloth or (gasp!) clean & soft paper towel.

The VAIO screen looks as pristine as it did when it came out of its factory box over a year ago.