How to clean a laptop or notebook screen
What The Laptop Manufacturers Say
Ever heard the expression, "use a soft, non abrasive lint free cloth"? Ever been into a computer store and asked for one? Well if you have you probably remember the blank look.What Is Lint?
Web definitions for lint are as varied as they are numerous. They range from "Small fuzzy particles in paper", through, "Particles of short fibers that fall off a fabric product during the stresses of use", "Absorbent fluff that has been incorporated within a textile", "cotton fiber" , "fine ravelings of cotton or linen fibers" up to "cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds".So we can probably arrive at the assumption that lint is a part of, bi-product of, discharge of or even a type of material. Simply speaking it is present or part of just about all fabric products. Check out the filter of your washer/dryer sometime.
So What Doesn't Have Lint
So what we can deduce from this is that we need a cloth made from a material that is 'pure'. I.e. has no lint, produces no lint and not made from anything that has/produces lint. A range of man made fiber types collectively known as 'microfiber/microfibre' is just such a lint free product. Now don't rush out and buy the first microfiber thing you find.Microfiber can be coarse as well as soft. The grade of microfiber can very much determine the uses it is suitable for. If it is fairly coarse it is great for cleaning surfaces like stainless steel. If it if medium coarse and arranged in loose strands it is perfect for dusting household items and if it s soft and ultra fine it is perfect for cleaning laptop screens or if you are a forgetful burglar - a safe handle should you forget to wear gloves.
How Do Microfiber Cloths Work.
Very simply it is all down to the weave size. If you wipe, say a window with a regular cloth then some of the marks are gone, some of them get moved about a bit and smear and some simply stays put. The strange thing is that it doesn't matter how hard you wipe it still has the same effect. This is because the particle size in a regular cloth prevents it from making contact with the window consistently. Basically if you could zoom in with a microscopic movie camera it would be like dragging a fork through some sauce on your plate. It doesn't matter how hard you do it you cant move the sauce in between the prongs. Our microfiber cloths have such tiny particle measurements that they make consistent contact with the surface and hence clean very effectively.How To Use A Microfiber Cloth And Cleaning Spray On A Laptop Screen.
Simply dust the screen with the microfiber cloth. Next spray the screen once with one of our laptop screen cleaners and then wipe all over the screen and remove any remaining cleaner. Remember to wash the cloth when it is too dirty to use.And you are done!
