| Your netbook's LCD screen is one of its most | | | | and Plasma TV. |
| expensive parts. The bad thing about it is that netbook | | | | Do not use solutions that contain acetone, ammonia, |
| LCD screens are not that easily available in the | | | | ethyl acid, ethyl alcohol, toluene, or methyl chloride. If |
| market, unlike regular laptops, which all the more | | | | you're buying a cleaning solution, check the label for |
| reason that you should take good care of your | | | | any traces of ammonia. While your LCD screen may |
| netbook. | | | | be clean, over time these solutions can damage your |
| A netbook's LCD is the part that looks visibly dirty, it | | | | netbook's display panel. |
| can easily bear the mark of fingerprints and dust. The | | | | 3. Turn of your netbook. |
| netbook's sensitive LCD screen imperative that you do | | | | Turning off your netbook can help you spot |
| NOT wipe it with dry lint-free cloth since the dust | | | | problematic areas on the LCD, or places where there |
| particles will likely scratch the surface. The easiest | | | | are smudges or fingerprints. Spray the solution on the |
| way to clean your netbook's monitor is to buy a | | | | soft cloth and wipe the LCD in one direction, from top |
| professional-grade LCD monitor solution. These, | | | | to bottom. If you see streaks after wiping, wipe with a |
| however, are expensive. A big bottle costs almost $20 | | | | dry cloth immediately after. Be careful not too |
| while a mini bottle set costs almost $15 on Amazon. | | | | pressure on the LCD screen. Never spray the |
| Here is another way to clean your netbook's LCD. | | | | home-made solution directly on to the screen. |
| 1. Find a soft piece of cotton cloth. | | | | Before using your netbook or closing it, makes sure |
| This could be anything from your mother's old | | | | that the LCD is already dry. As a matter of advice, do |
| handkerchief to your baby's cloth diapers. Remember | | | | not touch your netbook's LCD screen. If you do it often |
| that an LCD screen is pretty much like baby's skin - | | | | enough and hard enough, it might leave permanent |
| anything as rough as tissue paper and toilet rolls can | | | | fingerprints on your screen. |
| scratch it permanently. If you can't find any piece of | | | | Caring for your LCD screen takes a bit more work |
| cotton cloth, a lint cloth will do. Lint is also very | | | | than cleaning your netbook's casing. Some netbook |
| common, just ask your mother for her eyeglass buff | | | | models actually come with their own cleaning buffs so |
| cleaner. | | | | your casing stays clean. If your netbook screen has |
| 2. Prepare a home-made LCD cleaning solution | | | | scratches (from your cat's nails or your own), buy |
| Mix one part of de-ionized water or distilled water with | | | | some products that are designed to buff scratches |
| one part of vinegar OR isopropyl alcohol. Do not use | | | | off plastic. Make sure though that your screen is |
| tap water or mineral water since their dissolved salts | | | | glossy and not matte. Buffing off scratches on matte |
| can leave white marks on your netbook's LCD screen. | | | | finish screens with these solutions will only make things |
| This solution is also god for cleaning High-Definition TV | | | | worse. |