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iPhone 6(S)/Plus Are Clorox Wipes Safe for Cleaning the iPhone 6? How do you clean?
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Well I agree when we are talking about sick people in a hospital. C Diff spores are nothing to mess with.
But on a daily basis, there is no need to lather down your phone, cars, home with lysol, bleach and anti-bacterial products.
I'm guessing you're the type of person who doesn't wash their hands after going to the bathroom?
No, I do. As a courtesy to others, not because my body is covered with disease.
I use alcohol on my 6s along with phone soap about once a week. I use the alcohol to remove the grime.
I used to use Lysol wipes but now that I have a leather case, I can't really do that - though I might wipe the screen if a friend/coworker uses it. But I've gotten to the point where I'm old and cranky and I don't show people my phone or let them touch it so I haven't had to clean it. If I do show a photo, which I rarely do now (I'll just send it to their phone) - I'll hold it near me and make it clear that I don't want to let go of it.
I may be a germaphobe (I've been called this) but I have absolutely no desire to touch other people's phones. If I do, I'll make a B line to the bathroom and give my hands a good scrub. My wife's phone? I don't do this. We share a living space and life together. But someone elses? So I'm not completely insane.
The thing about Lysol wipes - it leaves a film on the glass that can affect the touch sensitivity. So I take a soft t-shirt or cloth and dab a little water to get that film off.
I wouldn't recommend doing lysol wipes very often. (I average maybe 4-5 times a year).
99% of the time, a puff of breath and wipe on my t-shirt is what I do to remove fingerprints on the glass.
I may be a germaphobe (I've been called this) but I have absolutely no desire to touch other people's phones. If I do, I'll make a B line to the bathroom and give my hands a good scrub. My wife's phone? I don't do this. We share a living space and life together. But someone elses? So I'm not completely insane.
The thing about Lysol wipes - it leaves a film on the glass that can affect the touch sensitivity. So I take a soft t-shirt or cloth and dab a little water to get that film off.
I wouldn't recommend doing lysol wipes very often. (I average maybe 4-5 times a year).
99% of the time, a puff of breath and wipe on my t-shirt is what I do to remove fingerprints on the glass.
http://www.nicencleanwipes.com/special-purposes/lens-wipes
I use these from time to time if my screen gets real grimey.
I use these from time to time if my screen gets real grimey.
Haha, I was reading the thread giving thumbs up to people and noticed, some of these people haven't logged in for 3 years! Woohoo, old thread
I've seen a few people with those small blue UV things where you put your phone into a cradle and it bathes it in that blue light. Wonder if it works.
Someone bought that for me as a gag gift for my birthday and I never used it but I think I might have to try it.
Some cities use this UV light to sterilize the water for people to drink. Work very well.
That is “phone soap”. You can search for it on the internet.
Thats Likely true where disinfectant Clorox wipes would remove the Oleophobic coating, being the coating is naturally organic, and it eventually wears off anyways. I probably would not use certain disinfecting wipes on a brand new iPhone display, but if it was an older iPhone, I personally would use disinfecting wipes on it.
Chlorox, Windex and the like, is bad for the Oleophobic coating of the iPhone.
I can’t test it myself, but I think someone has.
I take the phone case off and put my iPhone in phone soap. Then I throw the case by itself in after my iPhone is done. I use it for everything else that fits too. Apple Watch and Siri remote.
Wow! You people are incredible.
I just you Ziess lens cleaning wipes that you can buy off Amazon or at Walmart. They are safe for anti-reflective coatings on plastic eyeglass lenses and the coated lenses of optics like binoculars or camera lenses. So they shouldn’t affect the coating on the glass screen of a smartphone.
I just you Ziess lens cleaning wipes that you can buy off Amazon or at Walmart. They are safe for anti-reflective coatings on plastic eyeglass lenses and the coated lenses of optics like binoculars or camera lenses. So they shouldn’t affect the coating on the glass screen of a smartphone.
Chlorox or bleach can be actually corrosive to some metals. Do not really worry too much about the germ as they are all mine. Nothing you can do to get rid of them, some even think they make your immune system stronger.
Stay out of public restrooms!
Stay out of public restrooms!