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Screen Cleaning for iPad?

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holyindian

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Hi all,

What do you use to clean your ipad screen. I have seen a lot of the shelf products at bestbuy.. but not only they are all expensive, but look useless.
 
Paper towel and multi-surface windex. Just spray on the towel and wipe. It is just glass and aluminum.
 
Microfiber cloth is all you'll ever need. you can find them at any eyeglass store for a couple of bucks.

never use windex on the iPad or iPhone as it will mess up the oleophobic coating thats on the glass.
 
JayInNJ said:
Paper towel and multi-surface windex. Just spray on the towel and wipe. It is just glass and aluminum.
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Absolutely the WORST POSSIBLE way of cleaning your iPad.

Windex, and other household chemical cleaners, will destroy the oleophobic coating on the screen. And paper towels contain wood fibers that put micro-scratches on it.

To clean the iPad use ONLY microfiber cloths. If necessary, use a small amount of distilled water or isoproyl alcohol to remove stubborn spots.

See Apple Support for more details:
Use a soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth. It is also safe to use isopropyl alcohol 70% or a similar product. Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don’t use window cleaners, household cleaners, aerosol sprays, solvents, ammonia, or abrasives to clean iPad. Rubbing the screen with an abrasive material may scratch your screen.
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But, please, never, never, never use windex or paper towels!
 
I use Microfiber cloths from Mobile Cloth. I honestly always thought one microfiber cloth was just like any other until I tried these. They make it much faster and easier to clean the screen, and get it cleaner than any others I've seen.

I occasionally use a little bit of iKlear from Apple but usually just a Mobile Cloth.
 
Yea, one of my older touch screen phone (not the iphone) got scratches due to cleaning the screen with soft tissue paper.
A lot of times the microfiber cloth does not remove some fingerprints.. what to do abt them??:confused:
 
holyindian said:
A lot of times the microfiber cloth does not remove some fingerprints.. what to do abt them??:confused:
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Only use rain water collected by virgins from islands in the South Pacific. Anything else and you'll destroy your iPad.

If the micofiber cloth by itself doesn't work, just get it slightly damp with water and try again.

No matter what you use, probably the easiest way to damage the screen is by going OCD on your screen cleaning. It's a touch screen, it's going to get fingerprints on it. Cleaning it for 10 minutes every hour on the hour is just going to lead to disappointment.
 
Warm water

Warm water on a lint free cloth and a micro fiber one to wipe it dry. The warm water takes away all the oils and other gunk left on the screen and the micro fiber really helps with buffing the screen back to new.
 
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