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Cleaning OLED TV

  • 26-07-2020 01:14AM
    #1
    RedXIV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,548 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys,

    Quick one, I got a TV a few months ago for my 10 year upgrade :) However, my 2yr old likes to point at the screen alot and as a result, I'm more than regularly trying to clean the screen from finger print smudges.

    However, it occured to me, i'm just using a microfiber cloth and elbow grease. Is there any recommended solutions or products for cleaning this screens?

    It's a fairly thin screen so kinda paranoid I'll crack it at some point if this keeps up with the force I'm using :)

    Cheer!
    Red


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  • #2
    kirving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,318 ✭✭✭kirving


    Windolene or similar glass cleaner is fine, not a harsh degreaser.


  • #3
    The Ritz
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, RicherSounds.ie Moderator Posts: 2,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Ritz


    I disagree with this advice, window cleaning products usually have either alcohol or ammonia in them,

    I don’t know what brand of TV you have but LG say this about cleaning their OLED screens:

    https://www.lg.com/us/support/help-library/cleaning-your-lg-4k-oled-or-led-tv-webos-CT10000018-20150154791049

    Hope this helps,

    Ritz.


  • #4
    RedXIV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,548 ✭✭✭RedXIV


    The Ritz wrote: »
    I disagree with this advice, window cleaning products usually have either alcohol or ammonia in them,

    I don’t know what brand of TV you have but LG say this about cleaning their OLED screens:

    https://www.lg.com/us/support/help-library/cleaning-your-lg-4k-oled-or-led-tv-webos-CT10000018-20150154791049

    Hope this helps,

    Ritz.

    Cheers! It's an LG OLED B9 so I'll take this as gospel :)

    Thanks!


  • #5
    kirving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,318 ✭✭✭kirving


    I think you're far more likely to do physical damage to a TV by not using a cleaning solution and scrubbing harders than necessary, than you're likely to do by using a light cleaning solution to remove something sticky. Manufacturers can't provide a "whitelist" of chemicals, or account for people pouring gallons of the stuff onto the internal circuitry, so they say to use none.

    I generally used 100% IPA and other harsh chemicals to clean screens and other delicate electronics in work (electronics manufacturing) and have never had a single problem with any of them. I obviously can't say that will be true in all circumstances, but you're extremely unlikely to have any issue with a window cleaner.


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