How to clean Monitors?

Cosmetic damage on the casing is one thing, but if you scratch the screen itself while you’re cleaning the monitor it will stare you in the face every time you log on. Worse, it might affect what you see (or can’t see), making the screen much harder to use.

An anti-static cloth similar to the ones used for TV screens is particularly useful, but if you don’t have one to hand grab a soft cloth, dampen it very slightly with water and then use it to gently dust the display. An LCD screen should never be touched with paper towels or anything similar - the coating on the screen is fragile, so it’s easy to damage - while the same is true of all forms of cleaning solution.

Incidentally, the same tips apply to any other glass or transparent materials that you can’t afford to scratch. That means scanner plates and webcams should be treated in a similar manner.