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This simple screen cleaner spray has only 2 ingredients and works great on your phone, iPad, laptop, and more. Skip the expensive cleaners at the store and make your own!
Does your iPad or phone look like a greasy-fingered octopus has been playing with it? Every time my kids borrow a device, it comes back looking like heck and the screen needs to be cleaned.
You can buy fancy “screen cleaning solution” for $9 (seriously), but there’s no way I’m paying for something I can make myself.
If this happens to you too, this simple screen cleaner recipe is just the ticket.
DIY Screen Cleaner Recipe
Ingredients
2 Tablespoons rubbing alcohol
2 Tablespoons distilled or purified water
Supplies
2 oz spray bottle
Instructions
Mix the rubbing alcohol and water in a clearly labeled spray bottle, but don’t spray directly on your screen. Instead, spritz a clean cloth and wipe down the screen.
You can also use this to clean your keyboard or mouse. Always spray on a cloth, not on the device.
I use this on our iPhone, laptop, and iPad with no problem–but I haven’t used it with every device in every situation. Use it at your discretion on your devices.
Warning: may give you a desire to polish every flat surface in the house. If you end up feeling that way, come to my place and help me clean up.
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This simple screen cleaner spray has only 2 ingredients and works great on your phone, iPad, laptop, and more. Skip the expensive cleaners at the store and make your own! Mix the rubbing alcohol and water in a clearly labeled spray bottle, but don’t spray directly on your screen. Instead, spritz a clean cloth and wipe down the screen. You can also use this to clean your keyboard or mouse. Always spray on a cloth, not on the device. I use this on our iPhone, laptop, and iPad with no problem--but I haven't used it with every device in every situation. Use it at your discretion on your devices.
DIY Screen Cleaner
Instructions
I use my alcohol wipes I get with my diabetes supplies for on the go. Will get a spray bottle dedicated for your recipe soon. Thanks
Can I use filtered water in place of distilled? I want to use what I already have around the house.
I’d substitute cheap vodka in lieu of rubbing alcohol. Used this same solution when cleaning vinyl LPs in a 9:1 ratio, water/vodka.
I’d substitute cheap vodka in lieu of rubbing alcohol. Used this same solution when cleaning vinyl LPs in a 9:1 ratio (distilled water/vodka)
I am going to have to try this! Great idea!
Such a simple but effective idea! I’ll definitely keep this in mind! Found my way here through Make Your Own Mondays! 🙂
This is great! taking note and will try this for sure.
I must tell you, though – I am crazy cleaning right now getting ready for out-of-town relatives coming for family reunion and I thought I’d find a solution for cleaning my dusty dirty WINDOW screens.
Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend.
Sorry for the mixup! But thanks for stopping by and commenting. I think the best thing for dirty window screens is a curtain! ;o)
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I must try this! Thanks!
I use a microfiber cloth. It wipes my ipad & phone perfectly. No moisture need.
I love this cleaner. I use it to clean my reading glasses, too. Probably not good for lenses with an anti-reflective coating, though.
Oh no! Don’t use it on glasses–it can damage the coatings over time.
Yes, I agree. My reading glasses are the cheapies you buy at the drug store for reading. I wouldn’t use this on professional prescription glasses.
Does this work better than a vinegar/water mixture? Because for some reason I can’t seem to get my laptop screen clean with my homemade glass cleaner even though it does well on fingerprints on mirrors.
It works great on our laptop screen–I haven’t tried window cleaner on the laptop to compare though.
I use window cleaner on my Computer’s LCD screen. It works fine. I spray some on a paper towel, and wipe the screen, then wipe it dry with a paper towel. My son said it would scratch the screen, but I’ve never seen any damage. You just have to go your gut, I guess.
I have about a dozen screens, I have tubs next to my washing machine that fill up with the water from washing clothes. So when the rinse cycle comes I plug the tub up and soak a screen. I rinse all my clothes in vinegar and also wash my clothes with very little laundry soap. A good scrub brush and a hot water rinse and they look awesome!