Thanks everyone for the answers. I'll just reply to this one message to avoid overwhelming the list.
First, someone pointed out off-list that "rubbing alcohol" is not good stuff or this, and he's right. Rubbing alcohol has a bunch of stuff in it, and it's not what I've got. The dollar-store stuff (from Dollarama or Dollar Tree, $1 for 473mL/ 1 [US] pint) is "50% isopropyl alcohol. From the label: >Active ingredient: isopropyl alcohol 50% >Inactive ingredient: water I've only seen 50% outside a pharmacy and 70% or 99% only in pharmacies, I assume it's a regulatory thing. Of course this is all inference, based on never seeing >50% outside a pharmacy and only seeing 70% or stronger in pharmacies. If I'm going to take expensive 100% and cut it with water, I figure I might as well use the Dollar Tree stuff. Tried the 50% on the T41p's palm rest and it's not moving the glue. I may have to true Goo Gone, or is it actually bad for that material? (George said Goo Gone is really for the lid). I would never consider GG for the screen A local optician recommends putting a spray head on a bottle of 50% for cleaning eyeglasses (and that's what he does in his store). I'm thinking this might work for the screen. I used to use screen wipes as a client had boxes of them for this purpose. They used to leave streaks though, and I'm thinking of a piece of paper towel with some 50%. I never used the wipes on my eyeglasses (though it said you could, or perhaps they were a different wipe) because it said not to use with coated lenses. Thanks again everyone! -- Andrew mailto:[email protected] Sunday, February 27, 2011, 8:27:26 PM, you wrote: > Andrew Webber <[email protected]> asks: >> And is 50% or 70% recommended for cleaning the screen of the T41p (and >> the X300)? > I've been using half alcohol (100% alcohol) and half water. It works > quite well. What's the other half of your 50% alcohol? > Billy Y.. _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
