The spray bottles of De-Solv-It, Orange -Sol, and Contractors Solvent do the best job for us, and are thinner in viscosity... Spray on lightly and leave for 15 minutes, then wipe off.... remaining rsidue evaporates within an hour.
De-Solve-It is available at Wal-mart most days, and Contractors Solvent ( same stuff, different name, same manufacturer is availble at ACE Hardware and True Value Hardware in at least the western states. See www.orange-sol.com of Gilbert, Arizona. Environmentally friendly, biodegradable citrus oil solution... made from orange peel, lemon peel, and lime peel in slightly different viscosities. Removes justa bout anything that is sticky, oily, waxy, gooey, chewing gum, grease, stickers, crayons, residue from packing or shipping labels, avery lable stickum, fish odor, onion odor, crayons, wet paint, make-up, spagetti sauce, rubber cement, grass stains, tree sap and other saps, wax, bugs, elbow grease, sweat, fingerprints, and doo-hickies. About $2.39 for a 12.6 oz or 375 ml bottle. On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Stuart F. Biggar < [email protected]> wrote: > Andrew, > > I won't comment on cleaning the "plastic" parts as I don't know. > Some liquids that clean well can also ruin some plastics. The > aluminum case of our MacBook Pros is much easier to clean > than whatever the black case is on our various ThinkPads :-) > > As for cleaning the screen, it depends on the coating(s) and > on the material. I haven't looked real hard but so far I haven't > found any good descriptions of the screen surface of a typical > TP (or other notebook for that matter) screen. > > In the optics world, if the base material is glass or many (but > not all) plastics, "clean" isopropyl and ethyl alcohol are used > for cleaning after the big stuff is removed with a water rinse. > Be VERY carefully rubbing, especially with any paper-based wipe > (you can easily scratch many coatings such as the anti-glare > and anti-reflective coatings on lenses and displays and soft > plastics). If you want really clean and streak-free results, use > really clean (semiconductor grade for example) alcohol, diluted > as desired with distilled water. > > When I was measuring the transmittance of a large, high quality > optical window that was installed as part of the NASA ISS (space > station), NASA people used very clean isopropyl cut with distilled > water for cleaning. For preparation for a space sensor component > we recently measured in my lab, we first used deionized water, then > pure isopropyl, and then 200 proof (pure) ethyl with special low > residue (clean room) wipes made from some synthetic fiber, > not paper. Everything in the lab, including the flat screen computer > monitors, was sparkling clean and streak-free. So were my > glasses :-) > > Clean, pure ethyl is expensive (about $50 a pint!), isopropyl less > so. For cleaning screens (and eyeglasses), I'd recommend pure > (99% or higher) isopropyl cut to 50% with distilled water. Spray > it on and use a clean, scratch-free cloth or wipes specifically made > for cleaning plastic lenses. High quality anti-reflective eyeglass > lenses usually come with a cleaning cloth - they work nicely with a flat > display also. Just make sure any cloth is clean (run it through the > washing > machine regularly - don't use fabric softener). If there are spots from > soft > drinks or sugar based liquids on a screen, clean first with pure water and > then the alcohol and water mix. > > Stuart > > On Feb 27, 2011, at 4:31 PM, Andrew Webber wrote: > > > Can I use Goo Gone (R) on the palmrest of a T41p? I've seen it > > recommended but don't remember for sure what models, and I worry about > > the material. > > > > I also have 70% rubbing alcohol (and 50% from the dollar store) if > > either of those is better. > > > > And is 50% or 70% recommended for cleaning the screen of the T41p (and > > the X300)? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > -- > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > -- **-- Do, or Do Not. There is no Try" ... .... ..... ...... ....... Yoda _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
