Hate seeing dust on my tv screen...any way to repel dust ?

Grandma Denise
by Grandma Denise
  7 answers
  • William William on Jan 16, 2018

    Most electronics attract dust eloctrostatically. Especially TV and computer screens. Hard to repel dust except keeping it clean. Hope this helps.


    First and foremost, do not use any chemical products on an LCD screen. Especially do not use a common window cleaner (Windex, etc.) or anything with alcohol or ammonia in it. These are going to mess up the protective layer on your fancy TV screen. Windex was OK on the good old tube TVs, but has to stay away from the delicate screens of LCD, LED and Plasma TVs.

    Do it before turning your TV on, or make sure to have your TV off for around 15 minutes and completely cooled down before you go to clean it in any way. Otherwise, you’re going to run into evaporation issues with your cleaning solution and notice that it is very difficult to keep streaks from forming. Plus, it’s much easier to clean an all-black background rather with than the jerky movements and colors that most programming is comprised of.

    Spraying your LCD screen directly with cleaning solution is not a good plan. The ultimate sin would be to over-use a cleaning solution. Too much liquid usually means streaking. Don’t over-saturate your cleaning cloth either. A few gentle sprays will suffice to make your TV shine like the day you got it out of the box.

    Get a bottle of distilled water (no tap water).

    Pick up a spray bottle.

    Get some microfiber cloth. Stay away from paper towels and any other wood-based papers as they could leave fine scratches on the screen.

    Turn the set off and let your plasma screen (or any screen) fully cool down. Hot Screens and streaking usually go hand-in-hand on LEDs, etc.

    Fill the spray bottle with distilled water. Spray your microfiber cloth (not the screen).

    Gently wipe the screen in a circular motion with the cloth until the screen is clean and dry. There should not be any streaks if you did everything right. Once done with the cleaning, DRY the cleaned area with the drier portion of your cloth.

    If water is dripping down the screen into the electronics, you over saturated. Go section by section on your large display, and re-spray the cloth when you find wiping is too dry (rather than soaking the cloth with water on the outset).

    Repeatedly the process until you are satisfied with your newly clean LCD screen.

  • Nancy Turner Nancy Turner on Jan 16, 2018

    Any where that sells TV's or flat screen monitors will have the spray and microfiber cloths that you need. I also sometimes use a Swiffer duster that is clean to dust so that I am not using the solution as much.

  • Sharon Sharon on Jan 16, 2018

    Buy those packs of electronic wipes that are dry electrostatic ones to change the electric charge thereby repelling dust. Swiffer dusters work good as they are electrostatic to grab dust.

  • Pat Barnes Pat Barnes on Jan 16, 2018

    I fold and lay a soft microfiber rag behind my PC, helps pull in dust, I think, I haven't had to dust so much.

  • Johnavallance82 Johnavallance82 on Jan 16, 2018

    No! it's static...............

  • Chas' Crazy Creations Chas' Crazy Creations on Feb 02, 2023

    Here's are some dusting hacks that might help you https://chascrazycreations.com/dusting-hacks/

  • Mogie Mogie on Feb 12, 2023

    It's this static that attracts dust to your screen, so gently wiping the dryer sheet all over your screen will help repel dust.