so like a jackass, i bumped my lcd with an open sharpie. Just to get it out of the way: i was using a sharpie, the dog was barking and only barks when people are outside. So I leaned over the screen to look out the window to see who was here and bumped it with the tip somehow. I thought I hit the top of the monitor, which is black anyway, and didn't notice anything so I went about my business.

It's been a few days now, and this morning I noticed it on the screen. It's fairly small (fits inside the mouse pointer) but now that I know it's there, I see it all the time.

Anything i can use to get it off that won't mess up the screen?

5/2/2009 1:37:35 PM

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080319054633AAqnTsa

5/2/2009 2:07:34 PM

try coffee

5/2/2009 2:07:59 PM

finger nail polish remover

5/2/2009 2:14:40 PM

rubbing alcohol would work. You could even dilute it if you wanted to with water.

5/2/2009 2:14:56 PM

^I thought about rubbing alcohol, which would work, but google recommended against it.

5/2/2009 3:04:46 PM

Water/isopropyl alcohol mix is used to clean glossy LCD screens. I see no reason why you couldnt try this.

5/2/2009 3:28:28 PM

yeah it'll be fine. i was serious about the coffee thing though-we used it to get sharpie off of a dry erase board one time when nothing else would work.

5/2/2009 4:03:40 PM

The coffee is a mild abrasive... fine for a white board, but not an LCD screen.

5/2/2009 4:23:48 PM

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081017195134AAWT7Ez

5/2/2009 5:46:41 PM

dry erase marker

5/2/2009 6:01:48 PM

^^ save that bullshit for chit chat man. Although, it does exemplify why I asked here even after googling and finding the yahoo answer that BIGcementpon posted.

Thanks for the help. I usually just use water and a microfiber cloth to clean them. But that wasn't getting the marker off. I was at target and saw they had some lcd wipes, so i bought some. It pretty much came right off with the wipe.

5/2/2009 6:57:30 PM

^ ;cry;

5/2/2009 7:38:09 PM

Magic Eraser?

5/2/2009 8:20:04 PM

Magic Eraser is most definitely abrasive, would not recommend.

I've used sopropyl alcohol on a variety of LCDs without issues. If you have to resort to acetone, wipe it off with a damp (water) towel as soon as you get rid of the ink, as I hear there's a chance it'll dissolve the plastic.

5/3/2009 2:13:16 AM

Acetone marred the plastic on my original Nintendo back in the days.

5/3/2009 10:36:28 AM

Quote :

"dry erase marker"

5/3/2009 11:25:58 AM

pwnt

5/3/2009 11:48:28 PM