[Jman]

Hi,

I have been using this stuff mixed with demineralised water on a micro fibre cloth at a ration of 30% iso to 70% water. I use it on my LCD screens, keyboards, headphones, chrome finished metal, some 2pac automotive painted clears, & wood work clears like Polyurethane. Its good for getting lite finger prints or dust off every week or so. So far it doesn't seem to do any damage. I have read that strong 100% iso will very likely cause damage, so I'm worried about even this watered down %.

I have 2 questions: Will this eventually degrade my stuff? And, is there a better alternative? This stuff is so clean & it evaporates completely streak free unlike say windex.

thanks

[Corribus]

Isopropyl alcohol is inert for quite a number of solid (plastic) materials. As opposed to acetone, which isn't necessarily.

[Enthalpy]

But water will probably damage electronic circuits on the long term. Even if it's demineralized, water will pick ions at the dirty surfaces and deposit some where the circuits should have insulated. I wouldn't use it on keyboards nor Lcd screens.

If it has to be a liquid, I'd go to straight ethanol or isopropyl alcohol which at least evaporate quickly and dissolve less salts.

But generally, I'd avoid liquids completely. A small vacuum cleaner does a lot, a dry cloth too. An eraser is good for Lcd screens (and for gold contacts of computer subboards, by the way).