Method/product for cleaning cigarette smoke off of LCDs?

OK, I admit I am a smoker. Im trying to quit, its hard though...

So I have several LCD monitors that have accumulated grime from cigarette smoke over the years. Every so often I take a soft cloth and dip it in mildly soapy water. I gently wipe the screens down to clean them. It works, however its an extremely slow and tedious process, as it takes many passes to get the screens clean.

Is there a better alternative out there? Is there a home 'remedy,' or even a tested commercial product?

2 Answers

You can either use an equal ratio of distilled water and vinegar or isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol. Be sure to use a microfiber cloth or anything non-abrasive. As a general rule of thumb, you don't want liquid to drop/drip on the monitor as it can get inside and destroy it. Just apply a small amount to your cloth.

I am not smoker, but I use some cleaning liquid for LCDs which was shipped with some microfiber cloth. I use product called "D​-Clean Premiu​m Notebo​ok Clean ​- Crysta​l Shine", but we also have something similar by Belkin (these do not contain alcohol). I think it could be also effective for the smoke particles. The set of 20 ml cleaning solution in spray with microfiber cloth costs approx. about 8 USD in my country :-)