Solution to clean the Emac monitor!

Does anyone know any solution to clean the emac monitor best beside the windex or iklear wiper?
thanks!

Vinh Pham,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
In general, don't use Windex; alchohol-based solvents can disolve the antiglare coating on CRT glass (whether an eMac or a flatscreen TV). Your profile shows 9.2.2 which says you have a first-generation nVidia graphics eMac; you can actually get away with using small (really small, as in barely moisten a cloth) amounts of Windex or the like, but it's not a good idea in general. You can actually get good rsults using nothing more than distilled water and a clean lint-free cloth. This was discussed recently in this forum; see JMVP, "CLEANING MY MONITOR" #1, 01:50pm Oct 22, 2005 CDT

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