Can alcohol really be used to wipe a phone screen? Will it cause damage to the screen?

Yes, because alcohol has a disinfecting effect. If you wipe the phone screen directly, it will cause some damage to the coating on the surface.

It is not recommended to wipe the screen, it will cause some damage to the screen. Because the inner membrane of the phone screen contains a protective film coating, this coating dissolves in solvents such as hangovers. If the screen is disinfected with alcohol for a long time, it is easy to make the mobile phone screen easy to get fingerprints.

Wiping the screen with an alcohol-based cleaner is also a risky practice for two main reasons.

First, the surface of the cover glass is actually coated with a special organic film, such as an oleophobic film, which can reduce grease adsorption and alleviate the effect of fingerprints smudging the screen. Most of these coatings are various organic compounds, and their resistance to alcohol is very weak, and if they are wiped with external force, the coating is more likely to fall off, resulting in a deflorated screen. Of course, if the mobile phone screen is filmed, then you don't have to worry too much about this problem.

Second, although the top layer of the LCD screen, that is, its surface, is not so squeamish, its sides are still very fragile. Most of the LCD screens damaged by alcohol are actually because the alcohol seeps into the gaps on the side of the screen, which is equivalent to avoiding the glass panel and drilling directly into the underlying structure. Alcohol has a weak surface tension and a strong capillary effect, and once there is a gap that can be drilled, it will quickly invade it, and the consequences are naturally very irritating.

If a small amount of alcohol enters the screen, you can immediately turn off the device to dry it or use a hair dryer to dry it, and it will not affect subsequent use.

Therefore, when the screen of our computer, tablet or smartphone needs to be cleaned, we can spray some special LCD screen cleaner, and then wipe it with a soft cloth to make the screen look new. LCD screen cleaner has a very good removal effect on fingerprints and oil films, and many wet wipes also have a similar function.

It is good to wipe the screen of the phone with alcohol, which can disinfect the phone.

During the new crown pneumonia period, many netizens used alcohol to wipe their mobile phones to disinfect their mobile phones, but some netizens were worried that alcohol would corrode the mobile phone screen.

In fact, to be precise, alcohol is not corrosive, but soluble, and usually the reaction of acid-base solution with metal compounds is called corrosion. Therefore, wiping the mobile phone with alcohol will not cause harm to the mobile phone, and it can also better disinfect the mobile phone.

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1. Rubbing the screen of the mobile phone with alcohol will harm the mobile phone.

2. There is a special oleophobic layer on the top of the mobile phone screen, which is also to better isolate people from the contact inside the mobile phone. However, if you use alcohol to wipe the screen of the phone, this oleophobic layer will be dissolved, and finally the screen inside the phone will be damaged.

3. If you want to clean up the mobile phone screen, it is better to use clean water.

Alcohol wiping the screen of the mobile phone will cause some damage to the mobile phone. There is a protective film coating on the inner film of the mobile phone screen, which will be soluble in solvents such as alcohol, and the alcohol will penetrate into the screen to cause damage to the screen, aggravating the aging degree of the mobile phone screen, making the screen easy to stain fingerprints, greasy, and even plaques, flower screens, discoloration, etc.

When disinfecting your phone with alcohol, it is best to dip the alcohol on a soft cloth first, wipe it gently with a soft cloth, and do not spray alcohol directly on the screen to avoid the alcohol flowing everywhere and eroding the screen.

When the phone screen is not very dirty, simply wipe it with a wet paper towel, and wipe it a few times to wipe the phone screen cleaner.

Wipe your phone with a soft glasses cloth to avoid damage to your phone's screen, and it will be better to use a phone-specific cleaner to spray it on the glasses cloth.