How to Clean the Screen on a Rear Projection TV

Enhance your viewing pleasure with a clean rear projection TV screen.

Rear projection TVs seem to be made to collect large amounts of dust and spiders. It's good to be paranoid about cleaning anything off the lenses or the screen itself, since glass cleaners can often just cloud the screen. Clean your screen to get back to watching the actual images on the screen and forget about watching the spiders and their shadows behind it.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Piece of clean dry flannel cloth
• Compressed air
• Distilled white vinegar or rubbing alcohol

1. Vacuum away dust. Use compressed air to blow away any remaining dust or bugs.

2. Unscrew the lenses and spray them gently with compressed air.

3. Mix a 50/50 solution of rubbing alcohol or white vinegar and water and spray your flannel cloth with the solution. Do NOT spray the solution directly on your lenses.

4. Gently wipe the lenses clean with the cloth and allow them to dry.

5. Screw the lenses back into their housing.

Tips & Warnings

• Electronics stores also carry kits for cleaning rear screen projection TVs.

References

• How to Clean LCD Screens: Clean All Your Audio/Video Home Entertainment Components