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Anyone ever try Goo Gone on their Notebook/Laptops screen?

post #1 of 14
12/26/04 at 9:20pm
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I know the directions can be met: here is what you can *not* use it on:

1. Silk
2. Leather
3. Suede
4. Rubber

That was just read from the 8 ounce bottle, it doesn's say 'squat' about ~plastic~ which are screens are made of, there is a picture of a drinking 'glass' with a red sticker attached. The product does have a toll free number to ask emergency questions for people drinking it, mistaking it for something orange, as that is the smell associated with it. The 1-800-255-3924 having a 800 number tells you it's been around for awhile, while new or newer companies have either a 866, 877, or 888 prefix for a W.A.T.S. (Wide Area Telephone Service) line. W.A.T.S. is a free call for the customer and a collect call for the seller. Made in USA by Magic Corporation of Cleveland OH zip code 44122.
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post #2 of 14
12/26/04 at 9:26pm
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Originally Posted by chazzy
I know the directions can be met: here is what you can *not* use it on:

1. Silk
2. Leather
3. Suede
4. Rubber

That was just read from the 8 ounce bottle, it doesn's say 'squat' about ~plastic~ which are screens are made of, there is a picture of a drinking 'glass' with a red sticker attached. The product does have a toll free number to ask emergency questions for people drinking it, mistaking it for something orange, as that is the smell associated with it. The 1-800-255-3924 having a 800 number tells you it's been around for awhile, while new or newer companies have either a 866, 877, or 888 prefix for a W.A.T.S. (Wide Area Telephone Service) line. W.A.T.S. is a free call for the customer and a collect call for the seller. Made in USA by Magic Corporation of Cleveland OH zip code 44122.
hmm, if goo gone is anything like goof off, DO NOT USE IT. If its different than I can't say. But I wouldn't use anything on my screen other than stuff that made for LCD screens. I would never go cheap on my laptop.
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post #3 of 14
12/26/04 at 9:45pm
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I've been using it since it came out, seems in stickness it blends well with tape stickers found on *plastic* VHS plastic shells, from VCR Rental stickers, it's been used to take off goo from just about every thing I own, my 3 of best of the best is WD-40, Duct Tape, and Goo Gone. Things used to free stcky parts, temorary fixes on Headphones, total goodbye to sticky lables and their sticky mess left behind. I have used Goo Gone sucessfully on used VCR tapes I bought, they are advertising more or more or more people have found yet another work around instead of razor blades to get labels etc to get off of my/their purchases
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post #4 of 14
12/26/04 at 9:56pm
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There you have it, someone besides me has used Go Gone on plastic screen with no apparent ill effects, especially if you use a product like Liquid Ivory soap after you have got other stain off with your Goo Gone. I do my research then put it on as a question on Notebook forum to see how many others 'know' as long as they follow the directions they have very excellent results. For small patches of dirt I use my own spit but if the need arises I know what will work and always have a bottle or two on hand for future accidents or stickers on used DVD I buy.
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post #5 of 14
12/26/04 at 10:48pm
Not sure whether either Goo Gone/Goof Off OR Ivory soap (or soap of any kind, for that matter) is good for the screen. It may cause problems beyond visible damage.
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post #6 of 14
12/26/04 at 11:52pm
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Gym I have never heard of goof off, except in term of goofing off, like I have said I do my research then ask to see if anyone else has doen what i know works. I have used it on my CRT recived as a desk top model some years ago which I lost since mom said your sister and her husband are out of work would you please let them borrow it. They got jobs I asked frm my fully paid off desktop and mom saying the children need to learn it also, why don't you say Merry Christmas a go buy yourself another one. I did but this time I waited just sending e-mail in asking Dell to build wide screen laptops, then when I -8500 came out as 15.4 inch widscreen I bought one paing for that in full. Money is not a problem at all but I wanted to buy wide not no dumb foolscreen (4:3), all of my computers for as long as I can type will all be wide screens and I will still be using Goo Gone on every plastic or glass screen with no problems. Happy New Year Gmnstrunr37 drive carefully you never know how drunk that other driver will be and we need you to brighten up our day at Dell General.
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post #7 of 14
12/27/04 at 1:03pm
Brighten up the day... haha, I wish I could.

As far as Goof Off -- it's a similar liquid that removes "stuff." It takes off just about everything... caulk, glue, rubber, yada yada yada...

But okay, just don't let the folks at Dell know you're using that stuff on the screen!
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post #8 of 14
12/27/04 at 2:32pm
I used Goo Gone on my ThinkPad's LCD screen after my nephew scribbled colored pencil all over it. (Colored pencil is wax-based... it wasn't coming off without some sort of solvent.) YMMV - I would test it on a corner of the screen or preferably on an older notebook before going ahead. I believe it left an oily residue that didn't evaporate right away, but no lasting effects.
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post #9 of 14
12/27/04 at 5:38pm
I normally use boraxo and a scotchbrite pad. It gets it really clean and with my glasses off, I can't tell the difference. YMMV
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post #10 of 14
12/27/04 at 6:47pm
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Gymstrunr37 My Dells 2 years of warranty that I purchased will be up in July and since I have been using Goo Gone and Ivory liquid soap then clear water and drying it completly, I have done what the directions say to do. I have used it on so many VCR windows and DVD discs to get the stickers off, which were left on purposely at the Twin Rivers Pawn Shop in Easton, PA. If I buy used discs at Blockbusters on Wm. Penn Hwy they always have a sticker on that must be removed also. GD stickers are every where you don't want them to be unfortunatly.
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post #11 of 14
12/28/04 at 2:49am
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Originally Posted by Ling
I normally use boraxo and a scotchbrite pad. It gets it really clean and with my glasses off, I can't tell the difference. YMMV
I tried that once but it didnt get the dirt off so I attached a paint scrapper to my drill and went to work on the screen. My blind cousin said it never looked better.
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post #12 of 14
12/28/04 at 1:47pm
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Originally Posted by Bmr4life
I tried that once but it didnt get the dirt off so I attached a paint scrapper to my drill and went to work on the screen. My blind cousin said it never looked better.
My blind cousin said it never looked better what a friggin joke and the responder must be the same way as his cousin.
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post #13 of 14
12/28/04 at 2:41pm
goo gone is basically just oil, i use it often enuff to remove sticker crud, but still i wouldn't use it on my LCD Screen. It's prob fine, but there is a slight risk of getting small micro scratches as you could abrase it.
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post #14 of 14
12/28/04 at 5:24pm
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Xarthan saying Don't use abrasive materials on a delicate to scratches L.C.D. screen composed of plastic etc, I can go along with that type of thought, and I can add a spounge to clean the deturgent and any other Goo Gone remaining would be the less abrasive thing on earth, beside hosing it off which being a electronic component wouldn't be such a good idea.
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