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So I won an LED monitor for a great price on eBay and collected today. Noticed it was a little grubby when collected but no overpowering aroma.
Got it home, switched it in and 5 mins later smells like cigarettes. Smoking household wasn't mentioned on the advert so I guess it's own risk?
Either way, is it cleanable? I've vacuumed the vents and hasn't made much difference. Any tips?
Out of interest I got it for £13 😀 for 24" HP HDMI monitor so would rather keep it and sort it than complain to seller.
Cheers
Tea tree oil. Mix with water in a spray bottle, clean and wipe the whole thing down (not screen!), then another spray and leave to evaporate.
I would say it is almost definitely haunted. Was it from a house clearance ?
Just leave the monitor on, it'll either catch fire or whatever is causing the smell will eventually burn off.
Big plastic bag, tray of bicarb. Seal it in for a day or two.
Take up smoking. After a short time you'll get to like the smell.
This used to work in my old smoking days to clear a room, may work with a display.
Cut an onion in half and leave it next to the monitor for a day.
Tea tree oil. Mix with water in a spray bottle, clean and wipe the whole thing down (not screen!), then another spray and leave to evaporate.
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Don't spray anything at it, ever. Water can wick around the edges into the screen and then get in the layers of the panel and never come out.
Tea Tree oil is also quite a good solvent, so you may take writing/printing/coatings off the plastic. And it could soften the material itself.
Use a microfibre cloth. Don't get anything on the screen apart from water/weak washing up liquid [not even screen cleaner if I were you - some are only OK on glass screens, despite what it says on them]. Spray [b]the cloth[/b], squeeze very well to ensure no drips then wipe down.
As for the smell...If you leave it on a lot it will be warmer and the things you can smell [volatiles] will evaporate faster. You could try sealing it in a near airtight box with a bag of Bicarb, or a few odour eaters!?
Best thing to do would be to strip the electrics out of the casework and wash the casework in hot soapy water. Then dry and re-assemble [it'll still smell from the electronic bits you didn't wash].
There is a chance you'll break/damage it doing that, so I'd just put up with it.
Get a bunch of spring onions. Stick one up each nostril and hey presto! no smell of smoke.
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Bobbins. I clean everything from plastic and wood to metal and glass with tea tree. I've also used it to remove odors, including smoke, from secondhand furniture fabric. It's a great cleaner and deodoriser, has never caused any damage to any surface. Lifting printings and coatings? Yeah, if you use it with a Brillo™ pad. As I said, don't use it on the screen, but everything else is absolutely fine.
The emphatic "no"-age was more for the spraying.
But yeah, I've used tea tree oil to solve stuff. And to take print off.
*shrug*
Thanks for advice....I personally like the spring onion up each nostril option!!
As for the smell...If you leave it on a lot it will be warmer and the things you can smell [volatiles] will evaporate faster. You could try sealing it in a near airtight box with a bag of Bicarb, or a few odour eaters!?Best thing to do would be to strip the electrics out of the casework and wash the casework in hot soapy water. Then dry and re-assemble [it'll still smell from the electronic bits you didn't wash].
Best advice on here. Most of the tars will have been attracted by static to the plastic case so that's what you need to wash down with hot soapy water or water with some iso propyl alcohol. Glass cleaner would work.
Thanks all, will try stripping and cleaning the case then tea tree as a back up.
Thanks all.