The Right Way to Clean Your Cell Phone
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Each time you touch your phone, you transfer bacteria to and from your hands, face, and every surface that the cell phone has touched. Ever drop your cell phone in a public restroom? Yuck.
Supplies You Need to Clean and Sanitize Your Cell Phone
- Distilled water
- Isopropyl alcohol, 70%
- Spray bottle
- Microfiber or lens cleaning, lint-free cloth
- Cotton swabs or wooden toothpicks
NEVER Use These Things to Clean a Cell Phone
- Window or household cleaners
- Compressed air
- Aerosol spray cleaners
- Solvents
- Bleach
- Ammonia
- Abrasive powders
- Hydrogen peroxide
It is essential to avoid excess moisture when cleaning, which can damage interior electronics. Most cell phone screens, especially smartphones' glass surfaces, have an oleophobic coating that repels oils from hands and fingers. The coating's effectiveness will lessen over time but using anything abrasive on the glass will hasten the loss of effectiveness and scratch the surface permanently.
7 Easy Steps for a Germ-Free Cell Phone
- These thorough cleaning steps should be done weekly to keep a phone relatively germ-free.
- Unplug your phone and any attachments. Earbuds or chargers should be cleaned separately. Turn off the phone.
- Remove any protective cases or covers. These should also be cleaned separately before reinserting the phone.
- In a small spray bottle, mix a one-to-one ratio of distilled water and 70% isopropyl alcohol. The distilled water is essential if you live in an area that has hard water, which is filled with microscopic minerals that can scratch the glass on the phone. Give the bottle a good shake.
- Lightly spray the lint-free microfiber cloth with the water and isopropyl mixture. NEVER spray the phone directly. Do not over-wet the cloth.
- Use the cloth to wipe down the entire phone front and back.
- If small areas like the space around the camera lens, attachment ports, or buttons on some models show signs of gunk build-up, gently use a dry cotton swab or wooden toothpick to clean those areas. Once any build-up is removed, wipe down the area again with the slightly damp microfiber cloth.
- Allow the phone to air dry completely for at least 15 minutes before reinserting into any case.
Source: The Spruce
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