Merry Christmas AV forum peeps!
...And following on from the previous comment about the reasons you might need to wet-clean your screen, I'm also adding "plasma situated over an open fire" to the list! (Seeing how often the screen cleaning question get asked, might as well keep one of the advice threads going!)
Our plasma sits right over the fire, and the mantlepiece only projects beyond it by about 1cm. I checked thoroughly before mounting the screen that heat wasn't going to be a problem, and we regularly have the open fire going without any issues. Last night however, the combination of wind direction and a chimney over-due for a clean meant that a lot of smoke billowed out of the fireplace and up over the screen.
So, this morning I've had a fairly major cleaning job to do (after I'd done what I've been putting off for ages - and swept the chimney!). The centre of the screen had a large, quite greasy deposit on it from the smoke. I first tried some "AF Screen Clene Duo" wipes (bought a while ago off Ebay), which comprise a ready-moistened and dry cloth. Using this got some of the muck off, but wasn't terribly effective. In fact, I started to worry that the smoke had permanently damaged the screen's coating...
But with a bit more elbow grease, the remaining marks were dealt with and the screen restored to a pristine state. What I did was use the soft cotton gloves conveniently supplied by Quad with my L-ite speaker setup - for handling the speakers without smudging the highly polished wood (but any soft microfibre cloth would also do it) - lightly moistened with warm water, followed by polishing with a dry one.
So, chimney and screen cleaned, I can now relax in front of the Crimbo scheduling... "The Great Escape" yesterday, "My Fair Lady" today... And all the other repeats!
