karinatwork
02-26-2004, 07:28 AM
I fiddled around with my Boxwave for a while, I wanted to make sure it is applied perfectly, with no lint and especially no prints on the "sticky" side. I found it hard to wash the thing and then to wave it around half and hour to make it dry, because by then with all the waving dust had settled in again.
What I do now is so easy, I wish I would have come up with it earlier:
1. Take the screen protector off, and wash it under running water.
2. Put it down on a (preferably but not necessarily) lint-free cloth, sticky side up.
3. Tap it dry with that same cloth. (I know, you're not supposed to do that, but it will look good in the end, I promise).
4. Once the protector is dry, cover it lenghtwise with invisible Scotch tape (the matte type that you can write on with a pencil and that doesn't leave sticky residue). You'll need approximately 7 to 8 strips, depending on width. Make sure you make them overlap on each other and on the ends (making them adhere to the cloth underneath the protector).You should press the tape onto the screen protector really well!
5. When the protector is all covered, you can take the protector off the cloth. It should now look like this:
http://www.nelsons.ca/Protector-1.jpg
6. Cut the uneven edges of the sticky tape and apply another strip of tape widthwise over the ends of the tapes (cover the sticky side so you can handle it easier.
http://www.nelsons.ca/Protector-2.jpg
7. Now you can apply your screen protector like the first time, no lint, no fingerprints. Peel off 1/2 inch, put it down on your screen, and peel the tape back slowly, while applying the protector onto the screen. If you should notice some lint before you have taken the tape off completely, you can even take the protector back off, press it again against the tape and re-apply.
http://www.nelsons.ca/Protector-3.jpg
Well, this way is the easiest way so far I found to re-apply a washable screen protector. Considered that I'm almost never able to center it at the first try, I always had trouble with lint from the start. Not anymore.
It might not be new, but nobody taught me to do it this way, and it took me a while to figure it out by myself, so I thought I'd share. :)
K.
What I do now is so easy, I wish I would have come up with it earlier:
1. Take the screen protector off, and wash it under running water.
2. Put it down on a (preferably but not necessarily) lint-free cloth, sticky side up.
3. Tap it dry with that same cloth. (I know, you're not supposed to do that, but it will look good in the end, I promise).
4. Once the protector is dry, cover it lenghtwise with invisible Scotch tape (the matte type that you can write on with a pencil and that doesn't leave sticky residue). You'll need approximately 7 to 8 strips, depending on width. Make sure you make them overlap on each other and on the ends (making them adhere to the cloth underneath the protector).You should press the tape onto the screen protector really well!
5. When the protector is all covered, you can take the protector off the cloth. It should now look like this:
http://www.nelsons.ca/Protector-1.jpg
6. Cut the uneven edges of the sticky tape and apply another strip of tape widthwise over the ends of the tapes (cover the sticky side so you can handle it easier.
http://www.nelsons.ca/Protector-2.jpg
7. Now you can apply your screen protector like the first time, no lint, no fingerprints. Peel off 1/2 inch, put it down on your screen, and peel the tape back slowly, while applying the protector onto the screen. If you should notice some lint before you have taken the tape off completely, you can even take the protector back off, press it again against the tape and re-apply.
http://www.nelsons.ca/Protector-3.jpg
Well, this way is the easiest way so far I found to re-apply a washable screen protector. Considered that I'm almost never able to center it at the first try, I always had trouble with lint from the start. Not anymore.
It might not be new, but nobody taught me to do it this way, and it took me a while to figure it out by myself, so I thought I'd share. :)
K.