Hardware Does anyone else get weird gunk on their Switch screen?

Nerdtendo

Your friendly neighborhood idiot
OP
Member
Joined
Sep 29, 2016
Messages
1,762
Trophies
1
XP
4,592
Country
United States
I find this weird gunk on my screen everytime my little siblings play the Switch out of the dock. It's nothing major because it takes a spritz of glass cleaner to get rid of it but it's still odd. Anyone else have this problem? I've attached before/after pictures below.

20171215_160249.jpg20171215_160508.jpg
 

Nerdtendo

Your friendly neighborhood idiot
OP
Member
Joined
Sep 29, 2016
Messages
1,762
Trophies
1
XP
4,592
Country
United States
@Alkéryn @Extrasklep I had suspicions it was something like that. I wanted to get a second (and third and fourth) opinion before getting on them for it. I'll have to moniter them more closely from now on.
 

gman666

Cubicle Expert
Member
Joined
Jun 4, 2011
Messages
381
Trophies
0
Location
a cubicle
XP
1,001
Country
United States
I've seen my little cousins (5-6yrs) go through 3 hour long gaming sessions picking their noses and eating sugary snacks. That's exactly why I tell them to go and wash their hands before they play with my game consoles/computer.
 
  • Like
Reactions: IC_ and digipimp75

CTCaer

Developer
Developer
Joined
Mar 22, 2008
Messages
1,154
Trophies
0
XP
3,007
Country
Greece
Isopropyl alcohol may not damage the ABS plastic that the switch and accessories are made of, but can potentially damage any coating that they may have (e.g. matte finish).

Test it first, on the sides. Wipe it and wait a couple of hours after application and check.

It's always safer to just use special screen cleaning wipes on plastic devices and especially plastic screens. There are even some, safe to use, that are anti-bacterial also.
 
Last edited by CTCaer,

leonmagnus99

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Apr 2, 2013
Messages
3,704
Trophies
2
Age
33
Location
Seinegald
XP
2,875
Country
Iraq
mine does get dirty too even though i keep it in a clean carrying case, the drit smudges pretty much happens mostly because of the glass sp i am using.

i use the spigen one , spigen glass sp.
and it attracts smudges from fingers/dirt etc. ridiculously easily.

just have a micro fibre cloth and wipe it easy to clean at least!
 
D

Deleted-355425

Guest
No i dont but with my switch the screen protector gathers static and when i wipe the dust from the screen and touch the usb-C port it zaps me because of the ground lol.
 

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Sonics fast I would've been home in 10 mins
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Meet and greet with AncientBoi then?
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    That would've gone slow he's old
    +1
  • ZeroT21 @ ZeroT21:
    sadly the person in question feels too young for his own good
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    We don't question people
  • ZeroT21 @ ZeroT21:
    me neither, i just bash them
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    We just question @AncientBoi
  • ZeroT21 @ ZeroT21:
    it wasn't a question, it was fact
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    He said he had 3 different doctors apt this week, so he prob there. Something about gerbal extraction, I don't know.
    +1
  • ZeroT21 @ ZeroT21:
    bored, guess i'll spread more democracy
  • LeoTCK @ LeoTCK:
    @K3Nv2 one more time you say such bs to @BakerMan and I'll smack you across the whole planet
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Make sure you smack my booty daddy
    +1
  • LeoTCK @ LeoTCK:
    telling him that my partner is luke...does he look like someone with such big ne
    eds?
  • LeoTCK @ LeoTCK:
    do you really think I could stand living with someone like luke?
  • LeoTCK @ LeoTCK:
    I suppose luke has "special needs" but he's not my partner, did you just say that to piss me off again?
  • LeoTCK @ LeoTCK:
    besides I had bigger worries today
  • LeoTCK @ LeoTCK:
    but what do you know about that, you won't believe me anyways
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    @BigOnYa can answer that
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    BigOnYa already left the chat
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Biginya
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Auto correct got me, I'm on my tablet, i need to turn that shit off
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    With other tabs open you perv
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    I'm actually in my shed, bout to cut 2-3 acres of grass, my back yard.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    I use to have a guy for that thanks richard
    K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2: I use to have a guy for that thanks richard