How to turn your glossy laptop screen into matte and what pitfalls you should avoid? Since you bought a laptop or IPad with a glossy screen, you discovered that though glossy screen looks gorgeous on the store shelf but it’s not very practical when you constantly use your device. Any light source gives you glossy screen a glare either indoors under bright office lights or outside of Starbucks with the sun shining directly on your laptop. This could be very annoying. You obviously can spare extra dollars and go for matter screen next but not all devices have this option. What you can do now to rectify the issue?

Buy antiglare laptop/iPad screen protector

The price and quality of antiglare screen protectors vary but I can recommend a few:

• ViewGuard Anti-Glare Matte Screen Protector
• MediaDevil Magic Screen protector: Matte Clear (anti-glare) edition
• Green Onions Supply Anti-Glare AG2 Screen Protector

Besides turning your screen from glossy to non-glare matte, screen protector will also protect your laptop or iPad screen from fingerprints, smudges, and scratches. It will help to protect your privacy as well if you spend a lot of time in coffee shops or airplanes and don’t like people peeping at your screen. And since screen protector is just millimeter thin and attaches to the screen through adhesive silicone surface, anytime you can easily take it off without any damage to your screen.

Follow the instructions precisely

You need to learn exactly dimensions of your laptop to be sure you’re buying the right size. Find what your laptop manufacturer says don’t guess or rely on your own opinion. Though there are folks who never read any manuals before they do something, that’s not the case. I strongly recommend that you read instructions supplied with your delivered screen protector before you start.

The most challenging and important part of turning your glossy screen into matte one is to clean it before attaching screen protector. You should really do it thoroughly. I recommend double check screen for dust both in turned on and turned off mode. Also you can moisten a little supplied microfiber cleaning cloth.

Any dust left will remain under the film. Use scotch tape to remove any residual dust that may get on your computer screen after you have wiped it with the micro fiber cloth. You should also avoid leaving air bubbles underneath screen protector.