Private Label · Electronics

Screen & Infotainment Wipes

We manufacture private label car screen wipes and touchscreen wipes on de-ionised water with a trace surfactant and no alcohol and no ammonia — because both strip the oleophobic coating that keeps a touchscreen smudge-resistant. Ultra-low-lint, individually sealed, safe on instrument clusters and anti-glare displays.

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All Automotive Wipes

ALCOHOL-FREE · AMMONIA-FREE · COATING SAFE · MADE IN THE USA

Individually wrapped private label car touchscreen wipes manufactured by Phoenix Wipes

Base

De-ionised water + trace surfactant

Format

Individually sealed sachet

Finish

No streak, no lint

Shelf life

24 months

How it works

How to clean a car touchscreen without stripping its coating

Every modern automotive display carries an oleophobic coating — a few nanometres of fluoropolymer bonded to the glass, which is why fingerprints bead up and wipe away instead of smearing. It is also the reason a screen that once cleaned easily can become permanently smudgy: the coating is thin enough to be dissolved by solvent, and once it is gone it does not come back. Isopropyl alcohol removes it. Ammonia removes it and attacks the anti-glare layer as well. Both are in almost every general-purpose electronics wipe on the market.

The uncomfortable part is that stripping the coating makes the screen look better for about a minute. Alcohol cuts through skin oil instantly and flashes off with no residue, so the first clean is impressive. The cost arrives over the following months as the display becomes progressively harder to keep clear, and the owner blames the car. This is the mechanism behind essentially every complaint about a permanently greasy infotainment screen, and it is almost never explained on the pack of the product that caused it.

Our formulation is deliberately dull: de-ionised water with a trace of non-ionic surfactant, no alcohol, no ammonia, no fragrance and no dye, on a 30 gsm microfibre-blend sheet. De-ionised matters because tap water leaves mineral spots as it dries, which on a black display are as visible as any streak. The low sheet weight matters because anti-glare displays are etched rather than smooth, and an etched surface traps loose fibres that a gloss screen would release. The same chemistry is correct for instrument clusters, head-up display combiners and camera lenses. For the car’s glass, which has no coating to protect, our glass & windshield wipes flash off far faster.

At a glance

✓No alcohol, ammonia, fragrance or dye

✓De-ionised water base — no mineral spotting as it dries

✓Safe on oleophobic and anti-glare coatings

✓30 gsm microfibre-blend, ultra-low-lint for etched surfaces

✓Correct for clusters, HUD combiners and interior camera lenses

Not for: a disinfection claim, and not a substitute for a glass wipe on the windshield — it dries far too slowly.

Applications

Where car screen wipes are used

Display area per vehicle has roughly tripled in a decade, and every one of those screens is a fingerprint magnet directly in the driver’s eye line.

New-vehicle handover packs

The screen is the feature the customer was sold on, and the first surface they will smudge. A branded sachet in the delivery kit lands well.

EV and large-display vehicles

Vehicles with a single large centre display have concentrated almost every control onto one glass surface, which changes cleaning from cosmetic to functional.

Rental and car-share turnaround

A fingerprinted screen is the most visible sign that a car was not prepared, and it takes fifteen seconds to fix.

Ride-share and taxi fleets

Shared vehicles accumulate screen contact from drivers and passengers alike across a shift.

Aftermarket and installer channels

Head-unit, dash-cam and screen-protector installers hand these out with the job, and the coating-safe claim is the selling point.

Consumer electronics crossover

The same formulation serves phones, tablets and laptop screens, so one production run can supply two retail categories.

Specifications

Screen wipe specifications

This is the most conservative formulation we make. Everything that could be added has been left out on purpose.

Formula base	De-ionised water with trace non-ionic surfactant
Alcohol content	None
Ammonia content	None
pH	6.5–7.5
Substrate	Microfibre-blend nonwoven, 30 gsm, ultra-low-lint
Standard sheet sizes	5″ × 6″ · 6″ × 8″
Saturation	2.0–3.0 g per sheet, adjustable
Dry time	30–60 seconds, or buff dry with the reverse face
Surface compatibility	Oleophobic and anti-glare coated displays, clusters, lenses
Fragrance / dye	None — both leave visible residue on a black screen
Shelf life	24 months unopened
MOQ	Flexible — pilot runs through to container volume

Packaging formats

Single sachet1 wipe per sealed sachet
Sachet carton50 / 100 / 200 per box
Flow-wrap strip10-wipe perforated strip
Canister30–80 wipes, resealable lid
Softpack25–50 wipes, flip-top seal
Bulk caseCustom count, master-carton labelled

Sachet printing is full-colour on both sides with space for your barcode, lot code and any regulatory panel. Artwork proofs come back within 48 hours, and the single-sachet format is the one that travels — it is what dealerships, rental desks and forecourts hand out.

Comparison

Screen wipes vs. the rest of the automotive range

Every other wipe in the range is formulated to do something to a surface. This one is formulated to do as little as possible to it.

Product	Formula base	Safe on	Leaves	Substrate
Car Interior Cleaning Wipes	Water-based surfactant, alcohol- and bleach-free	Plastic, vinyl, rubber, sealed trim, fabric	Clean matte finish, no film	45 gsm spunlace, embossed
Leather & Vinyl Car Wipes	pH-neutral emulsion cleaner + conditioner	Coated (pigmented) leather, leatherette, vinyl	Satin sheen, never greasy	60 gsm spunlace, soft-embossed
Glass & Windshield Wipes	Fast-flash alcohol blend, ammonia-free	Glass, mirrors, aftermarket tint film	Dry, streak-free, no lint	50 gsm low-lint hydroentangled
Dashboard & Trim Wipes	Water-based + UV absorber, silicone-free	Dashboards, door cards, textured plastic	Factory matte — no gloss, no glare	45 gsm spunlace, embossed
Wheel & Tire Wipes	Alkaline degreaser one side, tire dressing the other	Alloy, painted and clear-coated wheels; rubber	Clean rim; even satin sidewall	80 gsm needlepunch, scrub-textured
Screen & Infotainment WipesThis page	De-ionised water + trace surfactant, no alcohol or ammonia	Touchscreens, instrument clusters, coated displays	No streak, oleophobic coating intact	30 gsm microfibre-blend, ultra-low-lint
Hand Cleaning Wipes	d-limonene degreaser + emollient, no pumice	Skin — hands and forearms	Clean and dry, not tacky	70 gsm dual-texture, scrub side
Waterless Wash Wipes	High-lubricity polymer emulsion, encapsulating	Clear coat, paint, glass, exterior trim	Gloss, dirt encapsulated and lifted	90 gsm large-format, high wet strength

Screen and infotainment wipe production and sachet sealing line in the USA

Private Label & OEM

One formulation, two retail categories

A coating-safe screen wipe is the rare automotive SKU that sells identically into consumer electronics — the same sachet works on a phone, a tablet and an infotainment display, so a single run can supply an automotive channel and a tech-accessory channel with different artwork. Because there is no regulated claim, artwork is the only long-lead item.

✓Dual artwork from one formulation — automotive and consumer tech

✓Twin-pack sachet with a dry buff cloth for anti-glare displays

✓Sheet size matched to a specific vehicle display if you supply it

✓Co-packing with screen protectors, mounts or head units

✓FOB, EXW and DDP terms — we handle the paperwork

FAQ

Car screen wipes FAQ

What is the best way to clean a car touchscreen?

Turn the display off first so you can see the marks. Use a wipe with no alcohol and no ammonia, work from the centre outwards in straight overlapping passes rather than circles, and finish with a dry buff on a clean face before the moisture evaporates on its own. Never spray anything directly at the screen — liquid tracks along the bezel and into the housing, which is how a display develops an internal mark that cannot be cleaned at all.

Can I use alcohol wipes or Windex on my car’s infotainment screen?

No. Isopropyl alcohol dissolves the oleophobic coating and ammonia attacks both that coating and the anti-glare layer. The screen will look excellent immediately afterwards and progressively worse for the rest of the car’s life, because without the coating every fingerprint smears instead of beading. This is the single most common way a good display is permanently ruined, and it is done with the best of intentions.

What is an oleophobic coating, and how do I know if my screen has one?

It is a fluoropolymer layer a few nanometres thick, bonded to the glass, which repels skin oil. If a fingerprint on your screen sits as a distinct droplet-like mark and lifts away with a dry cloth, the coating is intact. If fingerprints smear into a haze and need pressure to remove, it has been stripped or worn. Almost all factory-fitted automotive displays are coated; the coating wears naturally at touch points over years, and dissolves in one pass with alcohol.

Why de-ionised water instead of ordinary water?

Because dissolved minerals stay behind. Tap water dries and leaves calcium and magnesium deposits, which on a black display in daylight are as visible as any streak and eventually need an abrasive to remove. De-ionised water dries to nothing. It is a small formulation detail with a disproportionate effect on how the product is perceived.

Are these the same as the screen wipes on your inflight range?

They serve the same physical problem from a different specification. Our inflight screen wipes are built around cabin-crew workflow and aviation packaging requirements for seatback IFE displays; this SKU is sized and packaged for a vehicle cabin and specified against automotive display coatings. The core chemistry — no alcohol, no ammonia, de-ionised base — is deliberately the same, because the coating is the same.

Do screen wipes disinfect?

Ours do not, and we will not claim they do. A disinfection claim in the United States requires EPA registration with efficacy data, and the actives that would earn it — quats, alcohol, hypochlorite — are precisely the ones that damage display coatings. If a customer needs a disinfecting wipe for high-touch vehicle surfaces we make that as a separate registered product, and we keep it away from the screens.