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Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by Jasper_ »

blakesterz wrote: post #4

This title is missing a word: "How I Clean my Glasses" I half expected a post where someone brags about cleaning glasses. HOW I clean my glasses is pretty interesting for those of us who wear them. Mine are just ALWAYS dirty, I don't know what the heck I keep doing to them.

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Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by planarhobbit »

Any reason you can’t use pure methanol to clean glasses? I don’t wear glasses so I don’t know the specifics, but that’s what we use to clean industrial laser lenses and any tiny speck or smudge or oil would immediately burn the protective coating. We also don’t touch the lens tissue when we clean it, rather we put methanol on the lens tissue and slide it across. Curved lenses are a bit more interesting but same method of cleaning.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by ekianjo »

PaulHoule wrote: post #2

What I found is sufficient to get my glasses spotless is: dip in hot water, dry with paper towel, dip in hot water, dry with paper towel, rinse in cold water, dry with paper towel, rinse in cold water, dry with paper towel. Anything less than that I would find my glasses were not really clean.

won't the paper towel cause micro-scratches?

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by sodimel »

My glasses are always dirty, I use my tshirt to clean them every day or so. They are full of little scratches, but if I don't focus on them, I don't notice them. My old pair (which I keep in case my current pair breaks unexpectedly) are even worse, with big visible scratches. They (the old pair) lasted at least 4 or 5 years, and the current ones are at least 3 years old, but I don't really remember.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by dont__panic »

mynegation wrote: post #5

I switched to contact lenses (monthlies first and then to dailies) and I do not miss any of these cleaning rituals.

How long have you used contact lenses? I used contacts from 2005-2017 or so, eventually switched away because it was annoying when I couldn't just take a nap easily, my eyes dried out a lot when I use a computer all day for work, and contacts are not very bikepacking compatible. When I first switched to contacts, it was such a breath of fresh air, but I've been back to glasses for years now and have no desire to go back. My life seems a lot simpler now that I have a good pair of transitions and a good pair of indoor glasses.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by teddyh »

Jasper_ wrote: post #11
blakesterz wrote: post #4

This title is missing a word: "How I Clean my Glasses" I half expected a post where someone brags about cleaning glasses. HOW I clean my glasses is pretty interesting for those of us who wear them. Mine are just ALWAYS dirty, I don't know what the heck I keep doing to them.

HN has a strict "don't editorialize article titles" policy, backed by a bot that automatically editorializes article titles for you. It's great.

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Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by bryanlarsen »

As a farm kid who spent time in a dusty barn every day, my glasses were often so dirty that they looked opaque to others. I didn't notice and didn't care.

How the brain processes visual information is really weird. I'm not surprised that a slight speck of dirt would really bother some people but not others.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by mmh0000 »

This article describes way too much OCD and wasted time.

Here's my solution:

  * Buy 4x pairs cheapish glasses from Zenni.

  * Beat the crap out of them.

  * Replace as needed.
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