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Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by WalterBright »

cornstalks wrote: post #24

The best method I’ve found so far: 1. Get your glasses wet with warm water. 2. Apply dish soap to both lenses. 3. Gently rub the soapy water over the lenses. For some stubborn things (like sunscreen) in the edges I sometimes gently use a Q-tip. 4. Rinse under warm water. Gently rub with your fingers to agitate the soapy water and help rinse it off. 5. (This is the important step) Adjust the faucet’s flow to a low lam…

I don't use a towel to dry them, as any grit at all will fog the lenses. Instead, I just bang the edge of the glasses against my abdomen to knock the drops off.

They'll eventually fog, but it takes a lot longer.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by [deleted] »

twawaaay wrote: post #158
senthil_rajasek wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Instead of wiping with cloth, I use a hair dryer in cold setting.

That's bad. You don't want to dry it, you want to remove the water BEFORE it has a chance to dry out. If you just dry it out, the mineral residue from water will be left on your glasses. More than that, mineral crystals are incredibly abrasive so next time you try to clean the glasses they will be abrading and destroying your perfect glass surface.

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Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by shard »

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.

I used contact lenses for many years, starting with RGPs when I was in high school and later switching to soft lenses. However, as I and my eyes have gotten old, I've found that wearing contacts for more than a few hours leads to eye pain, and switching to different brands or contacts with higher water content didn't really make a difference. So nowadays it's glasses-only for me.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by camtarn »

anigbrowl wrote: post #124
pen2l wrote: post #32

Be careful with using ultrasonic cleaners or using otherwise strong solutions because of the risk of taking off polarized/anti-glare lens coating, if you happened to have gotten it (you probably should have :)). Working in a lab that had ultrasonic cleaners, I used to do this and it happened with me after a few washes. It is indeed a bit of a pain to clean it (I'm lazy and just don't... unless it gets really, really…

I have had anti-glare lens coating but it always wears off because I clean my glasses with whatever softish fabric comes to hand. I'm not getting again because the last pair I had eroded in edgewise fashion so lenses look like the coastline of some unvisited continent, which is far more distracting than any glare in the worn-away areas.

I wish I could do this - I've asked my opticians if I can have lenses without the coating, but they've said that the lenses automatically come coated and there's nothing they can do. Which seems pretty strange given that the lenses are made to order, now that I think about it. Maybe it's something about the way they order the lenses in, where there's simply no spot to ask for no coating, and they don't want to / aren't allowed to pick up the phone?

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by Aulig »

mmh0000 wrote: post #20

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.

I order my glasses on Aliexpress even. From as little as $2 to $30 (for the most special stuff like photochromic lenses).

Lenses are not expensive. They're just pieces of plastic, just like the frame.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by camtarn »

sgtnoodle wrote: post #29

I hate the metalized coatings they put on lenses these days because they are so fragile. The antireflective coatings "craze" when exposed to thermal cycles. My current pair I ordered without AR coating, and they still came with a "hardness" coating. All it takes to ruin it is a spattering of aerosol sunscreen in passing. A few weeks ago, one lens got bad enough that I soaked it in glass etching acid overnight and the…

Hah, it's great to hear that the etch-and-polish approach actually works! I've considered doing this to my glasses to remove messed-up antireflective coatings, but always chickened out before actually doing it.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by pen2l »

camtarn wrote: post #165
anigbrowl wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have had anti-glare lens coating but it always wears off because I clean my glasses with whatever softish fabric comes to hand. I'm not getting again because the last pair I had eroded in edgewise fashion so lenses look like the coastline of some unvisited continent, which is far more distracting than any glare in the worn-away areas.

I wish I could do this - I've asked my opticians if I can have lenses without the coating, but they've said that the lenses automatically come coated and there's nothing they can do. Which seems pretty strange given that the lenses are made to order, now that I think about it. Maybe it's something about the way they order the lenses in, where there's simply no spot to ask for no coating, and they don't want to / aren…

I've been wearing glasses for about 20 years. I've gotten a new pair pretty much every year. Every single time I've gotten a new pair, I was given the offer for coatings as addons, never once did a shop in the midwest or east coast just tell me "they come with coatings". Are you in the US?

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by gwbas1c »

frosted-flakes wrote: post #98
jefftk wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> A good chunk of people require glasses that need to be custom-made. Zenni makes their glasses to order; what do you mean?

Even with Zenni my eyeglasses cost over $100. At Costco they cost $300, and at most other places they cost $600. I used to always go with Costco, but last year I tried Zenni. The frames are definitely flimsier than any others I've had, which I've heard is generally the case for their wire-frame options—I'm sure their heavy plastic frames are more sturdy, but that's not my style. But the lenses seem as good as usual.…

> Except they polished the edges of the lens instead of leaving them frosted, which creates distracting reflections under certain light

Could you apply some kind of light paint to the edges? Maybe nail polish?

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by pen2l »

tecleandor wrote: post #85
pen2l wrote: post #32

Be careful with using ultrasonic cleaners or using otherwise strong solutions because of the risk of taking off polarized/anti-glare lens coating, if you happened to have gotten it (you probably should have :)). Working in a lab that had ultrasonic cleaners, I used to do this and it happened with me after a few washes. It is indeed a bit of a pain to clean it (I'm lazy and just don't... unless it gets really, really…

What did you use with the ultrasonic cleaner? Just de-ionized water or any solution?

If I recall correctly, first I used to use di water, but later on I used a solution. Whatever protocol is used in biological labs to wash flasks and tubes, I pretty much followed that, I don't remember what washing solution I used, I recall it felt like soapy water. It's possible that latter might have been the problem.
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