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Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by buildbot »

andrelaszlo wrote: post #95
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 asked the optician how they clean glasses: - Wash with cold water. Warm or hot water might ruin the coating. (Our water comes supercooled right out of the tap in the winter,so in order to not have my hands instantly frozen into a solid block of ice I go for 15—20 degrees or so.) - Use a drop of mild dish soap without ammonia. - Dry them with a soft clean cloth (they use microfiber I think, I just use a random soft…

Are optical coatings that sensitive that warm water might bother them? I'll have to treat my lenses differently.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by teddyh »

dang wrote: post #117
Jasper_ wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The title policy is fine, but I find it really weird that it's defended as "not editorializing" -- by your own admission, you edit titles to put your own spin on the article's contents, and focus on something different than what the original title wanted to focus on. "Why I no longer recommend Julia" is a perfectly good title, it's prompting a question which the article will hopefully answer. Changing it to focus on…

I'm happy to admit mistakes (and correct them!) but this is inaccurate. We don't edit titles to put our own personal spin on a topic, which is what the word editorializing means. We look closely at the article itself to find what it is actually saying. If we do replace a title, we replace it with representative language from the article itself wherever possible. This has been the case for a long time: https://hn.algo…

How about the second example? The linked article is decidedly not a technical specification or even a discussion about any details of OpenStreetMap's Data Model. The article lacks any snippets of code or map data. It is quite clearly a defense of the simplicity of OpenStreetMap's data model (using analogies and anecdotes) as reflected by the article’s title. How, then, could one possibly justify the title change?

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by camtarn »

dncornholio wrote: post #21

The breath and piece of cloth method worked so well, I really didn't think of needing another method. I'm curious on what the author used to test his cleaning methods, because it seemed to only appears after 2 years of using this method.

Yeah, exactly this: there's no way for the author to tell if the method is actually any better, so this article seems a little premature!

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by frosted-flakes »

gwbas1c wrote: post #169
frosted-flakes wrote: post #98

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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?

I could remove the lenses and carefully sand the edges slightly with fine sandpaper to create a frosted effect, but I haven't tried it yet.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by raggi »

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 do something similar, but I tend to be less particular with using laminar flow, as ensuring that works reliably is difficult. I find I can simply blow on the lenses to drive any remaining droplets off of them.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by chicob »

Retr0id wrote: post #48
planarhobbit wrote: post #12

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 metho…

I use isopropanol to clean mine, works great. I just use toilet paper for the cloth, but combined with the isopropanol you don't need to apply any pressure, so scratching doesn't seem to be an issue.

Isopropanol also evaporates quickly, so if there is any dirt left behind one can immediately see it.

It probably would be more than enough to clean the hair brushes, instead of the ultrasonic thing.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by MikeKusold »

buildbot wrote: post #171
andrelaszlo wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I asked the optician how they clean glasses: - Wash with cold water. Warm or hot water might ruin the coating. (Our water comes supercooled right out of the tap in the winter,so in order to not have my hands instantly frozen into a solid block of ice I go for 15—20 degrees or so.) - Use a drop of mild dish soap without ammonia. - Dry them with a soft clean cloth (they use microfiber I think, I just use a random soft…

Are optical coatings that sensitive that warm water might bother them? I'll have to treat my lenses differently.

I've ruined my coatings by wearing them in the sauna before. Sauna temps tend to be around 180.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by aidenn0 »

pizza234 wrote: post #84
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…

Ultrasonic cleaners, with a bit of dishes soap in the water, are the most efficient/effective way (I uses to clean them with water and soap as well, in the past). They are simple devices that lightly shake objects very quickly, in water. They work well with dirt that is soft (e.g. grease), and therefore not only for glasses, but also for teeth aligners and jewelry/small objects. Some grease is still sticky, but gener…

What uncoated lenses do you have? Polycarbonate lenses usually have an anti-scratch coating, and most lenses have an AR coating as well.

Re: How I clean my glasses

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Post by dzek69 »

I have only used two pairs of glasses for around 12 years, I replaced my old ones only because I left them at the gym and never got them back.

The magic: I just bought the glasses at good place (not the most expensive brand in my country, but quite decent) and picked the "greatest package" of features. They offered me like four features to pick from: - anti blue light - scratch resistance - scratch resistance level 2 - something else I don't remember but sounded useful

so I picked them all. The frames wasn't anthing top-branded so I paid like $200. The prices may differ around the world, I know but it's still lower than any mid-range smartphone and I suspect it should be similar in most of the world.

I used to use a t-shirt without any fluid for years (results were good enough), but since covid I clean my glasses with hand sanitizer with 60% alcohol (water based, not that jelly thing that would smear the view) and 4-layered tissues, the softest ones I can find (I have allergy, so I use tissues all the times, so just by "coincidence" I always have the softest tissues you can find with me).

Scratches? I can see a few, I suspect they all happened when I dropped my glasses on the concrete. I once sit on my glasses, I once dropped something heavy on the glasses I left on the floor near my bed. Frames got bended and they don't keep on my head that good anymore, so I drop them like twice a month, especially when I'm working physically on something. But still don't get scratches even by that.

For contrast:

My girlfriend bought the "greatest package" in a quite no-name shop (but with high rating on Google Maps, everyone is recommending the place), paid around 80% of what I paid, just because she liked the frames they were offering. After three years her glasses are scratched like hell, they look like a thing made from scratches. It's definitely time to replace them. Idk if she ever dropped them, she cleans them the same way I do. But those tiny scratches are definitely caused just by cleaning.

So to everyone I recommend trying to find a good store for your glasses and spend bigger amount of money on them. If you're replacing glasses every two years your investment on something better will return fast. If you are low on money - prefer good lenses over looks.

It will still be cheaper than ultrasonic cleaner and easier than treating your everyday item like an ancient artifact :)

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