A service where you pay a few bucks and send your glasses for deep cleaning, refurbishing of hinges, and touch up paint etc. would be cool, assuming you have redundant pairs or don't wear them every day. I do notice the grime that accumulates in the nooks and crannies of my glasses.
How I clean my glasses
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#182The 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…
The best method I've found so far (I've worn glasses for over four decades): https://www.amazon.com/Zeiss-Pre-Moistened-Cleaning-Wipes-Co... If they are especially dirty, I'll rinse them with clean water and maybe a bit of soap first.
I use the exact same cleaners and have for years.
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#183The 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 the same. The problem is at step 5: some faucets (at hotels and so on) are automatic (no touch, due to pandemic maybe). I don't have a solution for this yet.
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#184The 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 for the first 1-4 steps, only difference is I use cold water instead of warm or hot.
I don't know how true it is but I read in a few places where hot water and glasses don't mix well. It can mess with prescription lenses and potentially strip away extra coatings you have like auto-tint.
I know hot and warm are different but just to be safe I always go with cool.
It's too bad hot water is bad for lenses because it would be really convenient to be able to clean them while showering.
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#185Odd article. Claims to be inspired by camera lens cleaning methods, but I've never heard of any photog using an "oil remover", and certainly not an ultrasonic cleaner.
"Inspired" doesn't mean you do the exact same things, sometimes you introduce your own ideas, not all necessarily good :)
The residual oil remover mentioned is just a fancy name for lens cleaner that you can pick up in most supermarkets:
http://www.newprouk.co.uk/images/ROR/ROR%20data%20sheet.pdf
I've used this stuff to clean my SLR lenses (and my spectacles) but just by squirting a small amount onto a microfibre cloth rather than directly.
> certainly not an ultrasonic cleaner.
Yeah, I think I'd rather not be exposing my glasses to the rigours of the sonic tank :)
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#186A service where you pay a few bucks and send your glasses for deep cleaning, refurbishing of hinges, and touch up paint etc. would be cool, assuming you have redundant pairs or don't wear them every day. I do notice the grime that accumulates in the nooks and crannies of my glasses.
> I do notice the grime that accumulates in the nooks and crannies of my glasses.
Basic wood toothpicks work really well for getting rid of anything that might build up around the little nubs near your nose. It takes like 30 seconds and it's something you might do once a month.
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm in the same boat as you, in fact I've got several eye consults lined up for next week. I just wanted to say, LASIK is a catch-all term now-days. I would recommend to see if you're eligible for the ReLEX SMILE[0] proceedure. That's what I'm hoping for. There are some (disturbing) videos on youtube that show the process step-by-step[1]. The biggest fear for me for traditional LASIK has always been the flap. SMILE i…
This is interesting! I recently read that new tech has also allowed PRK to become better and thus more popular again - I compared it to LASIK a while ago and would probably have leaned more towards PRK from what I read. This looks like the best of both worlds, great idea.
I got PRK last year because I didn't want the flap. I was supposed to have 20/20 or better vision after a month. Exactly one week later, my eyes had recovered to 20/15 and 20/18. The recovery honestly wasn't that bad and I forget that I've only had perfect vision for a year. One of the best investments in myself I've ever made!
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#188Don’t ever use any form of paper. I saw my optician get ready to clean my new subscription glasses with the type of paper towel that you use to dry your hands with - I didn’t scream at her, but yelped so that she stopped what she was about to be doing.
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#189Don’t ever use any form of paper. I saw my optician get ready to clean my new subscription glasses with the type of paper towel that you use to dry your hands with - I didn’t scream at her, but yelped so that she stopped what she was about to be doing.
> subscription glasses
Is this a thing, or a typo of prescription? Subscriptions would be very helpful when you have children with glasses. Probably ludicrously expensive though.
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#190As a late 40-something I've recently had to start using readers. I went to the optometrist and got a £70 pair which I broke within the first 6 months. After one or two more pairs I thought - fuck this and just ordered a cheap pack of 5 readers at the right strength for a tenner off Amazon.
For 2 quid a pair, I treat these now as disposables and I've never looked back. I use the microfibre cloth + breath method to clean them and this works well.
But having 10 pairs of specs lying around at work, in the car, at home, etc was the best call I ever made.
Granted my prescription is standard - if I had astigmatism or similar it might be different, but for those who just need readers this is a no brainer.