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Post by gale w on May 22, 2015 0:06:39 GMT
Those microfiber cloths that you can buy in a big pack and use for dusting, windows, etc-are they okay for eyeglasses? Or do you stick with the cloths that are made for them? My last pair got so scratched up even though I only used eyeglass cloths. I want my new ones to last longer.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 0:10:43 GMT
I either wash them under running water and use my finger pads to clean them or use the foil wrapped wet wipes for cleaning computer screens. A dry rub on your glasses, even with a glasses cloth, can cause the grit on the lenses to scratch the lens. Then if the microfiber is used many times or used on more than your eyewear, you can end up with grit trapped in the cloth that will scratch your lens.
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Post by jayfab on May 22, 2015 0:12:59 GMT
I only use a cleaning cloth. But the trick is running the glasses under warm water first, otherwise they will get scratched. I wrecked my last pair of glasses within 6 months because of using my sleeve, napkins or anything but the cleaning cloths. They seemed to just smudge so I rubbed harder and harder. They got so scratched they were actually cloudy. I just got new ones last week and the optician said to get them really wet then use the cleaning cloth only, rubbing them while dry is what creates lots of teeny tiny scratches.
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Post by slicksister on May 22, 2015 1:10:42 GMT
I run them under warm water, squirt dish soap on them, smear that around, rinse again n hot water, shake them off and then use an old CLEAN pair of my DH's tighty whiteys! If I'm not at home I use a spray bottle of eyeglass cleaner that I carry with me and a cloth that came with my glasses.
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Post by njinkerbelle on May 22, 2015 1:11:12 GMT
I use the eyeglass cleaning kit I picked up at Costco. It had two bottles of liquid cleaner, two cloths, an empty travel bottle to fill with solution and a keychain tool to fix eye ware. You can refill the liquid bottles for free at Costco. The kit cost $6.00.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 1:16:19 GMT
I wash mine in the shower every day. I keep some anti-bacterial liquid soap in the shower just for this reason.
Then when I'm out of the shower, I dry them with tissues.
One thing to be mindful of, do NOT use soaps with lotions or tissues with lotion. You will get a film.
I even bring orange liquid soap with me when I go on trips.
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Post by marianne on May 22, 2015 1:16:47 GMT
i use the pre-moistened foil-wrapped lens cleaners from Pearl Vision or Bausch & Lomb or the cheapies from Walmart, whichever is more convenient when I'm out. They've definitely saved my lenses so I don't mind spending a bit more.
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Post by GiantsFan on May 22, 2015 1:17:36 GMT
Everyday I use an eyeglass cleaning cloth and spray. If they get too icky I use dish soap and warm water and an eyeglass cleaning cloth.
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Post by baslp on May 22, 2015 1:18:24 GMT
I have learned a few new things about the correct way to clean my glasses!
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Post by littlemama on May 22, 2015 1:19:11 GMT
A spray that i bought at the eye Dr and a cloth that they gave me.
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Post by akathy on May 22, 2015 1:47:55 GMT
Liquid hand soap, running warm water and I dry them on a clean towel.
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Post by chaosisapony on May 22, 2015 1:50:56 GMT
I work for an eye doctor and get an expensive anti reflective coating on my lenses. The lab instructs us to clean the lenses that have that coating with dry lens cleaning cloths or soap and water only. No Windex, no chemicals and especially none of those foil wrapped wet wipes for glasses (I have seen lots of lenses ruined by those). So that's what I do and I haven't had any trouble with scratches. I'm also not afraid to use my shirt when necessary!
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Post by peajays on May 22, 2015 2:05:14 GMT
I tell you, the timing of the peas always amazes me! Just last night I was trying to clean my glasses, and there were all these little dots all over them that wouldn't come off (they looked like grease splatters, but they wouldn't come off) so DH got out his ultrasonic cleaner that we use to clean misc things like jewelry, and we popped them in for about 5 minutes, and they are amazingly clean, even the nose pieces!
Other than that we buy the lens cleaner and cloths at Costco.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 2:16:56 GMT
I use Dawn dish soap and a clean flour sack dish towel. I've tried a lot of things, but Dawn seems to work the best for me. I have rimless glasses and I swear that the oils on my skin just seem to creep up the lenses and I have to clean them a few times a day.
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Post by chaosisapony on May 22, 2015 2:17:17 GMT
I tell you, the timing of the peas always amazes me! Just last night I was trying to clean my glasses, and there were all these little dots all over them that wouldn't come off (they looked like grease splatters, but they wouldn't come off) so DH got out his ultrasonic cleaner that we use to clean misc things like jewelry, and we popped them in for about 5 minutes, and they are amazingly clean, even the nose pieces! Other than that we buy the lens cleaner and cloths at Costco. The ultra sonic cleaners are awesome! I use the one at the office daily when people bring in old, nasty frames to be repaired. These things are so gross and are often seem to be being held together just by dead skin cell black and green sludge all over the nose pads. I pop those suckers in the ultra sonic cleaner for a few mins and the caked on sludge just falls right off. It's amazing.
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Post by gale w on May 22, 2015 4:07:44 GMT
I do use the spray most of the time. Out of all the glasses I've had, the last pair were the only ones that really got scratched up and they were the ones I was most careful with. I'll start trying soap and water and the glasses cloths to dry them.
About 50% of the time I'm away from home when they need cleaning so I keep a bottle of spray in the glove box of the car and a cloth in my wallet.
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Post by Kate * on May 22, 2015 4:11:17 GMT
I tell you, the timing of the peas always amazes me! Just last night I was trying to clean my glasses, and there were all these little dots all over them that wouldn't come off (they looked like grease splatters, but they wouldn't come off) so DH got out his ultrasonic cleaner that we use to clean misc things like jewelry, and we popped them in for about 5 minutes, and they are amazingly clean, even the nose pieces! Other than that we buy the lens cleaner and cloths at Costco. The ultra sonic cleaners are awesome! I use the one at the office daily when people bring in old, nasty frames to be repaired. These things are so gross and are often seem to be being held together just by dead skin cell black and green sludge all over the nose pads. I pop those suckers in the ultra sonic cleaner for a few mins and the caked on sludge just falls right off. It's amazing. So thanks for enabling... I have been using the Costco lens cleaner/cloths multiple times daily and now have an ultra sonic cleaner on the way. I was thinking about getting a jewelry cleaner anyway so now this gets those two birds with one stone. now need to work on getting new glasses...
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Post by JoP on May 22, 2015 5:25:55 GMT
Liquid hand soap, running warm water and I dry them on a clean towel. The same as akathy
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Post by disneypal on May 22, 2015 9:44:02 GMT
I bougt this small bottle of spray lens cleaner at Walmart's eye center. My glasses came with a cleaning cloth. I was told to never use the cloth just dry because it might stratch so I spray with the lens cleaner and then use the cloth to wipe the glasses.
The bottle of lens cleaner was $1.97 and it includes unlimited free refills.
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Post by oldcrow on May 22, 2015 14:34:26 GMT
Liquid hand soap, running warm water and I dry them on a clean towel. The same as akathyMe too, if I am at home. Away from home it is usually my shirt tail. I did not need new glasses last time so these ones are four years old and no scratches.
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Post by whipea on May 22, 2015 14:40:14 GMT
Water and Bounty per Optometrist. I have the Cryzal(sp) coating. This way nothing special is needed and have Bounty towels everywhere and have little spray bottles of water in my car and office.
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Post by likescarrots on May 22, 2015 15:03:38 GMT
Soap and water. Then i fling them around a little to dry them off.
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Post by 5peanutsnana on May 22, 2015 15:15:28 GMT
I use spray lens cleaner and cloths made from old 100% cotton tee shirts, as recommended by optician.
For those who use ultrasonic cleaner do you fill it with glass cleaner or just water? TIA
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Post by calgal08 on May 22, 2015 16:33:53 GMT
For me, the spray cleaner and cleaning cloths make the lenses worse, they always end up smeared/streaky. The best thing for me is water/dish soap and dry on a dish towel.
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Post by gale w on May 22, 2015 18:27:41 GMT
These are supposed to be crizal but I didn't get a certificate or anything. I'm going in today to pick up my rx for single vision computer viewing glasses (will buy those online) so I'm going to ask them if the coating is crizal. I paid enough for them that they should be.
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Post by tarheelgurl on May 23, 2015 2:29:26 GMT
Soap and water.
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Post by gale w on May 23, 2015 3:26:00 GMT
For those that use soap and water only-do you never clean them away from home or do you go into a public bathroom?
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on May 23, 2015 5:39:04 GMT
So the answer to this question is NOT "whatever shirt I'm wearing at the moment"?
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Post by Katie on May 23, 2015 12:21:20 GMT
I use the foil wrapped moistened wipes. I have tried the spray with the cloths, but I got tired of having to carry spray and the cloth in my purse all the time, so now I just keep the foil packets in a couple of places and they work the best at cleaning my lenses, IMO.
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Post by peajays on May 23, 2015 13:09:11 GMT
I use spray lens cleaner and cloths made from old 100% cotton tee shirts, as recommended by optician. For those who use ultrasonic cleaner do you fill it with glass cleaner or just water? TIA When DH uses his he just fills it with water and a tiny drop of dish soap.
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