Lens manufacturers say that anything other than a microfiber cloth will damage the coatings on a lens. But microfiber cloths eventually pick up crap and they look like they’re a pain to wash.
How do you keep your lenses clean? Are you using cloth/kleenex or microfiber cloths? If you use microfiber cloths, how do you clean those?
Here’s what i do:
- Always use a lens cleaner 1 spray TO THE microfiber cloth
- Rub in 1 direction away from center, both sides
- Dirty microfiber just goes in the washing machine with other daily clothes
Just make sure not to get fabric softener on it
Rinse glasses. Rub on some hand soap or a very small amount of dish soap. Rinse again. Dry with paper towel.
This is the way.
Some paper towels will scratch your glasses
Never had that issue but I pretty much only ever bought Bounty or BJs store brand. Also I basically only buy Zeno glasses and my prescription isn’t complicated so IDGAF about the lenses.
Don’t even dry them, just use a slow steady stream for the final rinse and just give them a few taps to get off the excess water.
Water and hand soap, unless they really need to be cleaned right now. I used to use a microfiber cloth, but I ran into the same problems as you. Soap and water will allow you to get oil from your hands and face off, as well as water spots and whatever else might be on there, and it’s gentle enough that it doesn’t hurt or scratch the lenses. When I put my glasses back on after cleaning them like this, It’s a Whole New World starts playing in my head.
Do you just wipe with your fingers? And how do you dry them
https://www.visionexpress.com/eye-health/how-to-clean-your-glasses seems to point to fingers, dry with a lint free cloth?
Daily wash with water and foaming hand soap. Foaming soap on lenses, rub with fingers, rinse. Dry with cotton hankerchief. I usually keep my glasses 2 years before replacing and haven’t had any issues with the anti-reflective coating washing this way.
I wear cotton t-shirts, so I have a drawer full of clean ones. I wash my glasses with foaming hand soap with my fingers, then dry with a shirt from the drawer. Not really had any problems, but I buy polycarbonate lenses with no coatings.
I will never forget the time I saw my classmate clean his glasses by licking them. It wasn’t a small lick. The lenses were covered in his saliva afterwards. 🤮
My mother did that so I ended up doing the same in elementary school. It took me a while, but I realized how disgusting it was and have been using cloths, or my shirt, for most of my life.
I do that sometimes. When the lenses have grease or salt from the beach, and I have no quick access to water, I’ll lick them. I don’t recommend it, but I do it.
I use a microfibre cloth my optometrist gave me along with the glasses. When it gets dirty I run it through the wash with my clothes. I have an anti-glare coating on my lenses, so I don’t use any chemicals, even just dish soap.
Same as my laptop screen/keyboard - I use a dab of Dawn (or whatever brand I currently use) and a moist very soft sponge and dry with an old teatowel.
Use soap and water and rub it with my fingers. Shake the excess water off then use a microfiber to finish up. We use microfibers to clean around the house and always have clean ones handy.
I use denim. My jeans get my glasses cleaner than anything else I’ve tried. I’m sure it’s not as good for them as a microfiber cloth, but it’s what I have on me. My wife has me clean hers, too.
I work in a lab, and while we carry lens cleaners, sometimes you don’t have time.
A little bit of 200 proof ethanol and some elbow grease is all it takes for a fresh pair of specs!
If anyone uses anti glare coatings, mine specifically say don’t use alcohol to clean them.
Sorry for the late reply. These are actually a cheap pair I forgot to add the anti-glare on in the purchase. These weren’t being used so they are my work glasses now.
Does anyone have experience with glasses with Oleophobic layers and work around fats/waxes/oils?
I use the ethanol and kimwipes to clean mine all the time lol they’re probably a little scratchy but better than my shirt. They’re just too convenient when they’re everywhere.
Tap water and a bath towel.
I just clean the lenses of my glasses with my cotton t-shirt. I need to clean my glasses twice a day because they get foggy due to my oily skin and oily eyelashes. I have not noticed any scratches yet (I have been using these glasses for around 5-6 years). However, I use glass lenses and not plastic lenses. The plastic ones scratch easily.
I have a small machine that creates super sonic sound (Sonic Soak), submerge that with the glasses in a bottle with soapy water. Turn on and wait around 3 minutes. You can see stream of dirt particles coming out of small crevices, I don’t think I can reach those with any wipe or cloth. The glasses is super clean after the process. But if I don’t have time and not home I use microfiber cloth
Worn cotton t-shirts work best. Launder without fabric softener or dryer sheets.
With plastic lenses, don’t use paper products, including Kleenex, toilet paper, napkins, or paper towels. Paper (wood) fibers are hard enough to put microscopic scratches in lenses or coatings, eventually making them appear cloudy.
Microfiber cloth is pretty lousy for cleaning lenses, in my experience.
Spray from optometrist and tissues to remove most oil
Then polish the lenses with the microfibre that came with them
Wash the microfibre when it stops working
