Eyeglass wearers?

[Kable72]

Hey guys,

Having a small issue with cleaning of my Eyeglasses. Pretty much I clean with the lint free cloth and the spray and all that but afterwards, there is still like a hazy look through them. As if I'm just spreading the oil over the lense rather than removing it. Anyone wanna share the way you clean your glasses to remove all of the oil rather than spreading it?

I know, it's a strange place to post but I rather not sign up to another forum to something people may not post in lol.*

[Yellow_Festiva]

New cloth perhaps?..

See if your local optomatrist has this cleaner that looks like a tub of clear cleaning solution (water?) that vibrates.

Don't know what they are called, but in Korea almost every optomatrist has one on the counter for all to use for free... pop glasses in, turn on and after 20 seconds they come out clean. Don't know the process, but the dirt and grime in every nook and cranny just floats off.

I don't use cloth and spray, just tissue and water BTW.

[Dr Jekkyl]

My wife orders a fair bit of crap from clearance websites.

One of those orders contained some microfibre cloths.

They look like a terry towel face washer (as opposed to microfibre glass cleaners) and they simply amazing - I have never seen cleaner glass after using them.

You could probably pick up similar from SCA/Repco or Bunnings - I reckon I have seen them there before.

[Kryton]

Is it hazy oil or is the hardcoat peeling.
Every single pair Ive had for the last 10 years, the hardcoat has peeled on them.
At first it just looks like something is stuck to the lense, but it never seems to wipe off.
After a while it seems to get bigger, then you try and pick it off only to find youve just made it biggger again - thats the hardcoat peeling.
Its like a white hazy patch where it peels.

Otherwise, if it is oil, just take them in the shower, get the shampoo and give them a good tub.
Dry with soft paper towel and theyll be as good as new.

[Kable72]

Nah it's a hazy type thing.

[Kryton]

Shampoo, hot water, pat dry with paper towel and report back.

[Feathers]

I've all but given up on cleaning any of mine. My eyelashes are FAR too long, and rub on the lenses, so they're permanently grubby.

Occasionally I have forgotten I was wearing them and jumped into the shower, wondering why it was so steamy in the bathroom..."oh bugger", might try giving them a clean while I'm there next time I do it.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

pop glasses in, turn on and after 20 seconds they come out clean. Don't know the process, but the dirt and grime in every nook and cranny just floats off.

Ooh, think of the money if they made automatic car washes like that

[poppa smurf]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

New cloth perhaps?..

See if your local optomatrist has this cleaner that looks like a tub of clear cleaning solution (water?) that vibrates.

Don't know what they are called, but in Korea almost every optomatrist has one on the counter for all to use for free... pop glasses in, turn on and after 20 seconds they come out clean. Don't know the process, but the dirt and grime in every nook and cranny just floats off.

I don't use cloth and spray, just tissue and water BTW.

I reckon it's "ultra sonic cleaning"......works with jewellery as well

what I do with mine is to use the cleaner stuff you spray your plasma tv with then give them a good wipe with a microfibre cloth....seems to work

[flappist]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

New cloth perhaps?..

See if your local optomatrist has this cleaner that looks like a tub of clear cleaning solution (water?) that vibrates.

Don't know what they are called, but in Korea almost every optomatrist has one on the counter for all to use for free... pop glasses in, turn on and after 20 seconds they come out clean. Don't know the process, but the dirt and grime in every nook and cranny just floats off.

I don't use cloth and spray, just tissue and water BTW.

Those work well but whatever you do don't use an industrial ultrasonic cleaner. We used to have one and one of the clever techs decide to clean his watch & glasses in it. The result was sort of like polishing your car with sandpaper........but they were "clean"

[graham7773]

Glass Lenses with metal frame? Spray em with "Kenko Shift It", let em soak for a minute or so then rinse off with warm water and dry with a soft cotton cloth. Works a treat in my engine bay. Dunno about plastic lenses, might begin to dissolve them.

[MarkAW]

Be very careful with what you use as even the special cleaning products supposedly for cleaning glasses can cause damage. Products with certain types of "anti-fogging" solution can destroy your lenses. Advice from one of my contractors who supplied our industrial prescription safety specs was that the Protecta brand lens cleaning fluid found in many workshop situations will crack polycarbonate lenses.

Most glasses come in either CR39 (Columbian Resin #39) or polycarbonate. The CR39 group is the cheaper lens material and is limited in its capacity for high end lenses. CR39 has a low resistance to impact and will crack in a glass like manner if subect to stress. CR39 has a good resistance to scratching. Polycarbonate lenses, which are generally the lens of choice are much stronger, can achieve higher magnification values and will sustain a higher impact but are more sensitive to chemicals and scratching. Do not use any solution containing alcohol on poly lenses.

Dayway, lenses, be it a camera lens or prescription spectacles are built like tinting the windows of a car. Want sunglasses, then apply a coloured film and vacuum seal it to the lens, want anti-reflection then add another layer to the inside, want polariod then use the polaroid film instead of the plain tinted. And like a car, use the wrong fluid on the tinting and you loosen the adhesive and it will peel away.

The best fluid may in the end be the one supplied by your optomitrist. With the cost of my glasses which is nearly $1k, my optomitrist usually throws in 3 or 4 little bottles of Karl Zeiss cleaning fluid. It works well and is non-flammable which is good for plane flights.

[XP6]

Does the design of your frames allow them to touch your brow's or lashes... common mistake as they will oil up

[brownieXR8]

I just use handsoap and a micro fibre cloth. They come up perfectly

[anolade]

wearing glasses, i've only ever used metho and paper towel and always works a treat clean clear

[sneaky]

just a tip for people out there, if you are cleaning with tissues, make sure they aren't the 'aloe vera' tissues - i think it was mum that couldn't work out why her glasses weren't clean

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by poppa smurf

I reckon it's "ultra sonic cleaning"......works with jewellery as well

what I do with mine is to use the cleaner stuff you spray your plasma tv with then give them a good wipe with a microfibre cloth....seems to work

Just googled them... yep, thats what they exactly are

[Uncle Tone]

I just use my t-shirt.....

[ea90gl]

Them little spray bottles of lens cleaner work fine for me and i always use a soft cloth/good quality microfibre. Used to use tissue and shirts etc but found they finely scratch the lens, similar to swirl marks in your car paint. Once used a tea towel and it put a decent scratch along the whole front of the lens. Was so frustrating after cause you know it's there and it's not like you can have a look away

[BigBlue]

I use IPA (Iso Proply Alcohol) to clean mine.
No residue , no smearing.

Apply IPA and wipe all over the lens.
Let dry and then spray again and wipe immediately to clean.

Available from any electronics place (Dick Smith etc) in both spray and pump packs.

One caution though...IPA will give you headaches like nothing else.
Clean the glasses before bed and let them stand overnight so the IPA fumes are totally gone.

Peter.

[kaniSS]

Are you a sweater? I can't even wear glasses or sunnies on most occasions because my body gives off so much heat and I get this haze all the time.

[poppa smurf]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Just googled them... yep, thats what they exactly are

my wife has one that she uses on her jewellery.....never thought about whacking my goggles in there!

[stevepet]

Ok
Advice from someone in the trade.Use metho them and tissue to clean them. If they are still hazy will be time for new lenses. Do you have multicoat/anti reflection coating on lenses? If yes the coating maybe crazing which is common particularily if lenses are polycarbonate. Never get talked into polycarbonate for your lenses its optical properties are crap and scratches so easily. There are much better materials out there.

[Meg's GT's]

Autoglym Fast Glass and a good quality microfibre cloth works brilliant.

[Moby Vic]

I use these:

[FASTXR]

Similar to above, I use Clearwipes:



They come in packs of 20 sachets for about $5.00. They do a great cleaning job and are convenient to have in your drawer at work, in the glovebox etc.

Get them from most chemists.

[BadMax]

Originally Posted by stevepet

Ok
Advice from someone in the trade.Use metho them and tissue to clean them. If they are still hazy will be time for new lenses. Do you have multicoat/anti reflection coating on lenses? If yes the coating maybe crazing which is common particularily if lenses are polycarbonate. Never get talked into polycarbonate for your lenses its optical properties are crap and scratches so easily. There are much better materials out there.

I where goggles full time and I'm sick and tired of the crap lenses that seem to break down after six months.
I am blind as a bat, lenses are generally 600+ dollars and ground overseas. I'm due new lenses now, not because my sight has changed which it hasn't in about 10 years, but the lenses are shot two years down the track.

Who and what do recommend? I go the highest index lense to achieve the thinnest and lightest spec.

[mik]

i use hand soap or dishwashing detergent put on with the finger liberally, then run hot water out the tap over them, polish them off dry with a tissue, come up crystal clear.

[stevepet]

Badmax do you know what your prescription is and what sort of lenses and what refractivew index (the higher the index the thinner the lens) They should definitely be lasting longer than six months. You can still get lenses that are ground on Oz some place do source the lenses from China and Thailand.

Cheers

Steve

[Auslandau]

Originally Posted by Meg's GT's

Autoglym Fast Glass and a good quality microfibre cloth works brilliant.

Funny you say that ..... got onto the Auto glass polish from someone who swore by it. Now I use it for everything and brings my sunnies up like new which are glass lens. Glass on the car has never been so clean and I reckon its better than autosol on the chrome work to by the way. Comes up a treat so must work on prescriptions?