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?
Got a box of alcohol wipes made by Zeiss, specially for cleaning camera lenses and the like. Works great on glasses.
I bought a box when they were cheap on Amazon.
Handy for having in your bag. But so much waste. Plastic sachet, plastic cloth, throw it all out.I want to find a reusable liquid/cloth solution that works as reliably, but the Zeiss wipes are just too good.
Hmmm, I think mine are paper materials. I’ll have to look more closely.
I use the edge of my shirt, or whatever I happen to be wearing. I never use any sort of soap or cleaning solution. Works fine. My specs last longer than it takes until I need to get a new prescription anyway.
Rinse glasses. Rub on some hand soap or a very small amount of dish soap. Rinse again. Dry with paper towel.
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.
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.
This is the way.
Zeiss wipes.
Microfiber cloth. They are easy to wash, just don’t add fabric softener or chlorine and don’t put them in the dryer.
My dad will collect up the microfiber cloths and put them in a mesh bag, throwing them in with the regular laundry since we don’t use fabric softener
Yes exactly, that works fine. As i understand it, there are microscopic ‘bristles’ at the end of each thread, which gives it that mild scrub effect. Adding fabric softener or other things destroy the bristles, permanently.
Microfiber. Throw it in the wash. Air dry (although I’ve never had an issue with them going through wash) I use the viscous cleanser and really don’t wash very often at all.
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I use glass cleaner (I think it’s called WHOOSH) and a microfiber cloth to my glasses and displays.
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.
Every once in a while I’ll use dish soap and my fingers, then dry with a microfiber cloth.
Microfiber cloth and whatever that glasses spray is works ok, but after a while it feels like I’m just pushing smudges around. Dish soap for the microfiber cloth will also fix that.
When I see people using their shirt to clean their glasses I cringe inside.
I do both. Once or twice a week they get washed. But I never remember to bring a cloth with me, so if I’m out and about and get a smudge on my glasses, using my shirt is 1000% preferred over just leaving the smudge there.
I tend to wear cotton t shirts so I tend to just grab a corner of that to clean em.
Been doing this for 20 yrs and never had to replace a set before my eyes said otherwise.
Frames on the other hand…
A little moisture never hurts, though. That’s why I do the ol’ huff-n-buff.
+1 for cotton T shirt corner! Been doing that for 20 years as well
You clean your frame?
(Kidding)
I’ve been using Windex and Bounty. 😬 Probably not the best options, but they seem to get the job done for me.
I mention Bounty because regular paper towels are crap for that sort of thing.
I clean them with the hem of my shirt, always assumed this is what everyone does.
It is
Don’t let Big Microfibre tell you otherwise
That’s what I do, but it works better if I use glass cleaner.
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
I’ve never been without at least twenty microfiber cloths before.
