frugal clean reading glasses
Torge
they seem to get 'smeary' but window cleaning liquids just seem to coat it
with chemical gunk. thanks
C. Massey
"Torge" <vacuo...@voidacious.net> wrote in message
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> whats the frugal way to clean my reading glasses, please?
> they seem to get 'smeary' but window cleaning liquids just seem to coat it
> with chemical gunk. thanks
>
Have always heard that newspaper does the trick...
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Chloe
> they seem to get 'smeary' but window cleaning liquids just seem to coat it
> with chemical gunk. thanks
Soap up your hands, clean the lenses, then rinse them with HOT water. Dry
with a clean cloth towel.
Wooly
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>whats the frugal way to clean my reading glasses, please?
>they seem to get 'smeary' but window cleaning liquids just seem to coat it
>with chemical gunk. thanks
>
>
dish detergent, running water, and old cotton rag.
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I find simply running warm water over them to remove particles that may
scratch the lens followed by wiping then with the polyester cleaning
cloths that are cheaply available for about $1 at Walmart, etc. It's
been several years since I bough one so the price may be higher, but
they last forever (or in my case, until it get lost). Every few weeks,
run it through the washer (cloth, not the glasses).
Rod Speed
I just run them under the cold water tap to
get the dust off and dry them on my T shirt.
Miss L. Toe
> they seem to get 'smeary' but window cleaning liquids just seem to coat it
> with chemical gunk. thanks
>
>
>
Throw them away - and stop reading - think of the money you will save on
books, newspapers and magazines !
Bart Byers
long run. I spent $2 on a microfiber cloth about 8" square. It's the
best way I know to clean lenses. I use it dry but sometimes wash the
glasses first with dishwashing detergent. I wash the cloth under
running water every few weeks.
douga...@hotmail.com
Wet them with water, cold or warm, take one drop of dishwashing
detergent(not hand soap, or machine washing detergent), then with
finger and thumb rub the detergent all over both sides of the lenses
paying close attention to the edges. You can also make a solution of
dishwashing detergent and soak the entire glasses in it for half an
hour, then go to work with an old toothbrush. The objective is to
dissolve out any skin oil which has accumulated in all the cracks and
crannies. Then rinse off with fresh water, making sure to get rid of
all the soap. Dry with a clean paper towel.
>From frugal optician with 47 years of experience.
Lou
> they seem to get 'smeary' but window cleaning liquids just seem to coat it
> with chemical gunk. thanks
>
the lenses with fingers, probably when picking them up and putting them
down. There's no need to do that (touch the lenses).
For years, I've gotten out of the shower, rinse my glasses under the
bathroom faucet, and dry them with my towel. No smears, no scratches, no
soap, no chemicals.
Rod Speed
> Torge <vacuo...@voidacious.net> wrote
>> whats the frugal way to clean my reading glasses, please?
>> they seem to get 'smeary' but window cleaning liquids just
>> seem to coat it with chemical gunk. thanks
> Eyeglasses don't get smeary all by themselves - someone (you?) is
> touching the lenses with fingers, probably when picking them up and
> putting them down. There's no need to do that (touch the lenses).
They still get quite grimy even if you never ever touch them,
basically due to the skin oils that come off the face onto them.
> For years, I've gotten out of the shower, rinse my glasses
> under the bathroom faucet, and dry them with my towel.
> No smears, no scratches, no soap, no chemicals.
I prefer to dry them with the T shirt, less loose lint from that.
Shawn Hirn
"Torge" <vacuo...@voidacious.net> wrote:
Just wipe them with a lint-free towel, dampened with tap water. I have
been wearing glasses for probably at least 20 years and that's what I do.
The Real Bev
> Torge <vacuo...@voidacious.net> wrote:
>
>> whats the frugal way to clean my reading glasses, please?
>> they seem to get 'smeary' but window cleaning liquids just seem to coat it
>> with chemical gunk.
How about rubbing alcohol?
> I just run them under the cold water tap to
> get the dust off and dry them on my T shirt.
I just breathe on them and polich with my T shirt. If they have actual
crud on them I use water and a bit of liquid detergent.
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Rod Speed
>>> whats the frugal way to clean my reading glasses, please?
>>> they seem to get 'smeary' but window cleaning liquids just seem to coat it
>>> with chemical gunk.
> How about rubbing alcohol?
Its got chemical gunk in it.
>> I just run them under the cold water tap to
>> get the dust off and dry them on my T shirt.
> I just breathe on them and polich with my T shirt.
That doesnt get rid of the dust, so you can
end up grinding the dust into plastic lenses.
> If they have actual crud on them I use water and a bit of liquid detergent.
I dont bother with the detergent, the skin oils wash off fine without it.
The Real Bev
> The Real Bev <bashley1...@gmail.com> wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> Torge <vacuo...@voidacious.net> wrote
>
>>>> whats the frugal way to clean my reading glasses, please?
>>>> they seem to get 'smeary' but window cleaning liquids just seem to coat it
>>>> with chemical gunk.
>
>> How about rubbing alcohol?
>
> Its got chemical gunk in it.
You mean like, um, alcohol and water? I would have thought that you
would be one of the last people on earth to be terrified of chemicals.
>>> I just run them under the cold water tap to
>>> get the dust off and dry them on my T shirt.
>
>> I just breathe on them and polich with my T shirt.
"polish" -- I just had to make the correction. Carry on...
> That doesnt get rid of the dust, so you can
> end up grinding the dust into plastic lenses.
Never been a problem. Long before the dust scratches them I'll have
stepped on them or dropped them lens-side down on a cement sidewalk.
>> If they have actual crud on them I use water and a bit of liquid detergent.
>
> I dont bother with the detergent, the skin oils wash off fine without it.
My mother gets little droplet-stains on the inside of her glasses --
like one of those lizards that squirts <something> out of its eyes. She
cleans her glasses with alcohol.
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Rod Speed
> Rod Speed wrote
>> The Real Bev <bashley1...@gmail.com> wrote
>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>> Torge <vacuo...@voidacious.net> wrote
>>>>> whats the frugal way to clean my reading glasses, please?
>>>>> they seem to get 'smeary' but window cleaning liquids just seem
>>>>> to coat it with chemical gunk.
>>> How about rubbing alcohol?
>> Its got chemical gunk in it.
> You mean like, um, alcohol and water?
Nope, its got more than just those two.
> I would have thought that you would be one of the last people on earth to be
> terrified of chemicals.
Not a shred of terror involved, just a recognition
that what else is there isnt great for a clean lense.
>>>> I just run them under the cold water tap to
>>>> get the dust off and dry them on my T shirt.
>>> I just breathe on them and polich with my T shirt.
> "polish" -- I just had to make the correction.
Stoppit at once.
> Carry on...
OK.
>> That doesnt get rid of the dust, so you can
>> end up grinding the dust into plastic lenses.
> Never been a problem. Long before the dust scratches them I'll have
> stepped on them or dropped them lens-side down on a cement sidewalk.
Not everyone is such a careless oaf. I've never ever dont that even once.
>>> If they have actual crud on them I use water and a bit of liquid detergent.
>> I dont bother with the detergent, the skin oils wash off fine without it.
> My mother gets little droplet-stains on the inside of her glasses --
> like one of those lizards that squirts <something> out of its eyes.
She's just crying about how you turned out.
> She cleans her glasses with alcohol.
She should be drinking it instead.
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hair and use that as the soap. Leaves no film and dries well with a towel.
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