Wait, you mean I have to clean them?
I wear my glasses in the shower (how else would I see to get into the bathtub?)(No, I can’t find a bathtub without my glasses on, it’s too small). I use Dial soap on my glasses. Every few days I scrub the frames and the grooves between frames and lenses with an old soft toothbrush. Do NOT use alcohol, or anything containing alcohol, on plastic frames. It causes them to “frost”.
I wondered why my frames are frosted.
I often use alcohol swabs. Doesn’t that frost my *** (censored).
I find walking through a car wash very effective. However be sure to select NO WAX.
The next best way to preserve your glasses is to learn to look around the gunk. This way there will be no scratches, no micro-scratches, no frosting, (well there is a little frosting on my glasses right now from my birthday cake) or any other damage.
Simple answer: just have the butler take care of it.
We can discuss what kind of solutions to use to clean your glasses ad infinitum. But I have the final solution. Have PRK done.
Given the above stuff, I’,m sure this is wrong, but an old chem prof once told me that newspaper is good for wiping glasses. He said the paper was not hard enough to scratch glass and the ink acted as a polishing agent. Just thought I’d throw that in.
I just pull 'em off, lick all 4 surfaces, dry them with the inside of my shirt, and they’re good to go. I try not to perform this action too soon after eating chunky peanut butter, though.
My suggestion: wash them as you’ve been doing, but instead of figuring out what to use to dry them, give it one last rinse under very hot water. Then shake them a bit and whatever water doesn’t shake off, will evaporate quite quickly. No need to use any kind of paper or cloth at all.
I’ve found an all cotton cloth or Kimwipes EX-L work the best.
hey,
this is what I’ve found to be the best for me.
small travel sized sprayer (you can find 1 from Walmart for $0.99 in the travel toiletry section)
3/4 water
1/4 alcohol
couple of drops dawn soap
shake well, then spritz and use a microfiber cloth. whatever you do, DO NOT dry your microfiber cloth with a fabric softener, instead, just air dry them by hanging them somewhere in your house.
for men, DO NOT squeeze to tightly with the microfiber on the glass surface. tada, if you keep it up, you can keep your glasses scratch free for a long time
15 years later and we still get new advice. Nice.
Run warm water over the lenses first to dislodge larger particles. Put a small amount of dish soap between your thumb and forefinger, coat the lenses, and swab them under the warm water stream. Rinse with more warm water. Shake off as much water as possible and blot dry with a cotton towel.
Well, the OP, though long since banned, was seeking the best way to clean eyeglasses, not just a “reasonably good”'way. To me, that leaves the question open unto the vast reaches of eternity.
Last week I sprayed a masonry sealant (siloxane) on our chimney. It was windy and some siloxane got on my glasses.
Soap and water wouldn’t remove it. Alcohol didn’t work, either.
Acetone did the job perfectly.
Dishwashing liquid and a fine and/or microfiber cloth.