Comments on: How to clean eyeglasses

By: Sami

Sami — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:30:32 +0000

I only use clean t-shirts. They must be wash-machine clean. Depending on fabric they work perfect. If very dirty I may pour some water first, then use one part of t-shirt gently to remove all the dirt. It’s important that there’s no hard dirt like minuscule stones. Then other part of t-shirt to clean the grease. I may rub quite powerfully which is not a good thing to do, but I’ve weared the same plastic lenses 10 years, and they are still perfectly fine. I do this every 2nd day, so I must have done it 1500+ times.

By: Dante

Dante — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:13:56 +0000

Hmm never thought about using dish soap to clean my glasses. Always used the the micro fiber that came with my glasses.

By: Squeaky Clean Window Cleaning

Squeaky Clean Window Cleaning — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:24:47 +0000

Dawn Ultra to be more specific for Dish Soap and Glass. Thats what I use to wash windows. For my Glasses I use Lens Crafters products.

By: Trudi - Optician

Trudi - Optician — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:59:13 +0000

Definately use the microfiber cloths and keep them in a case when not wearing them.

By: Torsten

Torsten — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:14:39 +0000

Hmmm, agree – have been cleaning my glasses for the last 20 years using fairy.

The only point where I strongly disagree is using papertowels to dry your glasses: paper is very hard and rough – so if you wear plastic glasses the paper will scratch these.

I like the idea with the micro fiber but so far I have simply blown the water drops away or used the hand dryer.

By: ARNY

ARNY — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:04:19 +0000

I use Johnson & Johnson’s baby hair shampoo instead – works really well, and is safe for plastic lenses. Use warm water to rinse.

By: Dayle

Dayle — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:46:12 +0000

I use a plastic pump spray bottle with a weak detergent / water mix and use a old fat blush brush to wash. Spray directly on your glasses and nose pads a couple of times and use the brush to clean all sides. Rinse all with warm warm water. Blot your warm glasses dry with one sheet of toilet paper and you are done real quick. I always do this at the bathroom sink so toilet paper is always close by. No scratches either.

By: tory

tory — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:19:34 +0000

Microfiber cloths are alittle more expensive than regular rags, but its amazing how soft they are and dont scratch my glasses. Thank you so much for the article.

By: john

john — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:26:59 +0000

I use this same method to clean CDS/DVDs. Run lukewarm water and use a few drops of dish soap and a clean finger tip to wash them under water flow. Shake dry…then dry completely with a microfiber cloth…paper towels scratch.

For eyeglasses…the microfiber cloths need to be regularly degreased…I just put them in a bowl and wash by hand…otherwise they pick up lint in a washer.

By: Emmanuel Ocean

Emmanuel Ocean — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:46:29 +0000

Costco has a relatively cheap ($6) cleaning kit which comes with two microfiber cloths, 2.5 bottles* of cleaning fluid with unlimited refills, and a repair kit. That stuff works really well on the go, although I do use the dish soap method too!
*2 small bottles and one mini/travel bottle.