How and what to wipe glasses
Tips / / December 19, 2019
We tell how and what to wipe the glasses, whether it is necessary to wash them and how often should do is to preserve the purity and clarity of the lenses.
Of the large number of people wearing corrective eyewear, most commits a felony almost daily: wipe your glasses sleeve or the edge of his clothes, after breathing on lens. This method is not something that is not the best, he has no right to exist in principle.
The simplest solution to the problem
The optical stores sell a variety of liquid and wipes lens cleaning glasses. in fact, for this procedure is quite ordinary dishwashing detergent!
Sprinkle just a tiny droplets on glass, lather and rinse with warm water. Then carefully wipe with a clean cotton cloth.
Do not use the edge of his shirt, even if it were one hundred percent cotton. It certainly has a dust that may scratch the lens.
How to wipe the plastic lens
Glass has almost gone out of fashion. Glass lenses are heavy and easy to beat. Whether it lightweight plastic! But not everything is so rosy. The plastic is soft and because on it are often left scratching that significantly impair visibility. By the way, these scratches can not be polished afterwards.
Especially contributes to the appearance of flaws popular way of wiping: breathe on the lens and rub that turned out to be handy (even though it will be a clean paper towel). Those wipes contain coarse fibers and is very easy to scratch the lens.
During the day, make good use microfibre cloth to dry wipe, however, this procedure does not replace regular washing with soap and water points.
On leaving behind the lenses with a protective coating
If you purchased a more expensive plastic lenses, which are provided by a coating (anti-reflective, which protects against UV rays or by scratches), then you should remember that in any case, do not allow the contact points with ammonia, bleach, vinegar or fluid glass cleaner. These substances simply destroy the coating.
If you have tried something out of it, then look at your lens. You see small bubbles? This is the result of your efforts.
Finally
Every day in the evening performance of your lenses is reduced, as is the fat on them with your hands and face. And if during washing glasses you put somewhere on a shelf in the bathroom or leave on the head, as the rim, then they will settle more microdroplets and soapy water, nail polish and hair spray for something else like.
Glasses should be washed every day.
Sometimes patients complain of a significant loss of vision, and it turns out that they do not need vitamins and drops, but only soap, warm water and a clean cloth.