How to clean glasses lenses

For people who wear glasses, cleaning the lenses is a necessary thing, because the lenses can easily get dirty and sticky with dust or grease. Although this may be annoying, if you do not take cleaning the lenses seriously and just wipe them casually, the lenses will be scratched. In the long run, not only will the damage to the lenses increase, but it will also affect your vision. So how do you clean your glasses?

First, let's correct some wrong ways of cleaning lenses:

1. Wipe it with a corner of clothes: This method is simply terrible. Not to mention that many clothing materials do not absorb water at all, the dust attached to many clothes will damage the lenses.

2. Wipe it with a piece of paper towel: Many roughly made and unqualified paper towels contain much more dust than clothes. Many people may say that it is okay to wipe with wet wipes, but the chemicals on the wet wipes will corrode the lenses.

3. Wipe casually with a glasses cloth: Although the glasses cloth can be used to wipe the lenses, which is also the common practice, you must pay attention to the softness of the cloth. If there are hard particles, it is very likely to scratch the lenses. Therefore, the function of glasses cloth is more suitable for wrapping lenses and isolating them from glasses cases.

Next, let’s talk about how to solve the problem of dirty glasses:

1. Clean with detergent or hand soap: Because hands often touch the lenses and contain oil, it is recommended to use detergent or hand soap for cleaning. After washing with detergent without adding water, rinse with clean water, and then wipe with soft paper or glasses cloth.

2. Rinse with clean water: If there is just too much dust on the lens, you can wash it with clean water and then wipe it with a soft cloth. Be sure to wipe in the same direction and do not circle.

3. Use an ultrasonic cleaner: Most people don’t have this equipment, so you can only get it in an eyewear store, which is quite troublesome.

4. Buy lens cleaning paper: Lens cleaning paper is a very convenient way to solve the problem of dirty lenses, and the recommended brand of lens cleaning paper is Zeiss.

Finally, let’s learn how to effectively prevent dirty glasses:

It is almost impossible to avoid the lenses getting dirty, but we can make the lenses more resistant to dirt. For example, buying lenses that are resistant to stains and grease is an effective way.