Lens Cleaning
Posted: Tue 28 July, 2020 Filed under: Domestic, Single Life 3 Comments »As a (pretty much) lifelong wearer of glasses, having dirty lenses is one of those little niggling everyday things.
Earlier this year, I bought a special lens-cleaning thing called a “Peeps”, which I’m not linking to, because it was shit. The design was really nice, like a pair of large tweezers with a microfiber pad on the ends for the actual cleaning. But, for whatever reason, they just didn’t work as advertised, and even put a small scratch on one less (thankfully, on a less-used pair)
So instead I went back to basics, and went back to microfiber cleaning cloths. They always seem bloody expensive, but a quick look on Amazon and I found a ten-pack for £7, which is still not cheap cheap, but it’s a massive reduction on the usual prices I’ve paid from places.
And I can’t deny, I’m much happier with these. They just do the job. And they’re cheap enough that you’re not annoyed when you lose one, or when it gets dirty. (for some reason I also find washing microfiber cloths generally knackers them)
So now I’ve got some new glasses – which is another story – I’ll be sticking with these new cloths for the forseeable future.
I’ve seen those Peeps advertised, good to know my instincts were right (always wary of adverts for things which seem smart ideas …).
I’m all for smart ideas, and those ones in particular seemed like a good idea, but yeah, for me they were Not Good
I find that microfibre cloths work best after a couple of washes. Don’t use fabric softener though, because, like with towels, it knackers them. I always use white vinegar as a fabric softener these days (just pour it into the fabric softener drawer in roughly the same quanitities) – and it is especially good with microfibres, and, after a few washes, you can really feel the difference on other fabrics too – somehow it clears out/neutralises all the old detergent residue from the fabric fibres.
I now buy white vinegar in bulk – 4 x 1 gallon containers – from Amazon for about £13, and it last 6 months (and I use it for other cleaning things, and dyeing, so you probably wouldn’t need that much!).