Caring For Your Eyeglasses
Your specs are an investment, not only in terms of cash but in your vision. Caring for your glasses decently will spare you money, of course, since you wont have to substitute them as often, but it could also help preserve your sight, prevent eyestrain and do away with headaches from squinting through smudged or scratched lenses. Here are some tips for taking care of your glasses and your eyes.
1. Employ the proper material
Shirts, even soft t-shirts, could scrape the glass of your lenses. If theyve got a protective finish like a photo-gray tint, its even more likely to scratch. The abrasions may be invisible to your eyes, but they do affect the crystal clarity that your eyeglass lenses should have. Instead of paper towels, toilet tissue or your shirt tail, use a choice fabric made just for cleaning specs (Lens Cleaner fabric). That way youll avoid microscopic marks that could obscure your glasses and your vision. They may appear to be soft, but they all have microfibres that will scratch and damage your lenses and stop them from lasting as long as they could.
2. Use a cleaner thats meant for spectacles
Plain water wont do the job because it doesnt dissolve and clean away skin oil or fingerprint smears. A cleaner thats made for glass could contain chemicals that may impair tinted or coated lenses, or be caustic to your eyes. A good coated lens cleaner or eyeglass lens cleaner (Spray and Sparkle Lens Cleaner) is hypoallergenic, and designed to be kind to optical lens coatings.
3. Clean your glasses frequently to prevent eyestrain
You should clean your glasses several times a day to prevent smearing and smudging. Insert a portable eyeglass material and cleaner kit into your purse, or keep a small spray might of eyeglass cleaning solution in your desk at work. Your eyes will thank you.
4. Maintain clean glasses
If you are in the habit of putting your glasses on your head to rest, when you are not “using” them, then you should know that they are going to get greasy. Your hear will drop grease and dust – either from your hair or from the gel, sprays or other things you might put on your hair – and they will all tend to soil your lenses. You might want to consider buying a cheap eyeglass chain. That way you could drop your glasses, knowing that you will never lose them and they will stay clean and last longer.
5. Ever had your glasses go foggy when you came in to a warm room?
One great way to avoid that is to use an anti-fog fabric (Anti-Fog cloth) on the lenses. The cloth leaves an invisible coating on the lenses that prevents water from condensing and fogging up your eyesightYou should consider getting one of those anti-fog cloths. They are great as they leave an invisible coating on the surface of the lens. Your lenses will then not allow water to condensate and so stay nice and clear.
