Basic daily life question: how do you clean your glasses?

Usually water and a tissue, toilet paper, paper towel or a towel. If they’re dirty, maybe a little detergent or hand soap and tissue, toilet paper, paper towel or a towel.

Anything that I can use and is at my disposal: tissues, towel, papers, part of my clothes (the most frequent)... I sometimes wash them with water and soap, when it becomes too hopeless to clean the easy way.

I don’t know if what I use causes wear or tear but I’m just too lazy to change.

First I rinse them under running water to get off any abrasive dust that may be on them (it’s important to do this before any rubbing action). Then I put a tiny dab of hand soap on my fingertips and lightly rub the lenses to get any oily film off. I rinse again, and dry with a clean cotton towel.

I found disposable lens wipes .love them you can find them at a lot of places always carry a few in my pocket.

My glasses smudge very easily, which makes me nuts. I use Zeiss Pre-Moistened Cleaning Wipes.

I rinse them under running water, sometimes with detergent. I then use tissues or toilet paper to dry them. I used to wipe the lenses with the hems or sleeves of shirts, but this has become futile ever since I started using glass ones. They just become even less see-through.

I don’t think my methods hurt the lenses, but I can’t pretend I take very good care of my glasses. They are constantly smudged. I don’t notice, usually – chalk it up to constant use of sun-screen.

I use lens cloths like these. They don’t scratch the lenses, remove smudges and dirt, and can be washed.

To clean the plastic nose pads, they are put under a tap and an old toothbrush with a little liquid soap on it is used to scrub away any build-up.

I mostly use the bottom of my shirt. When they are really in need of a cleaning I use pre-moistened lens wipes. NOTE: These are only “computer glasses”, but I do wear them a LOT.

HOT tap water and a clean dry soft towel.

Like others I use per-moistened wipes. If they’re too dirty, however, I’ll run them under water first to wash away any debris.

You mean I can clean them? That would help a lot!!!

We have staff for that

I read this tip on an Internet Tech site regarding phone, tablet and computer screens. I had such great results with those that I began to use it for my glasses as well.

I use coffee filters, one side slightly dampened with water and then dry them off with the other side. Or I just breathe really close to the lens and use the moisture from my breath. A whole lot less expensive than lens cloths and something I always have on hand.

One of the reasons they work particularly well (better than paper towels or tissues) is the absence of any residual lint. And they are absorbent enough to leave an absolutely clean, streak free surface.

The thing I can best compare their effectiveness to is the age old hint for effectively cleaning your car windshield and windows. Ordinary newspapers balled up when soapy and then rinsed with clear water and dried with newsprint. This leaves the absolutely cleanest and streak free car windshields of anything else I’ve tried.

Both the newsprint and the coffee filters give me the best results for cleaning glass than anything I’ve ever tried. There’s just something about the lint-free super absorbency that just plain works wonders.

Give it a try once and you’ll see exactly what I mean.

I lick them clean.

I only wear cheapo reading glasses and am very un-conscientious about cleaning them, I just wipe them down on my dress or skirt of shirt. lol If I ever get expensive Rx glasses I am sure I’ll take better care of them. I just replace mine if they become scratched.

My shirt hem.

20 grit sandpaper. Then the world looks all frosty and cool.

I breathe on them and then wipe them with the bottom of my shirt. I’m even worse with my contacts.

Dishwashing liquid heavily diluted with water. The solution is in spray bottles, one with the kitchen sink, and one with the sink in the garage. There’s a soft flannel square from the wife’s old pajamas at each location. My one fixation is clean glasses, and if you appear before me with filthy lenses, it requires great restraint to avoid snatching them from your head. People are usually amused when I ask them to surrender their glasses, and though I recognize it is an annoying and probably rude habit, it persists beyond my apparent control.

@stanleybmanly: I agree it’s annoying and distracting to look at people with grease and fingerprints all over their eyeglass lenses.