So what is the best way to clean your eyeglasses? well in this video, I'm gonna
be sharing with you my 7 pro tips and how you can clean your glasses without
scratching or damaging the lenses let's take a look. Hello this is dr. Joe Allen
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so when it comes to cleaning your glasses you want to make sure you're
doing it right because we see a lot of funny stuff come in here to the clinic
and I want to make sure that you're taking care of your glasses so you don't
scratch or damage them. The first tip here is to make sure you clean the
glasses with a microfiber lens cloth now these cloths you can usually get when
you get your glasses you can actually find them in the case when you purchase
them or you can get them from your eye clinic or a local optical you can even
buy them in a big bulk box buying online but these cloths are excellent for
cleaning your glasses because they are actually designed to actually pick up
and remove dirt and grease from the lenses otherwise if you use something
like a Kleenex a paper towel or your shirt you will actually just smear the
grease on the lenses as well as just really push debris and dust into the
lens and that can actually scratch and damage the lenses permanently. I'm
actually a nerdy enough I usually keep one of these in my back pocket not just
to clean my glasses but because it's really good at cleaning your phone
screen tip number two is to clean new glasses was some type of eyeglass lens
cleaner now there's many different products like this that you can find
either online as well as through your local optical or eyeglasses store but
whatever you do make sure that you read the instructions on the back and that it
says it is safe to use with AR coatings that stands for anti-reflective coatings
most glasses will have an anti-reflective coating put on them that
way it'll reduce glare and hailers are on lights but some of these cleaners can
be pretty harsh and can actually strip off that protective coating and you
don't want to ruin your glasses otherwise it's pretty easy to use you
just spray a couple of sprays on the front and the back surface of the
glasses and then again wipe clean with the microfiber cloth. Tip number three is
that when the spray cleaner and lens cloth just aren't doing the trick
because of skin oils that get on the lens then make sure to reach for some type of
dish soap now the best type of dish up to use is the original type of Dawn dish
soap if you use anything that says for sensitive skin or has some sort of
lotion in it don't use that that'll actually just get
stuck on the lenses and smear it even more you want to use the original
otherwise you just use a single drop on both sides of the lenses rub it in with
your fingers and then go ahead and rinse off. Tip number four is that when you're
rinsing the lenses make sure you use warm water and not scalding hot water
otherwise the hot water can actually damage the coatings on the lenses also
if you know that you have hard water coming out of the tap
then make sure you actually use some distilled water to clean them off that
way you won't get any sort of like extra mineral deposits on the lenses tip
number five is that if you don't want any streaks of water drying on those
lenses go ahead and grab a can of compressed air and use that to clean off
all of the water off the lenses that way it's basically like taking the glasses
through a car wash. tip number six is that if your glasses are really dirty, I
mean they're gummed up around the hinges the nose pads around the edges of the
lenses themselves then just bring them on into a local optical or glasses shop
we often have special cleaning devices that will completely strip all of that
debris off here at our clinic we actually have an ultrasonic cleaner that
we can pop out the lenses throw them in the cleaner turn it on and after a few
minutes it actually vibrates and shakes the lenses and removes all that debris
from those hard-to-reach spaces I know it's pretty cool right? Tip number seven
is to actually be careful to get any sort of other chemicals on your glasses
never try to wash them using some sort of household chemicals things like
acetone and fingernail polish can actually interact with the plastic of
the lens particularly if you have a type of polycarbonate lens
those are like safety lenses that can actually interact with those chemicals
and permanently destroy the lenses and I don't want that happening to you or your
glasses so yes be careful about using any sort of chemical that's not approved
for ophthalmic use. So Eye Health Question of the day which one of the tips was
your favorite or do you have any other sort of tips of your own on how to clean
glasses go ahead and comment in the section below I'd love to hear what you
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