[Deepsycher]

Just now like any other time of cleaning it takes me a long time to clean my glasses.

I can tolerate some dust and water drops.
What I can't tolerate is when my vision is blurred optically from something in front.

I have these cleaning solutions that all say crystal clear non smear lens cleaning solution. Most of them didn't work properly for me and not even with the cloth I brought or the advice I was given at the opticians many times. Maybe I am doing it wrong but when they showed me how to use it the smears were still there.

I tried saliva and a cotton shirt, that causes smears that are as bad in certain lights.
I tried washing up liquid but when that dries up I get an oily and wavy effect.
Kitchen towels causes scratching.

Here is what I normally do:
I put the glasses in hot water for a couple of minutes.
Then I use 100% cotton tissues to remove the dirt by the sides.
I put it back in hot water for a small amount of time.
With the 100% cotton tissues, I fold into bits and make them long then I add tiny drops of hot water to the ends.
Using many of these I clean the lens perfectly crystal clear on each side without any creasy looks, smears or dust.


Today I ran out of cotton tissues and trying to clean them nearly drove me insane.
The normal tissues leaves out bits, they get caught by the sides of the glasses, harbours the smears and carries them along.

All I want to do is to clean my glasses but the end result of a simple clean is worse than when I started. So what is the point of glass cleaning clothes and non smear solutions that smears?

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 21 October 2006 - 10:06 PM

[Spoon Poetic]

I don't know why, but my glasses can get absolutely filthy and it never bothers me. But when I do need to clean them well, I just use some window cleaner and a handkerchief. *shrug* I like my contacts better, anyway.

[Slade]

I use warm water and a paper towel to clean mine. Smudges drive me crazy, unless I get used to them during a time when I just need to deal with having smudges.

[Deepsycher]

Well thanks, I no longer feel alone on this one. People call me fussy and obsessive when it comes to cleaning. Then they say to get use to it when I point of the smears in the light.

I get use to glasses getting dirty but it is unacceptable for them to get dirtier when I clean them.

[EwokHunter]

My glasses aren't dirty, even if I play football (soccer) because I never fall, other friends fall... well but I am stronger or with other friends, I don't slip in a stupid way.

[Slade]

You play sports in your glasses? That's a bit risky.

[Dr Lecter]

I hate glasses, but I parents have already said that they will pay for me to have lazer eye surgery, so I may escape the frames one day.

[Jane Sherwood]

I may be able to finally get it done some time next year if my eyes calm down (they get worse and worse every year, but thankfully it's been slowing down). The main issue is that it's so expensive and our insurance doesn't cover it - they define lasic surgery as "cosmetic surgery". Bullshit, it's cosmetic. I'm damn near blind. Do they call it "cosmetic" because when I get it, I'll finally be able to see myself in a mirror?

Still, if and when I get it done I know I won't have perfect vision, but it's better than nothing, isn't it?

Does anyone else still see the frames on their face when they close their eyes, or make the motions to adjust them even when they’re not wearing them? This has been irritating me more and more, lately.

[Emu]

all I have to say on the subject is that glasses are hot.

that, and smears and stuff on my glasses used to bother me more but I guess I kind of got used to it. and I second the suggestion of using window cleaner.

weirdly, I only see the frames when I close my eyes if I'm actually wearing them. disclaimer: this observation was made only after a cursory experiment involving closing my eyes and removing my glasses.

sometimes I make the motions to adjust them when they're not there, though, and it's kind of surprising when they're not.

This post has been edited by Emu: 22 October 2006 - 08:37 PM

[Deepsycher]

Cosmetic surgery? I don't think the appearance of laser treatment will make any difference on how you look, externally. If you had an accident because you couldn't see who would be liable for that then if the insurance denied you cover?

Frames - It was always difficult for me to find a large enough frame size to fit my face without sliding off and I don't see the reflection as bad in these.

I don't think laser surgery would matter for me now. I was going to start another thread on the problems with my eyes but it is quite worrying. It seems to be a genetic condition on seeing dots and strings.

My vision was perfectly clear until at around the end of November last year follwed by frequent headaches. The opticians were full myths, "your brain will learn to ignore it" - never did and that to me is an insult. The eye doctor said to me that the string in my left eye will eventually settle down - never did. Now it is getting worse and more dots in my right eye. They say it usually happens to old people but I am barely that old and no where near that age.

I can't look up to the sky or any bright white or bright surfaces comfortably any more so the future is looking pretty grim for me. The fact the opticians didn't tell me at first is that a vitrectomy (salt solution) can be replaced in the eye in the worst cases. I have not found out the exact causes for vitreous gel detachment in young people but I just happen to be as yet again unfortunate. Sometimes I see blurry spots until I close my eyelids. What I am worried about is going blind.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 22 October 2006 - 08:57 PM

[SimeSublime]

all I have to say on the subject is that glasses are hot.

That really depends on the person and the type of glasses. I've seen plenty of cases where they are definatly hot, but I've seen a couple where...just...no.

[Dr Lecter]

Normally when I got out on the pull I take my glasses off. I really don't suit them, if it wasn't that I could barely see them, I would avoid wearing them all the time.

[EwokHunter]

You play sports in your glasses? That's a bit risky.

I'm in midfield, there's no problem because I'm not a goalkeeper, and I am a very good header. I just have caution when someone kicks a cannon.

[Dorothy]

Does anyone else still see the frames on their face when they close their eyes, or make the motions to adjust them even when they’re not wearing them? This has been irritating me more and more, lately.

YES! That is absolutely hateful. I close my eyes and see my frames. More than a little distracting.

I usually don't notice that my glasses are dirty until I go to take them off. Then I wonder how I can see at all.