If you wear eyeglasses, you probably are familiar with how irritating it gets to have dusty and smudged lenses. And you can’t help but clean them regularly. So, you need a good eyeglasses cleaner, which is both effective and handy to carry solutions everywhere you go.
Though you can always buy a spray bottle of a solution made for cleaning glasses from your optometrist or opticians, Do you know that you can make eyeglasses cleaner at your home yourself? Let us show you how to make eyeglasses cleaner at home.
Making Eyeglasses Cleaner Using Soap
You don’t have to bring a lot of ingredients to make the recipe for eyeglasses cleaner. All you need is soap and some water. Rest what you need to do is –
- Take a bowl of warm water. (Quantity is up to you, you may take 100 ml for the first time making)
- Drop 3 – 4 droplets of dishwashing detergent.
- Mix it well. You may use a spoon or some wooden rod.
- Now, take your dusty glasses, hold their two arms using both of your hands, and dip them into the mixture you prepared.
- Put the glasses for 1 minute into the mixture.
- Take out the glasses.
- Wipe it with a cotton or microfiber cloth. You may also let it air dry.
You may fill this solution in an empty spray bottle and keep it for later use. This is one of the best and easiest methods to clean the lenses.
It is highly recommended to keep a cotton or microfiber cloth separately to clean eyeglasses only. Using any random cloth, you may run the risk of scratching your lenses with the debris already present in the cloth.
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Making Eyeglasses Cleaner Using Alcohol
Yes, Alcohol! You may use alcohol also to prepare your eyeglasses cleaning solution at home. Just follow these simple guidelines.
- Take any old empty spray bottle and fill it with more than half with common rubbing alcohol.
- Drop a few droplets of dishwashing detergent.
- Fill the remaining volume of the bottle with water.
- Shake it well.
- And your glasses cleaning solution is ready.
When you use this solution, make sure that the bottle does not have any bubbles while you spray the solution on your glass lenses.
To clean the lenses, just spray the solution on both sides of the lenses and rub it gently with a clean cotton or microfiber cloth.
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Some Tips On Cleaning Your Glasses
Cleaning glasses is not rocket science but some wrongdoings and foul habits will not be as useful as we think. Here we are providing you with some tips for cleaning glasses without a single scratch on them.
- Wash your hands before cleaning your glasses.
- Use lukewarm water for cleaning.
- Metal frames come with flexible nose pads. This is the most favourite place for dust to settle down and rest. Clean this side very carefully.
- Do not use soap for Anti-fog glasses. Simply wipe such lenses with a clean microfiber cloth.
- Clean both sides of the lenses separately.
- Wipe the lenses again with a dry cloth for 100% cleaning.
Read this guide to clean your glasses and keep them clear.
Conclusion:
Eyeglasses give you a clear vision to see the world around you but it comes with a responsibility tag of cleaning it now and then. You can’t avoid dust and debris stuck on the lenses, you can just clean them. And the DIY recipe for cleaning solution given in this blog will surely help you to clean your glasses like a new ones. These solutions are simple and cheap without having to spend much. Plus they are the quickest to make.
