Friday, October 07, 2005

How To Clean Your Glasses

1. Go to sink and turn on water.

2. Rinse lenses under a stream of very warm water.

3. Gently wash both sides of your lenses with a mild soap using your fingertips.

4. Rinse lenses again and be sure to remove all traces of soap.

5. Turn down the water until you have a slow steady stream of water without any air bubbles in it.

6. Holding glasses perpendicular to water stream and, starting at either end of your glasses, slowly move the lenses through the stream of water. The water should spill over the edge of the lens frame and wet both sides of the lens at the same time. It may take you a few times to find out what angle to hold the glasses at in order to accomplish this but when you find the right angle the water just sheets off the lens.

7. Still holding the glasses perpendicular take a clean cloth or paper napkin and dry the frame around both lenses or if you do not have a frame dry the edges of your lenses.

8. If there are drops of water on the face of your lenses (and there usually are) carefully blot them off with your clean cloth or paper napkin.

The trick to cleaning your glasses is to never to wipe them dry. My sister taught me this method of cleaning glasses and I thank her.

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