How to Make Your Own Scratchless Eyeglass Cleaner
by beauley on Sep 29, 2008 with 9 Comments
We are told by the Vision Council of America That: The U.S., as of 2006 used vision correction such as eyeglasses or contact lenses, representing over 75 % of the country’s total adult population. That is a lot of lenses that can get dirty and smudged with oils from the eye causing vision impairment. Finally, there is a scratch free solution.
We are told by the Vision Council of America That: The U.S. , as of 2006 used vision correction such as eyeglasses or contact lenses, representing over 75 % of the country’s total adult population. That is a lot of lenses that can get dirty and smudged with oils from the eye causing tempory vision impairment. Finally, there is a scratch free solution.
You can buy very soft cloth that will clean your glasses for a time. You can also purchase special tissue packs which will do the job. You use one when needed and throw it away when your done. The problem with these is that they can easily scratch your high quality lenses that you cannot afford to damage.
The simple construction of your virtually scratchless eyeglass cleaner goes like this:
Simply lay a single tissue on a flat surface as shown in Figure 1 below. I used an 8 inch square facial tissue for this.
Now fold furthest edge from you to meet edge nearest you as shown in Figure 2
Next, fold right edge over to meet left edge, as shown in Figure 3.
Now fold furthest edge from you to meet edge nearest you as shown in Figure 4
Tear or cut this last fold almost through, enough to fold over each other corner to corner as shown in Fig. 5
Then simply roll together and tie with 3/4″ (approximately) elastic band as shown in Fig. 6a and 6b.
As you use both ends daily and they become soiled, you can just trim the ends 1/8 inch or less using sharp scissors on a regular basis. It should last a few weeks with a cost of less than a penny apiece. The price seems right.
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neelam pandey | Sep 29, 2008 | Reply
this wud need a lot of creativity…though i am not good at it…but still love this art a lot!!
Darlene McFarlane | Sep 29, 2008 | Reply
I am going to give this a try. Thanks
beauley, Lucien | Sep 29, 2008 | Reply
Thank you neelam and Darlene for your comments. I sort of liked it myself except the text for the Figures were missing. Maybe because I put them on top. Let me know if it works.
Jessica Rowe | Sep 30, 2008 | Reply
That is a great way to get the most for your money. Great, creative article.
beauley, Lucien | Sep 30, 2008 | Reply
Thank you Jessica for your comments. I carry one in my shirt pocket all the time.
Alexa Gates | Sep 30, 2008 | Reply
ill tell my sister about that!
beauley, Lucien | Sep 30, 2008 | Reply
Very good Alexa and thank you. Pass it on. I learned the technique many years ago while grinding and polishing my own 6 inch diameter reflecting telescope from a book called “Amateur Telescope Making”. It just showed how to clean the lens without scratching. Using this method, they claimed only let the ends of the fibers come in contact with the glass so that abrasive particles could not be dragged and scratch the surface. [Their theory.]
John Adams | Dec 3, 2008 | Reply
Why though?
This is such a stupid waste of time
Gail Nobles | Dec 7, 2008 | Reply
I believe your solution, beauley. I have to use a blue type of tissue to wipe of acrylics on my job. They are extremely easy to stratch. The blue tissue works better on the acrylics than paper towel. So I can imagine that facial tissue works for eye glasses.