Subject: Re: safety glasses

From: PPIERCE <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 08:15:27 -0700

Scott Logan wrote:
> 
> In article <[email-masked]>, From
> [email-masked] (Theodore Henry Phares), the following.......-I > can't seem to clean them without putting fine scratches in
> the lenses.
> 
> First suggestion would be to NOT use lens cleaner.  Run them under the
> faucet to loosen the grit, then clean them with plain old soap and
> water.  I've been doing that ever since I caught my optician doing that
> with my brand new pair of prescription lenses......

...........the best protection you want SAFETY GLASS lenses.  My......
.......... Yes, it will be a bit more
> expensive, but what would you expect.  And these will last much longer,
> so it may turn out less expensive in the long run.

Compare the cost of safety glasses to the price you would pay to get an eye back.

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Paul in AJ AZ

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From: [email-masked] (Norman Yarvin)
Date: 1 Aug 1996 18:14:26 -0400

A general tip for cleaning optics of all sorts:  It's not the cleaning
rag which makes the scratches, but rather the dirt embedded in the
rag.  Cleaning rags are too soft to scratch glass (or even most
plastics).  Dirt and grit is often hard, and makes scratches.  Thus, use
new cleaning tissues each time, and throw them away before they even
start looking dirty.

But even the above precaution will not work in the case of soft plastic
safety glasses which are heavily covered with grit.  As mentioned by
others, washing with soapy water helps here.

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Norman Yarvin						[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Peter Drumm)
Date: 1 Aug 1996 23:56:06 GMT

In message <[email-masked]> -
[email-masked] (Theodore Henry Phares)1 Aug 1996 07:33:49
GMT writes:
:->
:->Hi,
:->
:->Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the  lenses of plastic
:->safety glasses clean?  Each new pair I buy lasts only a couple weeks
:->before it goes foggy.
:->
:->It's easy enough to keep them clean when not in use...  Its when I'm
:->wearing them & oil & other garbage get on them that I have trouble--I
:->can't seem to clean them without putting fine scratches in the lenses.
:->  
:->Do higher priced glasses last longer?  Are there glasses available that
:->are resistant to scratches? 
:->
:->

I have prescription safety glasses, plastic lenses, which cost me
$180. Needless to say, I -don't- want them to get scratched(the last
ones only made it 3 months) so to clean them I use cotton balls and
lens tissue. Spray a little eyeglass cleaner on them, wipe it off
gently with a clean cotton ball, then dry with a lens tissue. If
there's a lot of dust, I blow them off first. This pair of glasses is
now 6 months old, and don't have a scratch in em yet.

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