I worked in an optical lab some 20+ years ago to pay for college. Here's how I clean mine:
Fill a clean sink with warm, mildly soapy (dawn dish) water.
Let them soak in that for a few minutes.
Rinse them clean with fresh water.
Spray with lens cleaner (basically it's water with a touch of isopropyl alcohol), thoroughly.
Dry with an old cotton baby diaper. I've had a handful of these since my lab days. They're so freaking soft now, it's crazy.
Here's key: Never ever ever let your towel hit a counter. If you do, you'll scratch a lens. As author of the post writes, keep them in a bag. They come out of the bag, clean the glasses, they go back in the bag.
Inspect your glasses. Make sure screws are tight. Look at the nose pads, replace before they get funky. Seriously, they're touching your freaking face.
About every 6 months, I do the above, but I take them completely apart first. I'll spray the screws with alcohol and rub them back and forth on a towel to get the oils and such off. I'll clean the bezels where the lenses go. The nose pads fit in with screws. They insert into a cup and the screw goes through that way. I'll get a paper towel and make a point and twist it around in the cup to clean the oils out of there. Finally I'll wipe everything down as per above and reassemble.
Fill a clean sink with warm, mildly soapy (dawn dish) water.
Let them soak in that for a few minutes.
Rinse them clean with fresh water.
Spray with lens cleaner (basically it's water with a touch of isopropyl alcohol), thoroughly.
Dry with an old cotton baby diaper. I've had a handful of these since my lab days. They're so freaking soft now, it's crazy.
Here's key: Never ever ever let your towel hit a counter. If you do, you'll scratch a lens. As author of the post writes, keep them in a bag. They come out of the bag, clean the glasses, they go back in the bag.
Inspect your glasses. Make sure screws are tight. Look at the nose pads, replace before they get funky. Seriously, they're touching your freaking face.
About every 6 months, I do the above, but I take them completely apart first. I'll spray the screws with alcohol and rub them back and forth on a towel to get the oils and such off. I'll clean the bezels where the lenses go. The nose pads fit in with screws. They insert into a cup and the screw goes through that way. I'll get a paper towel and make a point and twist it around in the cup to clean the oils out of there. Finally I'll wipe everything down as per above and reassemble.