Don’t mean to sound whiny or cranky but now that I’m old enough to need reading glasses for every mark and cut I make I can’t keep the fine dust off my cheap plastic readers. (In the workshop that is).Anybody have any tricks or products?
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Dryer fabric softenr sheets, kills the static cling.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
The secret to a long life is knowing when its time to go. M. Shocked
With time you'll also get used to seeing past dust and even scratches.
-- J.S.
Throw the glasses away and start marking with a thick sharpie.
Oh, okay...what Sphere said.
I'm going blind, too. I HATE these cheaters.
Tom,
Grainger.
Anti-staic/anti fog eyeglass cleaner. I am still on the same bottle bought in '02.
Chuck S
Thanks, I'll try the dryer sheets cause we probably have them. I'm somewhat apprehensive about what I might see if I see clearly. Hopefully my skills are being at least maintained.
Are your glasses prescription or store bought? I have been wearing reading glasses now for about 3 years and have not had to go past 1.75 strength. I hate having to use the things but I simply can't read without them (large print yes).
Anyhow my wife uses the professional cleaner stuff, comes in a spritz bottle. Lasts a long time and works great.
They are cheap plastic readers, probably 1.75. What type of spray cleaner? Glasses cleaner. Glass cleaner. I just tried the dryer sheet but it left a cloudy film that I then kind of rubbed off with thumb and finger . Haven't made much dust yet this morning (Installing hinges) so I can't determine if it helped or not.
film is probably the perfumes.I use an antistatic cleaning spray every couple of days.
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Used softener sheets!
Used softener sheets!
After they come out of the dryer.SamT
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Used dryer sheets. Of course!! That makes sense. I'll try that next. Thanks.
Yeah, just pick 'em from the collar or sleeve of the shirt you have on.
That's where I usually find my used dryer sheets, normally when I just have met new customers._______________________________________________________________
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Get ones with glass lenses. Glass doesn't attract dust with static electricity the way plastic does. And you can wipe dust off without scratching the lenses.
As the dust accumulates I normally dont notice until I take the glasses off. Then I usually wipe them on my shirt and start the process over again.
Other than when removing them, the times I notice are
A when I have a stream of sunlight hitting them at angle so I get reflected glare back in my eyes like somebody suddenly held a sheet of waxed paper in front of my face
or
B when I tilt my head to look up and all the dust settles off the lens and into my eyeball...
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