I work in a lab, and while we carry lens cleaners, sometimes you don't have time.

A little bit of 200 proof ethanol and some elbow grease is all it takes for a fresh pair of specs!

I found these cloths years ago, and they clean extremely well and go a long time before needing to wash them. Then I'll just throw them in the laundry with my clothes, take them out and air dry instead of throwing in the dryer.

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If I my glasses end up getting particularly dirty, like grease spots from cooking, I do the dawn dish soap method and dry them with one of those cloths.

Worn cotton t-shirts work best. Launder without fabric softener or dryer sheets.

With plastic lenses, don't use paper products, including Kleenex, toilet paper, napkins, or paper towels. Paper (wood) fibers are hard enough to put microscopic scratches in lenses or coatings, eventually making them appear cloudy.

Microfiber cloth is pretty lousy for cleaning lenses, in my experience.

Ive never had any luck with lens cleaner+microfiber cloth just smears the shit out of glasses. Here's my glasses cleaning process, I have had glasses my entire life and can't stand smearing even a little. My glasses coating has never been damaged from this though to cover my ass I will say do at your own risk.

1. Get paper towel, wet and spray with a liquid soap+water mix spray bottle I recommend Dr.bronner soap very environmentally friendly works well You can also use regular dish soap if that's all you have.
2. rub lenses with soapy paper towel really well on both sides. Get it soapy.
3. (MOST IMPORTANT PART TO PREVENT SMEAR) rinse soap off glasses and gently shake frames to get off all excess water that you can. Then grab 5-8 sheets of toilet paper, roll/fold into a square and fold tp square gently around lenses to wick remaining water. Do not rub tp into lenses, only gently press.

I use a chamois cloth, seems to pick up oil/smudges even better that microfiber and need less washing. Also super easy to wash when it does need it. I basically just cut a dollar bill sized section off a natural off-brand sham-wow and it works better than anything else I've used

I use denim. My jeans get my glasses cleaner than anything else I've tried. I'm sure it's not as good for them as a microfiber cloth, but it's what I have on me. My wife has me clean hers, too.

I have a spray bottle with an isopropanol water mixture (around 10% isopropanol) and I just give my glasses a good spray and then wipe them with a clean microfiber kitchen cloth.

(I wash these cloths with just detergent powder, no softener or other additives, so they are grease-free out of the washer)

I've never been without at least twenty microfiber cloths before.

I use warm (not hot) water under pressure. Dry with a clean hand towel. Warning: don't use towels that were fabric softened, fabric softener can leave some nasty, hard-to-remove streaks on the lenses.

Gin will clean you glasses better than anything EVER. Nex t time you're at your local bar, ask for a bar napkin with a drop of gin, and then dry with a microfiber, then thank me later!

Just water and a regular dishtowel. If they're more dirty I'll use dishwasher soap. Rub it over with a finger to get the greesy stuff off and wash the soap off.

The microfiber cloth that usually comes with the glasses tend to stop working after a while, and I always have clean dishtowel anyway.

Outside my kitchen I use my t-shirt or if I'm wearing a shirt, I'll use the underwear top, because shirts generally aren't too good at it due to prints or fabrics. Yes I wear a "wife beater" under my shirt. It's what it's for, and I guess also for cleaning glasses.

I just get new microfiber cloth every 6 months. They give these away for customers for free. They're excellent for cleaning.

Here's what i do:

• Always use a lens cleaner 1 spray TO THE microfiber cloth
• Rub in 1 direction away from center, both sides
• Dirty microfiber just goes in the washing machine with other daily clothes

Every once in a while I'll use dish soap and my fingers, then dry with a microfiber cloth.

Microfiber cloth and whatever that glasses spray is works ok, but after a while it feels like I'm just pushing smudges around. Dish soap for the microfiber cloth will also fix that.

When I see people using their shirt to clean their glasses I cringe inside.

Use soap and water and rub it with my fingers. Shake the excess water off then use a microfiber to finish up. We use microfibers to clean around the house and always have clean ones handy.

I use glass cleaner (I think it's called WHOOSH) and a microfiber cloth to my glasses and displays.

Tap water and a bath towel.