Best way to clean spectacle lenses without cloth marks

Hi all, in this post I would be covering the best way of wiping your spectacle lenses clean. 

Usually when you purchase your spectacles, it would come in a hard casing with a cleaning cloth too. However, I often feel that wiping lenses with the cloth included isn't the best way to clean my glasses as I often get some cloth marks on the lenses which makes using the spectacles a blurry experience, at least for a while before the marks fade.

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These are the 3 steps to cleaning the lenses while avoiding those cloth marks.

1. Wash your glasses under tap water. You can use a mild soap if your glasses are oily.
2. Shake your glasses to get rid of excessive water.
3. Wipe the glasses with a cleaning cloth (Do experiment to find the best ones). Make sure to not use too much strength in wiping. Try to wipe in one continuous direction (eg clockwise from top left to bottom right of the lens and not in a continuous circular motion). Change to a new spot on the cloth to wipe your lens on after each wipe so you would not be using the same wet spot to wipe your lenses. Repeat until your lenses are clean and dry. 

Step 2

Step 3 using Dry-Fit shirt to wipe the lenses clean

Done!

The best materials I have found are: 

1. Dry-fit tee shirt like those camp shirts/class tee shirts/ Marathon shirts 
2. Stretchy cotton like fabric 
3. The cloth that came with your spectacles

Do experiment with different cloth material (starting from the different shirts that you own) to see which fabric is the best for you.

Enjoy having clearer and cleaner lens!!! Some may argue that using your shirt to wipe glasses may not be the best as it may scratch the lenses. I can only say that so far, I have not encountered any scratches from doing so as I do not own uncomfortable rough scratchy tee shirt (why would I buy uncomfortable rough scratchy shirt to wear?)