Cleaning Nose Pad on Glasses (1 Viewer)

[Matthew Furtek]

Does anyone know an easy way to clean the nose-pads on glasses? Mine get dirty with sweat and the contacts between the frame and glasses have some green stuff on them. I can clean the pads off with q-tips to some extend, but the spaces here are very small.

Matthew Furtek

 

[Daren Welsh]

10-molar HCl acid ought to do the trick!

 

[Keith Outhouse]

Put a little Chlorox Bleach in a glass, add a little dish soap and fill with med hot water and soak for a few minutes. Rinse well.

 

[JasenP]

I generally replace the pads when they are beyond cleaning. The last two visits to Sears optical there was no charge!

 

[NickSo]

keith: Do you put the whole pair of glasses into the solution, or just the nose pads?

Another reason why i switched to contacts.. oily, dirty, greasy nosepads! yuck

 

[NickSo]

first double post ever

 

[Alex Spindler]

I take mine off when I clean them. Generally use soapy warm water and clean throughly. Should look into having them replaced, but aren't they specific to each set of frames?

 

[Brian Kleinke]

I'll agree that the green stuff is ugly, but its not obvious to anyone unless they are looking at your glasses up close. I try to clean my if it gets too bad, but I've worn glasses for over 15 years and it's never bugged me.

Brian

 

[Jay H]

I take mine off when I clean them

Not sure if you meant this to be funny, but I had visions of somebody sticking their head in a chlorox bleach solution until I reread it and realized you must mean the nosepieces!!

Jay

 

[Jeremy Stockwell]

Jay,
That reminds me of a sign I saw at a tatoo parlor once,
"Tatoos while you wait"
As opposed to what exactly??
JKS

 

[Henry Gale]

An old toothbrush and hot water.
And another reason I got LASIK last year.

 

[Malcolm R]

Not sure if you meant this to be funny, but I had visions of somebody sticking their head in a chlorox bleach solution.

Reminds me of the episode of "The Golden Girls" where Rose becomes the assistant of Enrique Maas, consumer advocate. She has to test products and is testing a watch to find out if it's water resistant:
Blanche: (Walks in kitchen and sees Rose with her whole arm in a bucket of water.) Rose, what are you doing?
Rose: I have to test all these products and write up reports for my boss by tomorrow. I'm really getting stressed out.
Blanche: I mean why is your arm in that bucket of water?
Rose: (lifts arm to show watch) This watch claims to be water-proof and I'm testing to see if it's true.
Blanche: Rose, honey, take the watch off your wrist.
Rose: But then I'd be sitting here with my arm in a bucket of water for no reason!

 

[Keith Outhouse]

I put the whole thing in the bleach water. Cleans everything. Never hurt the lenses in 3 years.

 

[Mark Kalzer]

My eye doctor will do complete clean ups and adjustments for free! Try that course! I should pop in to do that myself!

 

[Charles J P]

Doesnt the bleach ever bleach out the plastic parts of the frames?

 

[Mark_Mac]

What's the green stuff?

 

[DavidY]

IMO, it is the chemical residue from a reaction between the metal and one's sweat.

Dave