Some Notes about Eyeglasses Maintenance
Nowadays, eyeglasses have been not only used for vision correction, but also considered as fashionable accessories to facilitate people’s life in different perspectives. Glasses have brought people a lot of benefits. Therefore, they need wearers’ careful maintenance. Next I would like to brief you some notes about eyeglasses maintenance.
First, while you are putting off glasses, remember to hold frame legs along your cheeks with both hands rather than a single one; otherwise, you will destroy their balance, leading to deformation.
Second, it is recommended to rinse lenses with clear water and dry them with clean papers, and then try to use special glasses cloth to wipe gently again. During this process, you have to hold the frame carefully, so as to avoid excessive force, causing frame or lens damages.
Third, you must get into a good habit of placing glasses correctly while you don’t have to wear them. Although they are indeed small things, cleaning and maintenance are of great importance. Unfortunately, with half-baked knowledge, people offer suffer from lens damages and frames deformation, which accelerates the deterioration of eyesight.
Fourth, as for the temporary placement, please put their convex upward; or the lens will be abraded easily. Meanwhile, glasses should be prevented from contacting with insect repellant, cleansing products, cosmetics, hair gel, medicine, and other corrosive substances. Besides, they must avoid exposing to direct sunlight for a long term and high temperatures (above 60 degrees Celsius), in case that frame degradation, deterioration and so on would occur.
Fifth, in fierce campaigns, you had better take off glasses, because the strong impact will lead to lens broken, causing eye and facial injuries; at the same time, avoid using the lens that has been worn and torn; by doing so, you can effectively prevent the vision decrease caused by scattering light.
Sixth, the main principle of cleaning glasses is to maintain clean and bright, non-contaminated grease and avoiding the scratch of lens. You can use a neutral soap or a special detergent while rinsing them. Afterwards, remember to wipe lens with clean soft paper. Generally, it is a common phenomenon that many people would smoothly pick up the handkerchief or a cloth to dry glasses, which actually is quite a bad habit, because the rough material is easy to scratch the lens. In addition, it needs to call attention that when cleaning slits between frames you can scrub gently with a soft toothbrush to remove dust and dirt.
The last but not least, you must take your eyeglasses to have a regular adjustment in special stores.
