Does your eyeglass get dirty, foggy, or even oily? How to get rid of it? Some people like to wipe it with fingers, while others will use things like a handkerchief with a dab of cleaning liquid. Many find it useless or funny to keep something as petite as an Antifog spray. But in reality, they are beneficial to keep those expensive lenses of your eyewear sparkling clean for many years. Please keep it clean and see more precise, with a tiny mist and wipe. By the end of this article, you will have enough caring tips to use an excellent anti-fog spray for your eyewear.

Introduction

Anti-fog sprays nowadays are very common and sold by most lens care stores nationwide. Some of them are branded, while the majority are knock-off versions of the name of it. Before we jump into why it is needed, first, we need to ascertain how a fog happens in the glass. This situation had become an inarguable site; during the recent years of the pandemic, when fogging of glasses was expected due to mask-covered faces. The exhaled air released would accumulate in and around the eyeglasses, and due to the temperature difference, much like an environmental fog would create a similar effect. People also have a habit of touching the lens of the eyeglass when wearing or taking off, which would leave fingerprints. Not to forget, when we step from a cold AC environment to warm or hot weather, there will be a gradual fog on the lens. So keeping a tiny sprits bottle and a microfiber cloth makes the ultimate difference.

Reasons for using anti-fog spray

1. Lens Care: - The lenses must be cleaned periodically or as often as required with a good quality anti-fog spray as the manufacturer recommends. This spray should be applied with a microfiber cloth as other types of fabric will degrade the lens due to minor scratches with every usage.

2. Quality of materials: - Every glass cleaning spray is different. It contains harsh surfactants, which are not ideal for eyeglasses as specific eyeglasses have a special UV coating and will tend to lose that protective layer as and when non-recommended sprays are used.

3. Handy: - As the spray bottle is no less than 5-10 ml in quantity, it is portable and can be kept in a bag and used as required.

4. Multipurpose application:-The anti-fog helps defog the eye lens and removes fingerprints or minor dirt from the eyeglass, keeping it gleamingly new and sparkling clean. Though not recommended for mobile phones, some persons also use the same to clean then mobile glass and rear camera panel clean and free from germs as it contains tiny bits of alcohol.

5.  Acts as a defogger: - Apart from other lens cleaners available on the market, a good quality lens would create a safety film that lasts for a few hours and might be days. Hence proving that a good quality product lasts longer for the intended purpose.

Now that we know the reasons to have anti-fog solutions for fog-free eyeglasses, let's see how to use and application.

Usage and application of the anti-fog solution on eyeglasses

 1. Blow off dirt gently: - Any loose dirt or dust particle must be blown away before applying the anti-fog solution. Otherwise, it might cause minute scratches, and many visible scratches would be visible over some time.

 2. Shake well before use:-It’s better to shake the solution bottle before its application onto the lenses. This anti-fog makes the solution concentrated and potent to do its job.

 3. Cleaning time:-At the time of application, it is either kept on a clean flat surface like a table, or the eyewear can be held from the frame gently away from the eyes and skin and sprayed 1-2 spritz from the solution bottle and let it dry for a minute.

 4. Microfiber or lint-free cloth: - This is the most crucial step, the wiping, and cleaning. Ensure you use a microfiber cloth or lint-free cloth. Using any other type of cloth is bound to give scratches and damage the lens quality and strip of its protective coating (if any.)

 5. Gentle buff:-The last step in its care is to buff gently with a dry microfiber or a lint-free cloth to give that new look.

 6. Storage after cleaning: - If not being used immediately, it's best to wrap it in a clean microfiber cloth or pouch and store it in the spectacle case. This not keeps the eyewear clean but also increases its durability.

 7. Individual personality and attention: - Lastly, clean and squeaky eyewear speaks volumes about an individual's personality and makes them stand apart from the rest of the crowd who don't follow or find it a problematic cumbersome task to do so.

Now that you are pro after following the steps mentioned above to keep your eyewear neat and clean, a few additional considerations for a particular type of eyewear and environmental conditions can be handy and beneficial.

Additional considerations

1. Unique anti-fog solutions for diving goggles: - As mentioned, these goggles are in constant touch with water due to the nature of their usage. So they would need a particular type of anti-fog solution that would create an oleophobic coating that would retain around the surface for longer than others which would wear off quickly.

2. Environmental conditions: - Complete elimination of fog conditions from eyewear would be challenging in freezing, hot, humid and rainy conditions. So one might need to clean them a bit more often or as and when required.

3. Sporting events: - Whether for professional sporting or recreation, a spritz before the actual event to experience an uninterrupted and unparalleled performance.

4. Particular working environments: - Individuals engaged in the outdoor white-collar professions (constructions, manufacturing or service) might need to spray more than once.

To sum up, it can be a bit tedious for those who do not pay much attention to cleaning and might consider this an additional chore. Remember that just like your eyes, these second pairs also demand regular love and care, and as per a saying, "a little goes a long way". So check with your nearest optician store and get a bottle and a few pairs of microfiber cloth. Some of them might not charge and give away as a free sample! Try it and see the difference.