An amazing discovery about PURELL...

[electrolux137]

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<span data-offset-key="52uo6-0-0"><span data-text="true">I just accidentally made a great discovery: Purell Hand Sanitizing Gel makes a GREAT chrome - glass - mirror polish! Try it for yourself -- put a little blob of it on a soft cloth, rub it in, turn the cloth to a dry area and polish. Amaaaaaazing!! </span></span>


 


<span data-offset-key="52uo6-0-0"><span data-text="true">Do I get a Nobel Peace Prize for my discovery???! </span></span>

 

[charleskirby66]

OK, Charles, that was pretty cool.  I will nominate you for a Nobel Peace Prize.  LOL

 

[tolivac]

New use for hand cleaner---its now GLASS cleaner!!Since these contain alcohol-makes sense that they could clean and polish glass.Maybe-just maybe these could clean the dirt off vacuums,too!Try it on a scrap vacuum and see!

 

[suckolux]

Ok Charles, what were you polishing off that mirror?? Wink, wink. Cool find, thanks for sharing

 

[human]

I use alcohol gel hand sanitizer to clean my reading glasses all the time. It works great.

 

[charleskirby66]

Do NOT use hand sanitizer on glasses!

Alcohol is TERRIBLE for plastic spectacle lenses, including CR-39, polycarbonate, Trivex, mid-index plastic, and high-index plastic.  The alcohol in the cleaner strips away the top laminating layers, which leaves the lenses susceptible to scratches, clouding, and breakage.  You can use alcohol on glass lenses, but I have found the majority of patients prefer the lightweight and acuity of a good Trivex lens, or a mid-index with a high abbe value.


 


In short, if you paid good money for your glasses, use a good cleaner.  If you got cheap glasses on Warby Parker or the dollar store, go ahead and screw 'em up with hand sanitizer.

 

[human]

Yeah, I just use cheap—albeit slightly better than dollar store grade—readers and subject them to all manner of abuse. I clean them with whatever's handy like the little spray bottles of cleaner we have in the classrooms for the whiteboards. It smells like 409. My latest glasses purchase was a three-pack from Costco for $18. When I get to the point of needing expensive bifocals, I'll certainly take better care of them.

 

[tolivac]

HMMMM-the Glasses cleaner the optician sells here and they recommend for plastic and those with coated lenses contains alcohol.Been using it for years and no problems-also cleans CDs,Laserdiscs,DVDs and so on very well.This cleaner also contains water.Maybe thats the diffrence.