cleaning lens cloths

[MHD]

I think my microfibre lens cloth has cleaned to many dirty finger prints...

What do you recon... just washing in warm soapy water and then rinsing??

[Mj]

Sounds about right... but go light on the soap and lotsa rinsing.

[birddog114]

MHD,
That will do the job!

[Matt. K]

The fingers? Or the cloth?

[DVEous]

... Obsolete ...

[Alex]

Adam,

You can get vmicrofibre cloth for cleaning lenses from your optometrist. Definitely cheaper. Just get the best quality one. They are soap washable too.

Alex

[jdear]

I bought one off Ken Duncan which he had especially made for cleaning his lenses - machine washable. Bought one for $5, which I had bought more than one. If I run into him again Ill pick up a couple more.

J

[adam]

Hey VK4CP I've also got the same thing, a microfiber cloth attached to the bag (but a different brand printed on )
I think washing the bag should be okay.
Just as long as you rinse and dry

[MarcL]

I think my microfibre lens cloth has cleaned to many dirty finger prints...

What do you recon... just washing in warm soapy water and then rinsing??

All my t-shirts go into the same wash - I don't even separate the colours from the whites.

What? I'm not supposed to use my tshirt to clean my lens? (Whoops! Oh, bugger, just dropped another gob of melted cheese down my front) They've got special cloths, you say? Can you wear 'em?

I can't remember where I read it (actually, it may have been a site about dreadlocks, of all things), which said that if you want to clean all oils and residues our of something (eg. your hair), you want a shampoo/soap that has no perfumed odour. Anything that makes a smell, or is going to "soften" the washed item, and so on, is probably doing so by intentionally leaving an oil or something in whatever's being washed. You want a pure, unperfumed, soap, that can rinse (and rinse and rinse) completely out without leaving anything behind.

Of course, whether this applies to microfibre cloths, I have no idea. I'm a tshirt-using heretic.

Cheers,
MarcL

[ABG]

Just whack it into the washing machine. Double rinse and spin. Works for me.