I cleaned my glasses' lenses with hot water and now one of them is blurry?!
Question: I boiled water and soaked my glasses in the hot water for a few seconds and then wiped the lenses with a tissue, but now one of the lenses is blurry and it's very annoying. What could have caused that? It makes me a bit dizzy 'cause it's only one of the lenses which is like that while the other is perfectly fine. Is there anything I can do or is it a permanent damage on the lens? Thanks!
Answers: I boiled water and soaked my glasses in the hot water for a few seconds and then wiped the lenses with a tissue, but now one of the lenses is blurry and it's very annoying. What could have caused that? It makes me a bit dizzy 'cause it's only one of the lenses which is like that while the other is perfectly fine. Is there anything I can do or is it a permanent damage on the lens? Thanks!
The hot water made the lens expand too quickly and cracked the anti scratch coating.
I have ruined more than a few lenses over the years by forgetting them in the UV solution which is heated to 190 degrees. It is supposed to be for 2 minutes, but sometimes I get called away and forget them for 4 or 5 minutes, then one or both are ruined.
Sometimes they go a milky white color, sometimes it just makes a warp in the lens...but either way, nothing can be done to save them.
If they are less than a year old, take them back and say...hey, look at my lens ( don't mention the hot water trick )...lol
I really think that was the wrong thing to do, go ask the optomotrist.
maybe try cleaning it with special cleaner foor your glasses?
If the lenses are plastic, I wonder if the water was hot enough to warp one of the lenses, or maybe mess up a coating on the surface. it's strange that only one lens was affected. Unless you can see some film or crud on the surface that will clean off, it's probably trashed.
I'v had two pairs of glasses (both from lenscrafters) that on very hot days when I had sweat on the lenses (as happens in hot weather.)..when I wiped them they went permanently blurry.The antireflection coating was at fault...I have never been back and now make sure I buy better brand name lenses.