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Spectacle lens cleaning fluid - cheaper version?
Bob Eager writes:
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:47:19 +0100, Phil Addison wrote: I'm fed up with paying £45.80 a litre (well £5.49 for a 120ml bottle) for Boots "Spectacle lens cleaner" but can't find similar cheaper anywhere. What's in this and is there a cheaper version? I like the convenience of the quick squirt and wipe with this sort of spray bottle and don't really want to resort to the soap and water method every day. http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Pharma...pectacle-Lens- Cleaner-120ml-_1132029/ I use Solution 30 (aerosol). 400ml for £4.49 from Chemist Direct (they have a carriage charge but I buy a lot of stuff from them). Isopropyl alcohol plus dish detergent diluted in water makes a usable replacement (but would be better with whatever they use as an anti-misting agent in the commercial stuff). -- Windmill, Use t m i l l J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ O n e t e l . c o m All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost |
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On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:16:35 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
Phil Addison wrote: Just check the ingredients of the Boots one: "Water, SAS-60 "Sodium C14-17 Alkyl Sulfonate), Potassium Lauryl Phosphate". No idea what they are - except the water! Detergents ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_...nzenesulfonate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_lauryl_sulfate 'kinell, that makes Boots even more a rip-off. My morning spec cleaning regimen will be moved to the bathroom in future - hot running water and whatever shower-geel/shampoo is arond!! -- Phil Addison |
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Phil Addison wrote:
don't need it anymore, seems I've got loads of the ingredients in the bathroom already! Maybe you could retain the old Boots bottle as a handy shark repellent spray! |
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Phil Addison wrote:
On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:53:07 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: In article , Phil Addison writes: On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:20:51 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: Costco sell a twin pack of two large bottles (probably each one is 10 times the size of the optician ones) for something like £10 from their optician counter. I get it for my parents (or I did once - it's never run out since). Looks a good deal; now I have a reason to sign up to costco. I can't find it on their website, which makes me wonder if they still do it. Might want to have someone confirm that first. No worries Andrew, don't need it anymore, seems I've got loads of the ingredients in the bathroom already! Boots do tend to charge rip-off prices. Their pricing of ibuprofen tablets is a disgrace for example. For cheap spectacle lens cleaner I use "W5" cleaning pads from Lidl, or Aldi. Do the job well and cheap. If I run out of those Fairy liquid [1] and a tap with warm water. [1] other detergents are available. -- €¢DarWin| _/ _/ |
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On 11/04/2013 10:06, polygonum wrote:
On 11/04/2013 09:59, dennis@home wrote: What's wrong with the 99p for 100ml ASDA one? or just use asda glass and widow cleaner at £1 for 500ml if you can stand the smell. Specially for Victorian glass-sided hearses. Added formaldehyde to ensure no embarrassing odours. I was in quay plastics yesterday and they had 25l drums of glass cleaner for about £12 IIRC. |
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On 11/04/2013 16:21, dennis@home wrote:
On 11/04/2013 10:06, polygonum wrote: On 11/04/2013 09:59, dennis@home wrote: What's wrong with the 99p for 100ml ASDA one? or just use asda glass and widow cleaner at £1 for 500ml if you can stand the smell. Specially for Victorian glass-sided hearses. Added formaldehyde to ensure no embarrassing odours. I was in quay plastics yesterday and they had 25l drums of glass cleaner for about £12 IIRC. Cheaper if you buy a 200 litre drum :-) |
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In message , Bill Wright
writes Lobster wrote: I just wash mine with soap and water in the shower as required; shake the drops off and as they are warm, by the time I've got out and dressed, they are 100% dry and smear-free. My optician is a young woman. She told me that she cleans her glasses by washing them as she sits in the bath. Unfortunately I ejaculated in my pants at that point. With no monocle on your jap's eye? Tut tut -- geoff |
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In message , Phil Addison
writes On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:08:55 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice" wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:10:09 +0100, John Williamson wrote: Paper, even tissue paper, is more abrasive than you might think. Kitchen roll is abrasive enough to clean grease off a pan if used right. I'd not let it anywhere near any form of lens, never mind coated or plastic ones. My nose tells me otherwise. When I have a cold I use kitchen roll in preference to any tissue, paper handkerchief or loo roll. Use any of the latter I get a snore nose very quickly, use the former I don't. Isn't paper made of fibrous stuff though, eg wood? This is cheap, plain, "value", supermarket kitchen roll. Not the fancy stuff promoted by elephants or able to absorb 20 litres of water per sheet and fall apart. The problem with reusing a cloth is that it retains the grit from the last cleaning and the cleaning before etc etc. Good point Well it would be if it was actually a problem -- geoff |
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On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:53:07 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote:
I can't find it on their website, which makes me wonder if they still do it. Might want to have someone confirm that first. There is only a loose corelation between the Costco website and what Costco stores carry. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 4/11/2013 7:57 PM, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:53:07 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote: I can't find it on their website, which makes me wonder if they still do it. Might want to have someone confirm that first. There is only a loose corelation between the Costco website and what Costco stores carry. So I've noticed. |
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On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:57:54 +0100, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:53:07 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote: I can't find it on their website, which makes me wonder if they still do it. Might want to have someone confirm that first. There is only a loose corelation between the Costco website and what Costco stores carry. There is only a loose correlation between what a Costco store carries one week, and what it carries the next week! -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org My posts (including this one) are my copyright and if @diy_forums on Twitter wish to tweet them they can pay me £30 a post *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 12 Apr 2013 00:05:46 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:
There is only a loose correlation between what a Costco store carries one week, and what it carries the next week! Can't say I've noticed that on a weekly basis but then I only go about every 3 or 4 months as it is a 100 mile round trip. The stock does change overtime but I find that to be nearer years rather than weeks. -- Cheers Dave. |
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In article , Phil Addison
wrote: I'm fed up with paying £45.80 a litre (well £5.49 for a 120ml bottle) for Boots "Spectacle lens cleaner" but can't find similar cheaper anywhere. What's in this and is there a cheaper version? I like the convenience of the quick squirt and wipe with this sort of spray bottle and don't really want to resort to the soap and water method every day. saliva is free. -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18 |
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In message o.uk, Dave
Liquorice writes On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:53:07 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote: I can't find it on their website, which makes me wonder if they still do it. Might want to have someone confirm that first. There is only a loose corelation between the Costco website and what Costco stores carry. You mean there is any at all? -- geoff |
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In message , charles
writes In article , Phil Addison wrote: I'm fed up with paying £45.80 a litre (well £5.49 for a 120ml bottle) for Boots "Spectacle lens cleaner" but can't find similar cheaper anywhere. What's in this and is there a cheaper version? I like the convenience of the quick squirt and wipe with this sort of spray bottle and don't really want to resort to the soap and water method every day. saliva is free. And has yet to be bettered as a demisting agent -- geoff |
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On 10/04/2013 13:47, Phil Addison wrote:
I'm fed up with paying £45.80 a litre (well £5.49 for a 120ml bottle) for Boots "Spectacle lens cleaner" but can't find similar cheaper anywhere. What's in this and is there a cheaper version? I like the convenience of the quick squirt and wipe with this sort of spray bottle and don't really want to resort to the soap and water method every day. http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Pharma...20ml-_1132029/ -- Phil Addison My local optician simply uses Meths in a trigger spray. That would be MUCH cheaper I have a spray can of Isopropyl alcohol at home so I use that, easy to buy form eBay. |
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On 13/04/2013 19:09, Rick Hughes wrote:
On 10/04/2013 13:47, Phil Addison wrote: I'm fed up with paying £45.80 a litre (well £5.49 for a 120ml bottle) for Boots "Spectacle lens cleaner" but can't find similar cheaper anywhere. What's in this Phil Addison My local optician simply uses Meths in a trigger spray. That would be MUCH cheaper I have a spray can of Isopropyl alcohol at home so I use that, easy to buy form eBay. 50% Isopropanol 50% Distilled Water. OK for Windows, Screens, Specs. |
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On Saturday, April 13, 2013 11:07:19 PM UTC+1, Rob wrote:
On 13/04/2013 19:09, Rick Hughes wrote: On 10/04/2013 13:47, Phil Addison wrote: I'm fed up with paying £45.80 a litre (well £5.49 for a 120ml bottle) for Boots "Spectacle lens cleaner" but can't find similar cheaper anywhere. What's in this Phil Addison My local optician simply uses Meths in a trigger spray. That would be MUCH cheaper I have a spray can of Isopropyl alcohol at home so I use that, easy to buy form eBay. 50% Isopropanol 50% Distilled Water. OK for Windows, Screens, Specs. I use those microfibre cloths most opticians give away free. In fact my optician gave me a half dozen of them when asked. I find them perfectly adequate. Keep one in my desk, one in the workshop in a plastic bag, one in the car. |
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In message , fred
writes On Saturday, April 13, 2013 11:07:19 PM UTC+1, Rob wrote: On 13/04/2013 19:09, Rick Hughes wrote: On 10/04/2013 13:47, Phil Addison wrote: I'm fed up with paying £45.80 a litre (well £5.49 for a 120ml bottle) for Boots "Spectacle lens cleaner" but can't find similar cheaper anywhere. What's in this Phil Addison My local optician simply uses Meths in a trigger spray. That would be MUCH cheaper I have a spray can of Isopropyl alcohol at home so I use that, easy to buy form eBay. 50% Isopropanol 50% Distilled Water. OK for Windows, Screens, Specs. I use those microfibre cloths most opticians give away free. In fact my optician gave me a half dozen of them when asked. I find them perfectly adequate. Keep one in my desk, one in the workshop in a plastic bag, one in the car. Can't do that apparently, grit, carborundum, iron filings and all kinds of evil dust are attracted to them and is fermented into angle grinders which attack the lenses -- geoff |
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