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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 |
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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 I use two things: Lidl sachet glasses wipes - very convenient when out and about Washing up liquid and hot water -- Rod |
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My optician (who sells an unbranded version of the Boots spray) recommended
refilling the bottle once empty with meths. I tried it and it worked well, though you might want to give the smell a second or two to disappear before you put the glases back on. |
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On 10/04/2013 13:49, polygonum 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 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/ I use two things: Lidl sachet glasses wipes - very convenient when out and about Washing up liquid and hot water 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. -- David |
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On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 2:04:52 PM UTC+1, 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. So that's what you do with your testicals but what about your lenses ;-) |
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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...20ml-_1132029/ £shop had some in once. About a gallon of liquid in each sachet. But just get a good quality lens cleaning cloth and carry that about instead. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:47:19 +0100, Phil Addison wrote:
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. Well each to there own but I use detergent and running water. Soap I find doesn't clean as well and tends to smear on drying the lenes on a bit of kitchen roll. I don't like dedicated cleaning cloths or limited quantities of cleaning fluid. Both increase the rate at which scratches appear or the coating wears off as the micro dirt isn't lifted well clear and flushed away. -- Cheers Dave. |
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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). -- 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 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:42:19 +0100, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:47:19 +0100, Phil Addison wrote: 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. Well each to there own but I use detergent and running water. Soap I find doesn't clean as well and tends to smear on drying the lenes on a bit of kitchen roll. I don't like dedicated cleaning cloths or limited quantities of cleaning fluid. Both increase the rate at which scratches appear or the coating wears off as the micro dirt isn't lifted well clear and flushed away. I also use one drop of detergent in the ultrasonic cleaner. -- 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 10/04/2013 15:02, Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:42:19 +0100, Dave Liquorice wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:47:19 +0100, Phil Addison wrote: 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. Well each to there own but I use detergent and running water. Soap I find doesn't clean as well and tends to smear on drying the lenes on a bit of kitchen roll. I don't like dedicated cleaning cloths or limited quantities of cleaning fluid. Both increase the rate at which scratches appear or the coating wears off as the micro dirt isn't lifted well clear and flushed away. I also use one drop of detergent in the ultrasonic cleaner. Isopropyl Alcohol from Maplins. 400 ml for a tenner. I think Wilkos used to do it |
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On Apr 10, 2:42*pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:47:19 +0100, Phil Addison wrote: Well each to there own but I use detergent and running water. Soap I find doesn't clean as well and tends to smear on drying the lenes on a bit of kitchen roll. My optician says paper scratches the lenses, apparently you should use a microfibre cloth or lint-free cotton. Jonathan |
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On 10/04/2013 16:02, Jonathan wrote:
On Apr 10, 2:42 pm, "Dave Liquorice" wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:47:19 +0100, Phil Addison wrote: Well each to there own but I use detergent and running water. Soap I find doesn't clean as well and tends to smear on drying the lenes on a bit of kitchen roll. My optician says paper scratches the lenses, apparently you should use a microfibre cloth or lint-free cotton. +1. 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. -- Tciao for Now! John. |
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On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 2:42:19 PM UTC+1, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:47:19 +0100, Phil Addison wrote: 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. Well each to there own but I use detergent and running water. Where does yuor water run from, after looking at the state of my old kettle I'd use deionised or distilled water. Soap I find doesn't clean as well and tends to smear on drying the lenes on a bit of kitchen roll. |
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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. 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. OK if you throughly wash it after every cleaning it might be OK but who does... -- Cheers Dave. |
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John Williamson wrote:
On 10/04/2013 16:02, Jonathan wrote: On Apr 10, 2:42 pm, "Dave Liquorice" wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:47:19 +0100, Phil Addison wrote: Well each to there own but I use detergent and running water. Soap I find doesn't clean as well and tends to smear on drying the lenes on a bit of kitchen roll. My optician says paper scratches the lenses, apparently you should use a microfibre cloth or lint-free cotton. +1. 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. Am I the only one to use spit & shirt tail? Tim |
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:33:16 -0700 (PDT), whisky-dave wrote:
Where does yuor water run from, ... The tap. ... after looking at the state of my old kettle I'd use deionised or distilled water. Haven't had to descale the kettle since they swapped the source of our water from a local adit (in limestone) to Burnhope Reservoir quite a few years ago. Even from the adit it wasn't really hard, kettle descale every 3 or 4 months. It was also nice clean white scale not the various greens, blues and whites that we had in St Albans and descaling every month... -- Cheers Dave. |
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"Bob Eager" wrote in message ... 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). Aldi sell a box containing 50 wipes for a quid. Washing up liquid contains salt. -- 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 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 A previous optician of ours gave us this tip: Open the dishwasher door when the dishwasher has just finished its cycle, and hold your specs in the steam. Then wipe them with a soft cloth. Never fails! When it's inconvenient to carry a dishwasher around with us, we use the little packets of spectacle wipes available from the likes of Lidl and Aldi. -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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Bob Eager wrote:
I also use one drop of detergent in the ultrasonic cleaner. That was what started my anti-scratch/reflective coating coming loose :-( |
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Phil Addison writes: 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/ 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). -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:20:51 +0000 (UTC),
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote: In article , Phil Addison writes: 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/ 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). My wife took one of those to the school office where she works. She successfully hid it for a couple of weeks until someone caught her using it, Since then it has cleaned a volume of glasses, the photocopier, umpteen monitors and keyboards. Still got plenty left in it. |
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:50:16 +0100, Ericp
wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:20:51 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: In article , Phil Addison writes: 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/ 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). My wife took one of those to the school office where she works. She successfully hid it for a couple of weeks until someone caught her using it, Up until this point I thought the punch line was going to be COSHH related. Since then it has cleaned a volume of glasses, the photocopier, umpteen monitors and keyboards. Still got plenty left in it. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:55:01 +0100, stuart noble
wrote: Isopropyl Alcohol from Maplins. 400 ml for a tenner. I think Wilkos used to do it Fairly expensive that. You can get 5ltrs for £18 -£20 from many chemical suppliers some including delivery. G.Harman |
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In message , Phil Addison
writes 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...ns-Cleaner-120 ml-_1132029/ Get yourself down to Costco or wherever else sells micropore cloths You don't need fancy fluids, if the lenses are really dirty, a little bit of gob for lubrication will help For cleaning off all the verdigris etc, I use a £20 ultrasonic cleaner every year or so email me your address, I'll send you a micropore cloth -- geoff |
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:43:07 +0100, damduck-egg wrote:
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:55:01 +0100, stuart noble wrote: Isopropyl Alcohol from Maplins. 400 ml for a tenner. I think Wilkos used to do it Fairly expensive that. You can get 5ltrs for £18 -£20 from many chemical suppliers some including delivery. G.Harman And a litre for £8.41, free delivery, from CPC. -- 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 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:15:07 +0100, geoff wrote:
email me your address, I'll send you a micropore cloth Complete with fermenting gob and ground in dirt, er... Thank you but no thank you. B-) -- Cheers Dave. |
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In message o.uk, Dave
Liquorice writes On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:15:07 +0100, geoff wrote: email me your address, I'll send you a micropore cloth Complete with fermenting gob and ground in dirt, er... Thank you but no thank you. B-) When you get 40 30 x 30cm square cloths for about a tenner, personally, its not an issue for me Not quite so sure where you get all that ground-in dirt on a pair of lenses from ... perhaps best not to ask -- geoff |
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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 -- Phil Addison |
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:15:07 +0100, geoff wrote:
In message , Phil Addison writes 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...ns-Cleaner-120 ml-_1132029/ Get yourself down to Costco or wherever else sells micropore cloths You don't need fancy fluids, if the lenses are really dirty, a little bit of gob for lubrication will help For cleaning off all the verdigris etc, I use a £20 ultrasonic cleaner every year or so email me your address, I'll send you a micropore cloth Ta but I'm ok for them. It looks like I now have an excuse to buy an ultrasonic cleaner too. -- Phil Addison |
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:20:51 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote: In article , Phil Addison writes: 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/ 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. 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! -- Phil Addison |
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:03:30 +0100, "Bert Coules" wrote:
My optician (who sells an unbranded version of the Boots spray) recommended refilling the bottle once empty with meths. I tried it and it worked well, though you might want to give the smell a second or two to disappear before I find meths leaves a sticky residue, wouldn't let it near mine. -- Phil Addison |
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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. Bill |
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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 |
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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...20ml-_1132029/ Shaving Gel (Gillette in my case), a small squirt rubbed in with the fingers, rinsed off under a warm tap. No grease, no scratches and if the water is hot enough, no need to even dry them. -- |
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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. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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On 11/04/2013 01:59, Phil Addison wrote:
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:20:51 +0000 (UTC), (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: In article , Phil Addison writes: 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/ 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. 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! -- Phil Addison 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. |
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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. -- Rod |
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On 11/04/2013 04:38, Bill Wright wrote:
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. Bill well premature |
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