โฒ 108 โผ Why do the nose pads on my glasses turn green--as opposed to some other color? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by wilberfan@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments Do I have more in common with the Statue of Liberty than I might have thought? ๐ค
[โ] treadful@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 years ago (4 children) Does nobody actually wash their glasses regularly? I've never had a pair of glasses have their nose pads turn any color. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [โ] wilberfan@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 3 years ago Interesting point. I wash mine everyday. Water and diluted dish soap. The frames have titanium--but I bet the mounting posts on the silicon pads are the ones that are oxidizing! permalink fedilink source parent [โ] calexil@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) mine are antimicrobial plastic, so I don't really need to that often, maybe a couple times a year when the corners get to gunky permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] treadful@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 years ago ๐ฌ permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Izzgo@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago I rarely wash my glasses with soap and water, maybe once every month or two. I DO regularly wipe them with a cloth, usually my tshirt. My nose pads have never turned green in 60 years of wearing glasses. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 point 3 years ago I've had this with cheap sunglasses that use copper screws to keep the pads on. The green is the copper oxidizing. Cleaning them would only make it worse as you're just exposing the copper to water. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] wilberfan@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 3 years ago Interesting point. I wash mine everyday. Water and diluted dish soap. The frames have titanium--but I bet the mounting posts on the silicon pads are the ones that are oxidizing! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] calexil@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) mine are antimicrobial plastic, so I don't really need to that often, maybe a couple times a year when the corners get to gunky permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] treadful@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 years ago ๐ฌ permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Izzgo@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago I rarely wash my glasses with soap and water, maybe once every month or two. I DO regularly wipe them with a cloth, usually my tshirt. My nose pads have never turned green in 60 years of wearing glasses. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 point 3 years ago I've had this with cheap sunglasses that use copper screws to keep the pads on. The green is the copper oxidizing. Cleaning them would only make it worse as you're just exposing the copper to water. permalink fedilink source parent