Looking after your glasses

Glasses Care Guide

A few simple habits keep your lenses clear and your frames comfortable for longer.

Glasses Care Guide

Overview

Your glasses work hard all day

Cleaning them the right way and handling them with care keeps your lenses clear and your frames in shape. It takes a minute.

Rinse in cold water first
Both hands, every time
In their case when you are not wearing them

Cleaning

How to clean your glasses

Clean your lenses at least once a day. Dirt and fine dust rubbed across a dry lens is what scratches it, so start with water.

  1. Rinse in cold waterHold your glasses under cold running water first, so the dust doesn't scratch the lenses when you wipe them.
  2. Wash gentlyWash the lenses and the frame with a drop of dishwashing liquid, and rinse.
  3. Dry with a clean clothDry them with a clean cotton cloth, then finish with a clean microfibre cloth.

Good habits

  • Wash your microfibre cloth often, without fabric softener.
  • Lenses with Clarity Comfort anti-fog coating are cleaned only with their own anti-fog cloth. Anything else stops the coating working until it is reactivated.

Please avoid

  • Hot water. It can crack lens coatings and dry out acetate frames.
  • Window cleaner, or anything with ammonia.
  • Tissues, paper or your clothing, including silicone tissues.
  • Blowing on the lens and wiping it with your shirt. The dirt and dust get rubbed in.

No lens is scratch-proof. Every Torga lens has a scratch-resistant hard coat on both surfaces at no extra cost, and cleaning your glasses the right way keeps them looking new for longer.

Day to day

Small things that make a difference

Use both hands

Put your glasses on and take them off with both hands, holding the sides (the temples) midway and sliding them over your ears. The bridge then doesn't take the strain, and they keep their adjustment for longer.

Keep them in their case

When you are not wearing them, keep your glasses in their protective case.

Never face down

Never rest your glasses face down on their lenses.

Free for life

Free adjustments, cleaning and minor repairs

Every purchase comes with free adjustments and minor repairs at any Torga Optical branch, for the life of your glasses. Pop in any time for a free adjustment, cleaning and repair.

How often

Visit in the first 30 days

We suggest a visit to a branch within 30 days of collecting your glasses, and then every few months. Depending on your lifestyle, you may want to come more often.

Time for an adjustment?

Red marks, or sliding down

Red marks on your nose, glasses that keep sliding down, or a knock that has left them out of line: a few minutes in store puts them right, free.

Please don't adjust your glasses yourself. Many frames need heat to be adjusted, and lenses chip easily.

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