I always make a point of keeping my grubby fingers off the lenses of my reading glasses and sunglasses. Despite this, they always seem to be smeared in fingerprints and covered in dust. The dust gets stuck in the little crevices where the frame meets the lens. Then I discovered ultrasonic cleaners!
Ultrasonic cleaners produce high-frequency soundwaves to break down grease and dirt, reaching hard to access and fiddly places. Not only are they a perfect way of giving your specs a proper clean, they work on jewellery and other bits & bobs such as dentures, dental braces, coins, fountain pens, electric shaver heads… even make-up brushes!
There’s a long list of materials that you shouldn’t sanitize using ultrasonic cleaners, as they can get damaged. Click here to check:
- Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner: £16.39, eBay
- Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner: £39.99, Lakeland
- James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner: £152.77, Amazon
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