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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Aren't all parts of a shirt suitable as a cleaning cloth?

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Aren't all parts of a shirt suitable as a cleaning cloth?

Good question! No! Most t-shirts work well, but button-up shirts are often not soft, pliable, or absorbable enough to really function well for glasses cleaning (IMO, anyway).

You aren’t likely to scratch the glasses (glass is very hard), but you kinda just move the smudges around and make them worse with certain fabrics. I want either a nice mostly-cotton blend, or a nice thick microfiber cloth (microfiber is not created equal, and some are practically useless).

Maybe I’m just picky. Your mileage may vary.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for a surprisingly in-depth answer! I very rarely wear proper shirts, which I think explains my assumptions.

[–] reinei@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Also although you will have a hard(-ish) time scratching the glass by using a good shirt if you have any kind of coating on your glasses (such as a blue filter or anti-reflex coating or whatever) you CAN easily scratch those (usually)!

[–] Guilherme@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

I (almost) never use a t-shirt to clean my glasses, but once tried the internal lining of my jacket since it looks like a coarser version of the cloth that came with my glasses. The result wasn't the same but it was still good.

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Some shirts have a small micro fibre cleaning cloth (like the one in your glasses case) sewn into them.

[–] NiHaDuncan@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That’s what he’s talking about.

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

I know. I was responding to smeg who was asking if all parts of the shirt can be used as a cleaning cloth.