Anti-fog treatment for safety glasses?

[Marlin60Man]

I bought a pair of safety glasses for shooting lately, but unfortunately also found that they fogged up really easily. I have to wear them over my prescription glasses so that's probably one of the issues.

I've heard people talk about putting vaseline or something on the lenses, or even about anti-fog products like "Cat Crap" and "500 PSI Defogger"...

However, before I try that, I was wondering... Wouldn't a simple layer of some mineral oil do pretty much the same thing? I'm wondering what kind of home remedies I can try before buying a commercial product. It'd be nice if it could be something that wouldn't leave it all slimy/oily either.

 

[rcmodel]

Oil would be a hazy filmy mess.
Worse then fogged over, IMO.

Cat Crap and the other stuff I have used smells an awful lot like liquid detergent to me.

Wash them with Dawn liquid soap, and dry with a clean soft cloth or paper napkin or something and try that.

rc

 

[Sky]

Not sure but I think Rain-x might work...just a thought and it is easily obtained.

 

[Thedub88]

Sea ice. Its made for scuba masks

 

[Topos]

Anti-Fog

In prehistoric times when tobacco literally littered
the ground, one could rub tobacco leaves wet over glass.
Gladly trade a smoke free area and use modern applications.

 

[oldandslow]

MM, 11/29/11

Back in near-prehistoric times when I learned to Scuba dive (think double hose regulators and J-valves) there were no commercial anti-fog treatments for our diving masks. What worked great was spit on the inside glass surface. Not honking up a big mucous lugie, but thin spit. It was free and always available and worked great. This might work with your shooting goggles if you don't want to splurge and buy something on the commercial market. Plus it makes you look more manly at the range.

Oh- and don't even ask how we would get the cold water inside the wet suit warm during a dive (it did have something to do with drinking large amounts of liquid just before a dive).

best wishes- oldandslow

 

[hso]

Rain-X works well, but your best bet is to invest in prescription safety glasses. Good for a lot of other applications they'll do the job for you.

 

[45crittergitter]

Try Parker's Perfect.