Goggle Care

Don't use paper towels, napkins, your sleeve, or your t-shirt to clean off your goggles.  Use the goggle bag that is given to you when you purchas the goggles to clean them.  Other fabrics will scratch the lenses. 

If some how you get snow on the inside of your goggles, do NOT rub the inside of the goggles.  Shake out the snow and let them air dry.  Rubbing the inside of the lens will remove the anti-fog that is on the lens.  Rubbing the inside of your goggles will also scratch the lens.

Don't rub your fingers on the inside, you wipe away the anti fog stuff. But if you do, I saw some stuff at the store for that, It was called Cat Piss. Funny Name

thanks for the tips!

thanks geebet, never really thought about that one

Go to a local store and ask for an extra.  Say yours didn't come with one.

I can grab an extra at my shop if we have any this week for you if worst comes to worst.

good thread! lol i read it just in time to care of my new goggles

wow lol Ive rubbed the inside like 5 times already

Id only use the bag it came in

one thing i kinda learned through paintballing back in the day is if you ever start having a problem with your lenses fogging up, take some dishwashing liquid/liquid soap and smear it and then wipe it dry with something. this gives the lens a coating that prevents fogging.

yea i made the mistake of always putting them around my head the whole way to the mountain. Then i had to wait a wile to use them again 

Also tell someone using your goggles to not touch the inside of the lens.

these tips all apply on all types of goggles 

DO NOT put dishwashing liquid on your lenses...at least not Plutonite Oakley lenses.  I had some A-frames that I did this with, and it destroyed my lens, put a permanant haze on the lens.  I had to get new lenses which aren't cheap for A-frames.  These Plutonite lenses are really nice, but they really don't get along with liquid dish soap! 

I use a bandana to cover my face and it seems like the hot air I breathe out goes up into my goggles and fogs them up.  Any suggestions?

i've had that same problem with the bandanas. try using one of those things that look like bandandas but have alot more breathability.  that might help you

luckily i've never really had any trouble with my goggles so i haven't touched the inside that i can remember so far.  good info to know though 

thanks for the advice

oakley has good goggle bags .

What do you guys do about water spots on the inside of the goggles once snow or whatever has gotten in there and dried?

my north face jacket has one of those built in goggle cloths. should i use it to wipe my goggles???

yah, thanks. i'll make sure not to do that.

Originally posted by Borsa Originally posted by defender4futbol I use a bandana to cover my face and it seems like the hot air I breathe out goes up into my goggles and fogs them up.  Any suggestions?   Try and use antifog from rainx. Made for your car but may work with your goggles.

I believe they made bandanas with a "special" hole to prevent this...  I tried rocking a bandana to cover my face, but after it soaks up with moisture from your breathing it gets frozen from the cold and that air eventually travels up under your goggles.

To prevent scratches to goggles in the first place, use Goggle Guards, available at www.goggleguards.com

They are a soft fleece wrap design that protects lenses on both sides. One time my goggles got scratched on the inside of the lens from the strap buckle while stored in one of those bags that came with the goggle.

Another benefit is that they can protect your goggle while not in use and resting on your helmet!   

My Smith lenses don't fog because the anti-fog is burned in, you can never scratch them off. If you want anti fog, use Fog-Tech. http://fogtech.ca/

wow good thread. i think i have to buy a new lens from all the damage ive already done to them.