 Poster: A snowHead
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After a couple of hefty face plants into hard snow, I appear to have sun cream smeared on the inside of my goggles. This makes them a bit blurry, but I didn't want to damage the coating by trying to rub it off. I am back home now so can experiment a bit, but does anyone have any ideas on how to remove the grease without damaging the lens?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Old Fartbag, but I need to know if my advice was good or not  As I had to buy new goggles/lenses last season and again this season, I'd rather not wreck another pair.
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Toothpaste and a brillo pad should do it 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Dave of the Marmottes, Always so helpful.
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@Dave of the Marmottes, is that what you used on yours right before you broke your leg? It would explain a lot.
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@Dave of the Marmottes, did you break your leg??
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All better now ish
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@Dave of the Marmottes, good...that passed me by
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@Scarlet, email Oakley Customer Services who are excellent.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Baby type wet wipe. Very good degreaser and not abrasive.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Scarlet, my lenses get a gentle wash in a mild waging up liquid solution. Or alcohol wipes.
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You know it makes sense.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| @Scarlet, my lenses get a gentle wash in a mild waging up liquid solution. Or alcohol wipes. |
No! That's what I do for sunglasses and it's fine. So I did the warm water and washing up liquid thing on the inside of my goggles (Oakley), carefully dried them with a soft cloth and .... they were totally wrecked. Something to do with the coating, I guess, but the lenses were permanently cloudy.
I couldn't complain as the instructions clearly said to clean, only rub with the bag provided. But obviously, that doesn't work too well with grease  . I was quite cross at the time and would never do that again now I've bought new ones.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@maggi, maybe your Oakley's were over sensitive.
My Scotts are 5 seasons in, no worries.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The instructions say "Not compatible with snow goggles or anti-fog treated lenses."
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@beeryletcher, +1
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| muddewater wrote: |
| The instructions say "Not compatible with snow goggles or anti-fog treated lenses." |
You're right, they do!
But they also say:
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| Oakley Nanoclear™ lens treatment can be used on any type of eyewear |
which is stupidly confusing. Are goggles not eyewear? (I wouldn't risk it, though.)
@valais2,
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| even thinking about your inner anti fog coating will cause it to go cloudy |
yep! 
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@maggi, aargh apologies ...I've kept well away from the inner lens to try to preserve the inner anti fog...
... thanks for reading the small print on the nanoclear - a solution which isn't then.
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hang on - why on earth was there sunscreen under neath goggles in the first place? When we clart up the family we know that we will will wearing goggles from the moment we leave the car park to the moment we get back in the car - so we don't clart the goggle area - in fact youngster wears his goggles from just after breakfast ... and I am not joking ....
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Clart? Some local patois?
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@Hells Bells, hmm, looked it up in the Profanisaurus too... not something you'd want to get in your goggles, smear onto your children OR trust the UV index of.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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rust the UV index of.
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It seems to work for pigs
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You know it makes sense.
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@Richard_Sideways, the consistency of some high factor sunscreens is described perfectly by 'clart' -thick and sticky.
@Richard_Sideways, I wouldn't have expected to find it in the Profanisaurus, it's a word we use up here all the time, and never as a profanity of any type.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Very weak soapy water will get sun-cream off IIRC.
But its no good on Zardoz.....that stuff on your goggle lenses is no good at all, 2-3 years ago glove covered in Zardoz and then cleaned snow out of goggles after a face-plant - result A Frame polarised iridium lens in the bin. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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UPDATE
As far as I can tell, I have managed to successfully clean the grease off without removing the coating using this method:
1. Remove lens from frame
2. Wash carefully in a bowl of warm water and pure soap (I just dissolved a bar of soap a bit) WITHOUT RUBBING THE INSIDE OF THE LENS
3. Rinse in clean water and leave out to dry
At no point did I wipe the lens with any kind of cloth until it was fitted back into the frame and I could remove the water and finger marks from the outside using the Oakley bag.
However, I did get out my other pair to check if they needed cleaning too, only to find the inner lens in two pieces. FFS
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Scarlet, Ouch !
I to got stung by Oakley.
Descended down to Bolle without regrets as they actually fitted better anyhow. ( lens is photochromic with 50% polarization filter)
Have seen grown men almost cry at Oakley's lens scratch.
Agree Oakley does make fantastic lens and exceptional coatings...vision is everything but these bulbous lens just invite damage imo.
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@Old Fartbag, yes, and they were in it at the time. It's not completely hard like a glasses case, but a bit more flexible. Clearly too flexible 
Obviously that's not going to work with the face plant test either.
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FAQ
. I'm going to put it down to being an old design more prone to breakage and hope the new model shape stands up better. Results from face-plant testing x2 so far is good. Cost of replacement... £140 
