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I've gone and got Zardoz Pocket Puck wax on my A Frame Oakley goggle lens..................what a 24 carat plonker!!
I waxed skis in the boot room, then picked skis up with my gloves, then 20 mins later had a big off-piste wipe out and got a face full and goggles were all snowed up, wiped them out with my glove finger (it was -20C at the time) and yes you guessed it, goggle lenses all streaky and cloudy with wax.
Now home tried neat washing up liquid, and hasnt worked (not surprising!), loathe to put wax remover fluid on them, dont want to strip the lens coating, any ideas?? 
Looking like a new lens but trying to retain my sanity................!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Markymark29, Zardoz isn't wax, the best solvent for it is likely to be itself.
Why not put some more Zardoz on the lens and immediately wipe it off.
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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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Markymark29, maybe warm/hot soapy water will shift it?
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Lemon juice will sort it.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Markymark29, Zardoz isn't wax, the best solvent for it is likely to be itself.
Why not put some more Zardoz on the lens and immediately wipe it off. |
 maybe I am being a bit thick, but I don't understand why that would work.
What about contact lens solution or spectacle wipes. If nothing works and they are not useable you could try the fantastic customer support at Oakley, they have replaced 2 wisdom lenses that have cracked for me. I now keep them in a hard case.
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spyderjon, Cheers Jon, will try it.
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How about window cleaning solution? The stuff in the squirty bottles if lemon juice fails - you might be able to try it on an old pair of lenses first.
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Tried neat lemonjuice Jon, didnt work..........was a good excuse for a G&T though. 
Will try window stuff Megamum, thanks...............if not its looking expensive, either that or can't see where I'm skiing in future, might be interesting!
Thanks for all the help.
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I think the solvent for the liquid 'teflon' could be 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (Freon TF). I don't know if it is still the case, but I THINK (note the THINK - no certainty here) Trichloroethane used to be the solvent for Tippex and therefore what you used to be able buy in a bottle as Tippex thinners - don't know if you can still get it though. Now the thing is that Tippex thinners might destroy/fog your lens, but depending on the severity of the damage that might be a risk worth taking if you are only going to ditch the lenses if you can't find a solution. Note that TCE is not very environmentally sound (damages ozone) and you don't want to inhale it. I suspect that the teflon may have bonded with/damaged the lens though and if so you might not be able to shift it with anything.
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Markymark29, Try neat vinegar 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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It may not be the wax. The antifog on Oakleys goes misty if rubbed when wet. I've wreaked 2 lenses that way. I managed to polish off the antifog coating on the last one with car polish and applied Cat Cr@p antifog. No used them since to see if the antifog works.
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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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andywrx, interesting... i have lenses go misty as well and put it down to ice crystals scratching the lense when trying to clean cold, hadnt heard of rubbed when wet causing issues...
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+1 for vinegar.
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You know it makes sense.
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Yes I found info on Oakley's website http://uk.oakley.com/customer-care/care-goggle after my second lense went misty are one weeks skiing!
Not a great design for something that will be using in damp conditions.
I'll see what happens with fogging next time ski, without Oakley's coating.
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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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andywrx, you're right, it's not great that you cant wipe your goggs clean, but they're all the same. Both Uvex and Smith offer exactly the same advice, never wipe the goggles, only ever air dry, never use paper... Although Smith are kind enough to offer to sell you something called a snow eraser for 3 bucks.
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Meanwhile, every coat I've ever owned has had a built-in goggle wiping cloth.
My right glove even has a little sponge windscreen wiper on it.
Surely the coat and glove companies aren't in cahoots with the goggle cartels, and are deliberately encouraging people to ruin their expensive eyewear, in order to rape money from their customers, and hence pay massive dividends to the board of directors. No, it can't be that. Definitely not.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yeah we're all living in the shadow of "Big Goggle"...
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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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My right glove even has a little sponge windscreen wiper on it.
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I use that to wipe my nose
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| Markymark29 wrote: |
| Tried neat lemonjuice Jon, didnt work..........was a good excuse for a G&T though. .... |
I've used lemon juice to remove ZN a number of times & it works fine - ZN's own make remover is a citrus solvent. Reckon you've marked the lenses.
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spyderjon, Probably right, looking like new goggles.
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