How do you clean your glasses?

phirleh · Post by **phirleh** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:58 pm

Everyone knows the run-of-the-mill dishwasher is verbotten, and dishsoap can play havoc on your head retention, how do you get your glassware clean. Hot water and a clean towel? A slightly abraisive salt to clean scrub the inside of a glass and then rinsed and dried? (I like this option) Any other methods, I'm curious.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:00 pm

I had no idea that there was link between disk soap and head retention.

I have always cleaned my glasses with a clean dish cloth and a sink full of dish soap. Hmmm...

shintriad · Post by **shintriad** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:41 pm

A bit of kosher salt at the bottom of your glass with hot water, and then rinsing with a lot (a lot) of cold water. Leaves the glass spotless and without scent or residue. You could also run the dishwasher without any soap, if you're so inclined.

I generally use this with just my own drinking glasses. With guests, I'll use a soapy sponge. But they don't necessarily get to use my fancy glassware!

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:11 pm

I ask my wife and hope to hell she doesn't whip the glass at my head.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:12 pm

Our friends at TBS have some thoughts on the subject:

http://www.thebeerstore.ca/licensees/ma ... lean-glass

liamt07 · Post by **liamt07** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:03 am

Hot water + air dry.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:41 am

liamt07 wrote:Hot water + air dry.

+1

markaberrant · Post by **markaberrant** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:50 am

Streets · Post by **Streets** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:44 am

And if you can manage to rinse them while they're still 'wet', that helps a lot too.

cmadd · Post by **cmadd** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:34 pm

liamt07 wrote:Hot water + air dry.

If you really want to be anal follow the hot water with a cold water rinse. Hot water from the tap will have more minerals leached from your pipes.

Weebay · Post by **Weebay** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:01 pm

cmadd wrote: If you really want to be anal follow the hot water with a cold water rinse. Hot water from the tap will have more minerals leached from your pipes.

Says the man who instead of cleaning his glasses, just breaks them after using them.

andrewrg · Post by **andrewrg** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:07 pm

*kicks them across the bedroom floor after using them.

cmadd · Post by **cmadd** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:19 pm

Weebay wrote:
cmadd wrote: If you really want to be anal follow the hot water with a cold water rinse. Hot water from the tap will have more minerals leached from your pipes.
Says the man who instead of cleaning his glasses, just breaks them after using them.

I guess I didn't mention, if you want to be really anal, just use new glasses all the time.

lister · Post by **lister** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:29 pm

Weebay wrote:Says the man who instead of cleaning his glasses, just breaks them after using them.

That's my girlfriend's theory. Or she just wants to cut down on the number of glasses that I have.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:32 pm

With one of those little microfibre cloths that come in your glasses case.

Although when the baby rips them off my face and sticks them in her mouth, sometimes some spray cleaner and a paper towel.