Hello, I'm new to swimming properly. I messed around with a poor breaststroke from childhood until October last year, when I decided to start learning front crawl. I've done quite a bit of snorkelling, so when I committed to learning to swim correctly, I favoured a mid-size swimming mask instead of goggles...I just found this more comfortable and I never had fogging issues that a good dose of saliva wouldn't fix.
A few weeks ago, I decided to try the Arena Pure goggles for a change. They are supposed to have an anti-fog coating, which should never be touched by hand etc etc. On their maiden outing, I just couldn't get comfortable with them and I thought they were fogging up, so I employed the primitive method (rub saliva into the lenses with finger). You may well slap your foreheads at the stupidity of this, but I felt I had to try. The result was a smudge at the centre of the lenses.
When I got home, after rinsing in fresh water, I decided to wipe the interior with a soft microfibre cloth. The result is that the centre of the lenses appears scuffed and visibility is reduced. I don't think the lenses truly are scuffed, unless the lense material is absurdly soft. Yesterday, I applied some Cressi Anti-fog in the hope that the layer may recover and the interior return to its original condition, but it didn't work. The lenses look as if someone has rotated a scouring pad on them.
I guess I should remove the remainder of the original anti-fog layer and just reapply the Cressi solution, but I'm not sure how to remove the original layer without damaging the lenses.... Can anyone please advise?
Many thanks in advance
Thanks for the replies. I'm open to trying these methods, but for now, the goggles are probably unusable... after one pool trial... so I need to reduce the scratches in the soft anti-fog layer bafore doing anything else. Assuming the layer is water soluble, I've filled the lenses with demineralised water to see if this dissolves a bit of the layer and minimizes the scratches. I'll swim with my old mask in the meantime :) I'll post the result here, because though no-one else seems to have had this same specific problem, I appreciate all of the comments given.
Thanks for the replies. I'm open to trying these methods, but for now, the goggles are probably unusable... after one pool trial... so I need to reduce the scratches in the soft anti-fog layer bafore doing anything else. Assuming the layer is water soluble, I've filled the lenses with demineralised water to see if this dissolves a bit of the layer and minimizes the scratches. I'll swim with my old mask in the meantime :) I'll post the result here, because though no-one else seems to have had this same specific problem, I appreciate all of the comments given.
