It’s the last round of the medley swimming competition and two swimmers – A and B are in a close tie. Suddenly A, who was in the lead bumps into the pool wall and loses the lead to B. The reason – he had fogged-up glasses which blocked both his vision and his dream of winning the competition. Have you heard of such a scenario? Most likely not, and the reason is that we have something called anti-fog glasses!
Fogging of glasses is as old a problem as glasses themselves. Not only in swimming but in many other professions like fire fighting, construction work, factory work and even in the medical profession. In fact, with the current pandemic, anyone who wears spectacles would be facing this issue whenever they step out when used along with a face mask. Before we explore the possible solutions to this problem, first let’s understand exactly why do we have this problem
The quick answer to this problem is – condensation. The fog formed on glasses consists of small droplets of liquid water. This happens because the warmer water vapour from the air condenses on the colder glass surface. The droplets are thick enough to distort our vision. This is the reason why eyewear fogs every time one steps out of an air-conditioned room into the warm outdoors. This problem of condensation of moisture droplets on the lenses persists until the eyeglasses warm up to a temperature nearing the surrounding air. Similarly, when you wear a mask, warm breath escapes through the edges on the top, and reaches the glasses, resulting in your glasses fogging up. In fact, the popular method to clean glasses by blowing air on it, fogging it up and then cleaning them with soft tissue, works on the same principle.
One of the ways to deal with this problem is by heating up the surface of the glass. This solution works with bathroom mirrors, usually found in some expensive hotels and in the rearview mirrors in cars. The warm glass surface doesn’t allow condensation to happen in the first place. There have been several patents about using similar technology for eyewear, one really interesting of the lot by a gentleman named Mr William Ryden who patented his ‘Defogging Eyeglasses’ in 1992. His patent numbered US5319397A involved heating the lenses of the eyeglasses, by making the lenses a part of an electrical circuit. Electric current is supplied to the electric circuit from a power source external to the eyeglasses.
A picture from William Ryden’s patent
Other solutions to this foggy problem work on the idea of lowering the water’s surface tension i.e the force with which water molecules are attracted to each other. In fog, water forms beads because the attraction of water molecules for each other is greater than the attraction towards the surface.
Keeping this in mind, the other possible solutions to prevent glasses from fogging up is to introduce some substance (read anti-fog coating) that gets in between the water molecules and the glass surface and prevents them from sticking to each other. An anti-fog coating contains hydrophilic ingredients, i.e, “water-loving” ingredients. They want to absorb water and spread it throughout the coated surface. That keeps water droplets from becoming big enough to be visible, or, in other words, big enough to be seen as fog. The best part about this solution is that you can try it at home on your spectacles!
Soapy Water
Materials needed:
Methodology:
Just before wearing a face mask, take microfiber cleaning cloth/soft tissue and add a drop or two of the liquid soap on it. Rub your glasses with this cloth/tissue until the glass looks clear, and then rub off the excess. Then, let the spectacles air dry or gently dry off the lenses with another soft tissue before putting them back on. Voila! Your anti-fog glasses are ready.
In 2011, a British surgeon named Sheraz Shafi Malik published a paper stating that washing your glasses with soapy water and letting them air dry can prevent glasses from fogging up. What actually happens here is that soap acts as a surface-active agent (anti-fog coating) and the soapy water leaves behind a thin layer of soap that stops the water molecules from forming big droplets. Although this does is not a permanent solution, the technique reliably works for up to half an hour, beyond which you may have to repeat the procedure.
CAUTION: If your glasses are anti-glare or have a blue light filter, do not try the soapy water method, as the soap may damage the anti-glare or blue light protection film.
Now for those of you who face the challenge of foggy glasses while wearing a mask, here’s a hack to avoid it.
Taping the mask
Materials required:
Methodology:
Put on the surgical mask. Tighten the nose clip on the mask around your nose. Now take a small piece of the microporous tape and put it on top of your nose where the nose clip bends. The tape should seal the top of your mask. Your anti-fogging mask is ready.
What happens with this method is that the hot breath coming from your mouth, all the way up to your glasses gets redirected to the other openings of the mask (sideways). So the breath doesn’t fog up your glasses.
CAUTION: It is important to note that one should not try this with N-95 masks and even cloth masks, as these masks have tight edges and sealing off the top may make you feel breathless. Similarly, using any other tape than medical tape may irritate your skin. This method is a favourite amongst many surgeons and medical staff at hospitals.
Due to condensation, fogging is usually less of a problem in summers, as the outdoor temperature gets closer to the temperature of your breath. Until then you can try out the above mentioned DIYs. Try both of them and share with us what worked best for you in the comment section!
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Comments
Birwa
October 8, 2020
I like this idea very much.
Yashas
September 18, 2020
It’s nice thank you byjuce
AvaniJahagirdar
September 17, 2020
I will try it for my grandma….!!!!!
Pratibha
September 11, 2020
Nice way to learn
Raj Jagdale
September 9, 2020
nice idea!!! thank u so much now I can see clearly but mean is anti-glare or have a blue light filter any idea about this???
Raj Jagdale
September 9, 2020
nice idea!!! thank u so much now I can see clearly but mean is anti-glare or have a blue light filter
Maitri
September 7, 2020
Definitely worth a try.. Thanks
Krishtina
September 4, 2020
Nice idea I will try this with my spectacle
Muskan Jha
August 24, 2020
I like this ,
this is very intersting
Sohum Rajdeep
August 24, 2020
I have anti glare glasses what to do for those
Pls tell
Samarth chauhan
August 23, 2020
Hmm!good idiea but I not have googles
Christa
August 22, 2020
It’s really a great idea
Shreyansh
August 22, 2020
Nice
Adrija
August 21, 2020
GREAT!!???
Sanjiti
August 19, 2020
I need the glass
Anushka Das
August 19, 2020
You know I tried this procedure and got really good results.. I don’t anymore have to suffer from foggy glasses anymore..
Arnica
August 19, 2020
Very creative
Aastha
August 19, 2020
What if you have blue light filter and anti glare glasses
Akshaj
August 19, 2020
Nce it helped me with my spectacles my spectacles are red ones but it worked thanks a lot
Akshaj
August 19, 2020
Nce it helped me with my spectacles
Nishant
August 19, 2020
Wow really helpful for my father as in this pandemic my father goes outside to fulfill my dreams now that’s my duty to make this anti fog glasses and protect him from any accidents. Thanks for this information
Anju gupta
August 18, 2020
Thanks a lot I was suffering from this problem for as I have spectacles.??
myself ananya shah
August 17, 2020
it’s actually great.
Ojsee Kamboj
August 17, 2020
Awesome! I’ve liked that
Anamika
August 17, 2020
Nice Idea
Adbutha
August 17, 2020
Nice. Thank you byjus???????
Devarshparmar
August 17, 2020
That is cool ???
Sneha
August 17, 2020
Nice???
PARITOSH
August 17, 2020
It is very helpful
Imaan Jagirdar
August 16, 2020
Yes very nice experiment
Vanshika kaushik
August 16, 2020
This is very interesting.
Merlin Rachel.v
August 16, 2020
Good idea
Vineet
August 15, 2020
Thanks for this. This is nice.
Khushi
August 15, 2020
It’s amazing
ANIRUDH
August 15, 2020
Niiiccee?? ???
Anusha
August 15, 2020
So nice diy done by byjus company I appreciate to their diy……….?????
Manan raninga
August 15, 2020
Very brilliant idea ☺️☺️☺️?
Jay31
August 15, 2020
Haha?! What an information!!!!?????
Now I can stop my spectacles ?from fogging up!!!!!??????????
Mehnaz.m.shine
August 15, 2020
Nice idea ?
Sanjal Jaiswal
August 15, 2020
Wow so nice
Mohit
August 14, 2020
Nice it is very helpfull??
Sakshi Ahirrao
August 14, 2020
It’s brilliant and useful too …..???
Dhananjay Raj bhotik
August 14, 2020
Very good idea
Pushpdhan
August 13, 2020
I will make these glasses for my dear grandma ?✌️
Aditya Ranjan
August 13, 2020
Very knowledgeable
krish Pranav Jani
August 13, 2020
Same
HIRALAL MAJI
August 13, 2020
Where does the Strawberries grows
Pawani Pandit
August 13, 2020
Very informative and useful. This technique really helped me to get rid of the fog that appeared on my glasses every time I wore a mask.
Pawani Pandit
August 13, 2020
Very informative and useful. This technique really helped to get rid of the fog that appeared on my glasses every time I wore a mask.
Abhinav Kumar
August 13, 2020
I do not have glasses but some of my friends have, I will forward this to them.
Thank you byju’s.
Ashish Ravula
August 12, 2020
Nice idea on anti-fog glasses
Rhea
August 12, 2020
Nice idea thank you for telling us this trick??
Maradani Jayati
August 12, 2020
Nice work ???? congratulations byju
ABHIJOT
August 12, 2020
It is useful and interesting
ABHIJOT
August 12, 2020
It is useful
Vennela
August 12, 2020
It is a very nice idea???
Bheshaj Prajapati
August 12, 2020
Very nice idea I love thi idea
Abhisek Narrayen JS
August 11, 2020
I have tried this.I think this is good
Roshan
August 11, 2020
Excellent!?
I have spectacles but it has blue Filters so, I can’t try it out???
Nirmala Shantanu Pande
August 11, 2020
Sooooo good
Raja patra
August 11, 2020
Make a paper masks
Reuben Raju
August 11, 2020
thank u byjus for this optimistic idea but unfortunately, I have an anti-glare and blue-ray protection glasses
anyway thank u for this wonderful idea
Manashvi Singh
August 11, 2020
Woah , nice article. I wear glasses and I want to try the soap hack but i have blue ray glasses . Otherwise , amazing information.
Adithri Sreejish
August 11, 2020
thanks for this information ….
it is very useful ….
Adithri Sreejish
August 11, 2020
thanks for this information ….it is very useful ….
Sachit Bhat
August 11, 2020
It’s the best idea ☺️☺️
Aditya
August 11, 2020
Thank you byjus it is really helpful.
Amar
August 10, 2020
That was a amazing experiment. It was so helpful and spectacles was so nice.
Shlok namdev
August 10, 2020
It’s working I tried it ?
Jyotsana Kumari
August 10, 2020
I wear specs????. I did this experiment at home ?. It came out nice. Now my glasses are not fogging up. Thank you byju’s for this wonderful ideas.????
Payal
August 10, 2020
thank u for making us know a fact and a hack too..
Trrishan Saha
August 10, 2020
And you can’t try the experiment on glasses with Blue Light Filter and glasses with Anti-Glare Filter.
Rutuja
August 10, 2020
Thank you it really helped me a lot
Hasini
August 10, 2020
Nice idea
Tiana chopra
August 10, 2020
Nice techniques . Very helpful ?
Vanshika
August 10, 2020
It’s very useful
Souhardya Ojha
August 10, 2020
Thank you Byju’s. It is very useful for my friend who have the same problem.
madhu Kasat
August 10, 2020
Nice ? idea but I have blue lenses
Jaymin Makwana
August 10, 2020
I like to mach
Samadrita sen
August 10, 2020
Lovely???
Priya Singh
August 10, 2020
Thanks a lot it’s very helpful to my mother because I don’t have spectacles
Archana S
August 10, 2020
Thanks byju’s
Atharva
August 9, 2020
I will try this method and it is very useful for my granny
Gauri
August 9, 2020
Oooo really I will also try this….
Abhiram
August 9, 2020
How to prevent it without wearing when I go outside in a very hot climate?
Mina
August 9, 2020
Nice idea. Very useful
Aarushi
August 9, 2020
Thank You byju’s…. I’ve made one for my parents too.. Thank You
Rishika Roy
August 9, 2020
Thanks!! Me being a ‘four-eyed’ person was having this trouble lately thank you BYJUS for solving it!
Aarvi
August 9, 2020
thanks ?? a lot byjus!!!
SK Vafi ahammed
August 9, 2020
Thank you byjus to tell me the secret of fogged glasses then i told to my father he appritiate me thank you
SARANSH GUPTA
August 9, 2020
It is help who wear glasses but I not wear glasses ??
Anishka Sharma
August 9, 2020
I have anti glare spectacles so sad.??
S.K.R.Rishi
August 9, 2020
super.You that boy anti- fog glasses very nice to see.
Prabhat
August 9, 2020
what about those who have Anti glare or blue light Film on spects
Sanjit hegde
August 9, 2020
Really useful. Thanks a lot maam
Aparna Bhattacharjee
August 9, 2020
Very useful?thanks Byju’s ?
Ambika Sharma
August 9, 2020
Thank you Byjus
Trrishan Saha
August 9, 2020
I know that you have written Blue ray for blue light filter and antu glare for anti glare, but the meaning of blue ray is something other than Blue light filter. It is an optical disk.
Saurya
August 9, 2020
This experiment was very impressive!I tried it
,and it was so amazing. Thanks Byju’s.
??
Saurya
August 9, 2020
It is and great experiment ! I tried it, and
it was so amazing. Thank you Byju’s .
Devarshparmar
August 9, 2020
Thanks for the amazing facts about fog glass I will make it in home
Gauhar
August 9, 2020
Thank you very much Byju’s this was very helpful ??
Kalpana
August 9, 2020
Nice hack byju’s. But I already knew the soapy water hack. ?
Tulasi Basavaraj Katti
August 9, 2020
Very cool and very useful too. Thank to byjus??☺️?. Let’s try this one ?
Tulasi Basavaraj Katti
August 9, 2020
Very cool and very useful too. Thank to byjus??☺️?
Bhuvana
August 9, 2020
Thank you very much byjus.
It helped me a lot
Srushti Hande
August 9, 2020
Nice idea. I like the idea.???
Srushti Hande
August 9, 2020
Nice idea.I likenthe idea
Sreenandha p Kumar
August 9, 2020
Thank you Byjus lt was a nice idea
Saanvi
August 9, 2020
Cool! Now I don’t have to smash into random stuff when my glasses are smudged up??
Aditi
August 9, 2020
Nice idea…… I will definitely try it.
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August 9, 2020
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Tania Ann
August 9, 2020
What happens if ur spectacles have anti glare on it? Doesn’t work? 🙁 I want to do this for my 4yr old sister.
Samruddhi Panhale
August 9, 2020
My mother who is a doctor by her profession, often tells me that there will be fog formed on her glasses due to which she always wears her mask in the way that it does not cover her nose when I ask her about it. I would ask her how does the fog form?? Then she would reply that condensation happens there.
Samruddhi Panhale
August 9, 2020
Very good it’s helpful to me because will going out ,I was using mask but the are I give away go near by my glasses and I can’t see anything clearly. It’s helpful to me because I have number glasses. Thank U BYJU’S.??
Smera ok
August 9, 2020
Thank you byjus for this information.
Adyashree Tamanna Das
August 9, 2020
Wow?brilliant diy
I will be proud to make it for my grandmother ??
Akash Rajput
August 9, 2020
It is very helpful for me. Keep it up Byjus’s and give new experiment thanks??
Samir Gupta
August 9, 2020
Video??
Prateek
August 9, 2020
Thanks byjus???
Prateek
August 9, 2020
Thanks byjus
Prateek
August 9, 2020
It is useful for us byjus. Thanks byjus
?????
Shaurya Jain
August 9, 2020
Cool! Really helped my ??!
lakshmi
August 9, 2020
its really helpfull, as we coming across this problem in our daily life.thank you byju’s
Abhiraj Dey
August 8, 2020
Thank you Byju’s…
Amit kumar
August 8, 2020
Nice explanation. Looking forward for such messages
Sabari
August 8, 2020
Very useful
Shreya
August 8, 2020
Wow it’s nice ????…..
Karthika . S. Nair
August 8, 2020
Wow my masks are now totally cool to wear. This was a great problem for me and my father too ( as we used specs).
Now it’s so easier. Thnk u byjus for bringing these kind of real life hacks????????
shivam
August 8, 2020
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Suchismita Rath
August 8, 2020
This article is so useful for me.can I watch any video regarding this article
Hema
August 8, 2020
Useful message……I will definitely do this activity.??
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August 8, 2020
I am a premium user of byjus
Gunjan Sanjay Patil
August 8, 2020
Oh that’s cool I will try it surely??
Thank you BYJU’S ??
Aanya Sinha
August 8, 2020
I will definitely try it . It is easy as well as interesting.???✌️✌️??
Sampurna Barik
August 8, 2020
This is so useful,,,, thank you byju’s??
Karmukilan
August 8, 2020
Thanks,it’s very helpful
Abhinav
August 8, 2020
Thanks
Yathin Deepak
August 8, 2020
Thanks BYJU’S
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August 8, 2020
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August 8, 2020
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August 8, 2020
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Thanks a lot Byju’s
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August 8, 2020
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Zuaib
August 8, 2020
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It's kalyani
August 8, 2020
This is wonderful DIY thank you @byjus
Shreya Das
August 8, 2020
Thank you Byju’s
Manimudrika
August 8, 2020
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Devina R V
August 8, 2020
Thanks a lot Byjus, it helped me a lot.??
Aishani Singh
August 8, 2020
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Thanks for such a great idea..
Abhayraj
August 8, 2020
Thank you for this amazing diy, byju’s
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August 8, 2020
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Thank you byju’s for this amazing diy.
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August 8, 2020
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Surbhi Singh
August 8, 2020
Thank you Byju’s It is really Usefull and I use this Experiment in my grandma’s glasses
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August 8, 2020
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Aryan
August 8, 2020
This experiment is very interesting for my father. Thanks ????.
Ritvik
August 8, 2020
That’s cool??
Pallavi Kaushik
August 8, 2020
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THANUJ
August 8, 2020
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August 8, 2020
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August 8, 2020
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August 8, 2020
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Vinay Kumar Maurya
August 8, 2020
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August 8, 2020
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thanks a lot byjus!
Prajna
August 8, 2020
My mother who is a doctor by her profession, often tells me that there will be fog formed on her glasses due to which she always wears her mask in the way that it does not cover her nose when I ask her about it.
I would ask her how does the fog form??
Then she would reply that condensation happens there.
Garv agarwal
August 8, 2020
Please tell me which type make antifog glasses
Garv agarwal
August 8, 2020
Which type make this
Maanvi Bachra
August 8, 2020
Wow…… That’s totally amazing ?…..but I don’t wear glasses so can’t try this diy…?
But still I like it
Sneha chirakkal
August 8, 2020
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Suneta Das
August 8, 2020
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August 8, 2020
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August 8, 2020
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Harikrishna
August 8, 2020
It is a super trick anyone can use (without having Blue light filter) it’s amazing.????
Vaibhavi Roy
August 8, 2020
This a wonderful DIY….
Nivedita Aswal
August 8, 2020
Very nice written especially for those who
Are wearing glasses now
SRIJON MONDAL
August 8, 2020
THANKS FOR YOUR KIND RESPONSE .AND TELLING ME ABOUT
HOW ANTI FOG GLASSES WORKS .
Pooja .v
August 8, 2020
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Jay
August 8, 2020
I will try it on my glasses as well!?☺️
Nandini lohana
August 8, 2020
i also have spectacles and my glasses get foggy and that was an good hack for me to prevent it form happening and
thankyou for sharing this hack
Mallikarjun
August 8, 2020
Very good it’s helpful to me because will going out ,I was using mask but the are I give away go near by my glasses and I can’t see anything clearly.
It’s helpful to me because I have number glasses.
Thank U BYJU’S.??
Jahid
August 8, 2020
This so usefull thank you Byjus
Aishwary Ramawat
August 8, 2020
Can U make any video regarding this method
Priyanka rani
August 8, 2020
It’s very helpful . Thanks bygu’s.?????
Abhyuday
August 8, 2020
Nice idea but I have blue ray and antu glare spectacles
Karnam Gayatri
August 7, 2020
I really proud to make this experiment for my granny…??