Anti-fog for glasses that works

[Dan_Musicant]

When I was a teenager back in the 1950's I attended some kind of indoor
expo in Hollywood, CA and came upon a guy hawking an anti-fog product.
He was like a snake oil salesman at a country side show, and there was a
crowd around him as he demonstrated this amazing product which kept
glasses, mirrors, etc from fogging up even when exposed to steam.
Ordinarily I've always been wary of scenes like that, but I couldn't
resist buying this thing for $1. The stuff was called Nu Clear-X and was
marketed by:

Palantic Products
1258 Howard Street
San Francisco 3, California

Of course, a Google search on the product name or company turns up
nothing.

It's a piece of what looks like wax, and pink in color, square cross
section, 3/4" on the side and was originally about 2.5" long. My piece
is now down to just under 1" long. This stuff works pretty damn well. I
figure I'll run out some day soon. I have a spray bottle of what
purports to be an antifog and anti-static solution but it sure doesn't
work as an antifog. Sometimes I really need to not have my glasses fog
up. For instance, when wearing a dust mask or goggles. Surely, there are
some products (or maybe home remedies) that work for this. Can I get
some recommendations? Thanks.

Dan

[Wooly]

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:41:47 GMT, Dan_Musicant <man@privacy.net>
spewed forth :

>When I was a teenager back in the 1950's I attended some kind of indoor
>expo in Hollywood, CA and came upon a guy hawking an anti-fog product.
>He was like a snake oil salesman at a country side show, and there was a
>crowd around him as he demonstrated this amazing product which kept
>glasses, mirrors, etc from fogging up even when exposed to steam.
>Ordinarily I've always been wary of scenes like that, but I couldn't
>resist buying this thing for $1. The stuff was called Nu Clear-X and was
>marketed by:
>

I use Rain-X (probably the stuff you have and don't like) on my glass
lenses, but I don't put anything on the expen$$ive polycarbs that have
AR/AUV coating.

Then again, I live in a climate in which the most common reason for
fogging glasses is the transition from air conditioning to 99F and 95%
humidity. That sort of fogging clears pretty quickly if one is
willing to fan one's face for a few seconds.

+++++++++++++

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This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

[Duane Bozarth]

Dan_Musicant wrote:
>
> When I was a teenager back in the 1950's I attended some kind of indoor
> expo in Hollywood, CA and came upon a guy hawking an anti-fog product.
> He was like a snake oil salesman at a country side show, and there was a
> crowd around him as he demonstrated this amazing product which kept
> glasses, mirrors, etc from fogging up even when exposed to steam.
> Ordinarily I've always been wary of scenes like that, but I couldn't
> resist buying this thing for $1. The stuff was called Nu Clear-X and was
> marketed by:
>
> Palantic Products
> 1258 Howard Street
> San Francisco 3, California
>
> Of course, a Google search on the product name or company turns up
> nothing.
>
> It's a piece of what looks like wax, and pink in color, square cross
> section, 3/4" on the side and was originally about 2.5" long. My piece
> is now down to just under 1" long. This stuff works pretty damn well. I
> figure I'll run out some day soon. I have a spray bottle of what
> purports to be an antifog and anti-static solution but it sure doesn't
> work as an antifog. Sometimes I really need to not have my glasses fog
> up. For instance, when wearing a dust mask or goggles. Surely, there are
> some products (or maybe home remedies) that work for this. Can I get
> some recommendations? Thanks.
>
> Dan

Rain-X works fairly effectively for me...

[James \Cubby\ Culbertson]

"Dan_Musicant" <man@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:b3jen19rrrfn8a41p65pkds7qqp74sinsl@4ax.com...
> When I was a teenager back in the 1950's I attended some kind of indoor
> expo in Hollywood, CA and came upon a guy hawking an anti-fog product.
> He was like a snake oil salesman at a country side show, and there was a
> crowd around him as he demonstrated this amazing product which kept
> glasses, mirrors, etc from fogging up even when exposed to steam.
> Ordinarily I've always been wary of scenes like that, but I couldn't
> resist buying this thing for $1. The stuff was called Nu Clear-X and was
> marketed by:
>
> Palantic Products
> 1258 Howard Street
> San Francisco 3, California
>
> Of course, a Google search on the product name or company turns up
> nothing.
>
> It's a piece of what looks like wax, and pink in color, square cross
> section, 3/4" on the side and was originally about 2.5" long. My piece
> is now down to just under 1" long. This stuff works pretty damn well. I
> figure I'll run out some day soon. I have a spray bottle of what
> purports to be an antifog and anti-static solution but it sure doesn't
> work as an antifog. Sometimes I really need to not have my glasses fog
> up. For instance, when wearing a dust mask or goggles. Surely, there are
> some products (or maybe home remedies) that work for this. Can I get
> some recommendations? Thanks.
>
> Dan
>
>
Hit a dive shop. Not sure of a specific brand as I don't have the bottle
in front of me, but we would spray our masks with this stuff and no fog.
Another solution and one that probably won't work out of the water is to
spit on them. Rub it around and voila, no fog! Seriously though, the
dive shops should have something for you.....
Cheers,
cc

[Robatoy]

In article <b3jen19rrrfn8a41p65pkds7qqp74sinsl@4ax.com>,
Dan_Musicant <man@privacy.net> wrote:

> Sometimes I really need to not have my glasses fog
> up. For instance, when wearing a dust mask or goggles. Surely, there are
> some products (or maybe home remedies) that work for this. Can I get
> some recommendations? Thanks.

Rather than treat the fog, treat the source.
Get dust masks that have an exhaust valve at the bottom. Any safety
supply will be able to help you. You just worry about dust getting into
your pipes--you don't care what happens to the stuff you breathe out,
right? (Unlike medical people.)
The regular ones blow air up past your nose, as you exhale, onto your
glasses. Is that your problem?

[Henry Criss]

In article <b3jen19rrrfn8a41p65pkds7qqp74sinsl@4ax.com>, man@privacy.net
says...
> For instance, when wearing a dust mask or goggles. Surely, there are
> some products (or maybe home remedies) that work for this. Can I get
> some recommendations? Thanks.
>
> Dan


Any liquid disk soap or any soap for that matter (i.e. "DAWN- a
surfactant ) can be used as a anti-fogging agent. Just rub a very small
amount on the surface and then polish it clear with a soft cloth or paper
( coffee filters can be used- they are the purest paper you can buy)
Try it on a bathroom mirror.

I remember when the space program was gearing up here in Houston Texas, a
local man was selling NASA these little pill bottle sizes containers of
anti-fogging gel compound for $35 a bottle. Astronauts used it on the
inside of the spacesuits face mask.

In reality this local man was buying liquid dish washing detergent and
cooking it down to a gel and sell it to NASA.

I use it inside my welding hood and cutting goggles, at work. At home I
just rub drop of liquid hand soap on the bathroom mirror and rub it
clean.

Try it.

Henry

[CW]

The stuff was around for a long time and at the same price. I bought one of
these pink sticks at a county fair, for $1.00, about 1980. Sure worked.

"James "Cubby" Culbertson" <Nospam@null.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> "Dan_Musicant" <man@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:b3jen19rrrfn8a41p65pkds7qqp74sinsl@4ax.com...
> > When I was a teenager back in the 1950's I attended some kind of indoor
> > expo in Hollywood, CA and came upon a guy hawking an anti-fog product.
> > He was like a snake oil salesman at a country side show, and there was a
> > crowd around him as he demonstrated this amazing product which kept
> > glasses, mirrors, etc from fogging up even when exposed to steam.
> > Ordinarily I've always been wary of scenes like that, but I couldn't
> > resist buying this thing for $1. The stuff was called Nu Clear-X and was
> > marketed by:
> >
> > Palantic Products
> > 1258 Howard Street
> > San Francisco 3, California
> >
> > Of course, a Google search on the product name or company turns up
> > nothing.
> >
> > It's a piece of what looks like wax, and pink in color, square cross
> > section, 3/4" on the side and was originally about 2.5" long. My piece
> > is now down to just under 1" long. This stuff works pretty damn well. I
> > figure I'll run out some day soon. I have a spray bottle of what
> > purports to be an antifog and anti-static solution but it sure doesn't
> > work as an antifog. Sometimes I really need to not have my glasses fog
> > up. For instance, when wearing a dust mask or goggles. Surely, there are
> > some products (or maybe home remedies) that work for this. Can I get
> > some recommendations? Thanks.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> Hit a dive shop. Not sure of a specific brand as I don't have the bottle
> in front of me, but we would spray our masks with this stuff and no fog.
> Another solution and one that probably won't work out of the water is to
> spit on them. Rub it around and voila, no fog! Seriously though, the
> dive shops should have something for you.....
> Cheers,
> cc
>
>

[Gazoo]

http://www.catcrap.com/


"Henry Criss" <hcriss@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1de1281a9c6fd5d5989680@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> In article <b3jen19rrrfn8a41p65pkds7qqp74sinsl@4ax.com>, man@privacy.net
> says...
>> For instance, when wearing a dust mask or goggles. Surely, there are
>> some products (or maybe home remedies) that work for this. Can I get
>> some recommendations? Thanks.
>>
>> Dan
>
>
> Any liquid disk soap or any soap for that matter (i.e. "DAWN- a
> surfactant ) can be used as a anti-fogging agent. Just rub a very small
> amount on the surface and then polish it clear with a soft cloth or paper
> ( coffee filters can be used- they are the purest paper you can buy)
> Try it on a bathroom mirror.
>
> I remember when the space program was gearing up here in Houston Texas, a
> local man was selling NASA these little pill bottle sizes containers of
> anti-fogging gel compound for $35 a bottle. Astronauts used it on the
> inside of the spacesuits face mask.
>
> In reality this local man was buying liquid dish washing detergent and
> cooking it down to a gel and sell it to NASA.
>
> I use it inside my welding hood and cutting goggles, at work. At home I
> just rub drop of liquid hand soap on the bathroom mirror and rub it
> clean.
>
> Try it.
>
> Henry