2006-09-19 18:31:17 · 19 answers · asked by poopsygigglebuns 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
I have been wearing contact lenses for almost 49 years. One of the best things I learned many years ago was an inexpensive way to clean hard contact lenses. It is not used for soft contact lenses. You use baby shampoo. You dilute it about half and half. I soak my lenses in this every night when I take my lenses off. Baby shampoo does not burn your eyes. In the morning, the smudges are completely gone off of your lenses. I would surely try this to remove the tea stains. If this does not remove the tea stains, I would not wear the lenses.
2006-09-19 19:02:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
For the sake of your vision,don't even try!
Chuck 'em out, start again.
A tip? The little pot that has two receptacles, one possibly marked with R and one marked L or with a heart symbol, is the one that is ok to put the lenses in. The bigger pot, that can be hot to the touch and has a handle and steam coming out of the spout, not recommended for soaking contact lenses.
2006-09-19 19:04:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might soak out in the saline solution, but I doubt it, the tannins in tea are a strong dye. It is probably permanent. Try it in your eye, after you soak it, if it doesn't block your vision, it might be OK.Probably best to just pitch them. Lenses do come in colors. They are dyed by professionals, hint, hint.. LOL, Rivers is fishing for information on how in the world your lenses came in contact with tea.
Come on, tell us. We are all anonymous here, poopsiegig.
2006-09-19 18:40:06 · answer #3 · answered by riversconfluence 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
step away from the contact lenses!
Throw them away. Never never never fool around with your eyes like that. I learned the hard way that if you are not extremely careful with what you put in your eyes (I wasn't as careful with cleaning them as I should have been), and now I am no longer able to wear contact lenses due to microscopic scabs under my eyelids. (feels like a piece of grit that never goes away)
Take great care of your eyes, and use caution with contact lenses!
2006-09-19 19:07:01 · answer #4 · answered by Jeanine C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I wear contact lenses and I'm intrigued to know how you managed to put your lenses in tea!!!! Were you a little bit out of it? Brahms & Liszts? LOL
2006-09-20 01:56:24 · answer #5 · answered by chefling 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make a solution of bicarbonate of soda (you can get it in the supermarket with the home baking products) and soak it in that. Make it quick thick, almost a paste but make sure its not still grainy. Rinse it well afterwards, bi carbonate of soda is harmless to humans but I still recon that it would smart, like anything else, if you got it in your eyes.
(PS I AM asking???)
2006-09-19 18:59:03 · answer #6 · answered by Amoeba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Hydrogen Peroxide. It gets tea stains out of cups and is non-toxic. I would rinse it out thoroughly afterwards though.
2006-09-19 21:34:05 · answer #7 · answered by Romney S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trust me... I have done this also [you can ask if you want to]..
I was advised to use bleach... yup... that's what I thought... but it actually works!
Make sure that you wash them clean with a saline solution after though and then rinse them with distilled water.
2006-09-19 20:16:12 · answer #8 · answered by jonti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dip them in dilute 'steriliser' - that is bleach used for baby's bottles. Then give them a prolonged soak in water before wearing them.
RoyS
2006-09-19 18:55:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't even think of wearing it anymore in the first place. Are you insane? You wanna go blind then savage a pair of lens?
2006-09-19 18:34:51 · answer #10 · answered by bluey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋