My Solution to Foggy glasses and goggles
12-03-08, 11:48 PM
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+1 Also, because it's a liquid, the rain tends to wash it off over time.
Aside from the issue I mentioned above, with Rain-X potentially damaging the plastic lenses, there's a bigger issue I'd be concerned with: What's in Rain-X, and do you really want a vapor chamber of it enclosed over your eyes for an hour or so every day of the winter?
There's another anti-fog product called Cat Crap, which is actually designed for sunglasses and goggles. Although I find that a drop of Dawn dish soap rubbed around on both sides of the lenses of my shades, then rubbed clean with the edge of a t-shirt works just fine for a few days before needing re-application.
Edit: From the Rain-X website (which might be another reason to steer clear of Rain-X products)
"Rain-X was acquired by the Quaker State Company in November of 1997, and then in December of 1998 Quaker State merged with Pennzoil to form the Pennzoil-Quaker State Company. On October 1, 2002 the Pennzoil-Quaker State Company was acquired by Shell Oil Company. Today, Rain-X products are produced and marketed by SOPUS Products."
There's another anti-fog product called Cat Crap, which is actually designed for sunglasses and goggles. Although I find that a drop of Dawn dish soap rubbed around on both sides of the lenses of my shades, then rubbed clean with the edge of a t-shirt works just fine for a few days before needing re-application.
Edit: From the Rain-X website (which might be another reason to steer clear of Rain-X products)
"Rain-X was acquired by the Quaker State Company in November of 1997, and then in December of 1998 Quaker State merged with Pennzoil to form the Pennzoil-Quaker State Company. On October 1, 2002 the Pennzoil-Quaker State Company was acquired by Shell Oil Company. Today, Rain-X products are produced and marketed by SOPUS Products."
12-04-08, 11:19 AM
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My solution worked for some time. I ran into more problems. As the colder temps arrived and I was wearing more clothing and sweating more the fogging slowly creeped in, so I made more holes.... problem is i made to many holes... lol. My forehead started freezing as the cold air rushed in. I've since covered up some of the holes and it seems to be working. The true test will be this Monday with mercury down to -12. So i'll be giving the goggles a test on monday. The holes work, but you need to find the best balance. I would suggest making small holes and add more as you think you need them. I've had to use weather stripping to fill in some of them.
It is also important to control you breathing. Inhale from the nose (as long as you can) and exhale from the mouth, upper lip over bottom lip to force the air downward and not up towards the goggles.
It is also important to control you breathing. Inhale from the nose (as long as you can) and exhale from the mouth, upper lip over bottom lip to force the air downward and not up towards the goggles.
