Beginner refining technique....
I am indexing my lower thumb knuckle (closest to my hand) pretty much where my nose meets my face.
With most safety glasses it causes fogging.
I made the mistake of practicing Dryfire (a LOT) without the glasses.
Went to the Range and had lots of problems.
What do you use to prevent fogging?
Thanks
That's a new one for me... Possibly buy an after-market recoil pad for your buttstock to give yourself a longer length of pull so your cheek weld isn't so close to your hand?
What kind of rifle are you shooting?
Get a bar of Ivory soap and gently rub it onto the lenses. Now with a clean soft cloth (not paper towels, unless you really want scratches) rub gently until all of the soap film has been removed. This will solve your fogging problem.
Good suggestion, GE.
Over the years, this issue has come up several times on our forum. Using the search function for "fogging glasses", the following quickly popped up:
[2011] http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=22706.msg176835#msg176835
[2010] http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=15039.msg200597#msg200597, reply #26
[2010] http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=19457.msg180963#msg180963, reply #20
[2011] http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=20969.msg164655#msg164655, reply #25
[2010] http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=16660.msg136548#msg136548
[Way back in 2008] http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=3206.msg31423#msg31423 which deals with helping the "frustrated rifleman" - the guy who's really close to 210 and seems to be "stuck". Since it's on the Instructor Board and may not be visible to all, I'll post the relevant portion:
QuoteSince the hot humid part of the summer is upon us, it may be worthwhile to share "ways to avoid glasses fogging". I'll start it off with these, used all or in combination or singlely:
1. A foam ear plug under the bridge to raise the glasses off the face and allow for more air flow - hence, less fogging.
2. Rub the lens with dry soap, and wipe off, to prevent fogging.
3. Rub a little anti-perspirant on your brow to reduce sweat trickling into your eyes (warning: too much and it migrates to your eye, stinging...), A good idea to hit the cheek under the trigger eye, to reduce sweat there, too.
4. A bandaid over your trigger eyebrow will prevent sweat being transferred from your eyebrow to your glasses.
5. A sweat band soaked in cool water - even a hat soaked in water - will reduce heat/perspiration - the sweatband will also reduce sweat trickling.
6. Unless there's a sun/glare factor, a billed cap pulled down low will simply block needed air flow and let heat and humidity build up unnecessarily...
(There's actually some inexpensive "cool packs" out that you can stick to your forehead and cool yourself down - and on the back of your neck, too.)
That's from a search on "fogging glasses". I did not try "fogged glasses". :)
There's a LOT of good info on this site, which the search function will help you turn up - but you have to use it...
Sorry about the Search....I was reading on an iPad App and apparently search wasn't working correctly.
Will try all of the above AND I am lengthening the Pull on my rifle.
It's pretty short for me.
I have a couple of old Shotgun Buttpads and Duct tape laying around....
O0
It ain't an LTR if there's not tape on it somewhere.
I wear glasses and had this problem in basic training and when hunting. I now use a anti fogging cloth or anti fogging paste , found at wal-mart or local optometrist, on my glasses and there are no fogging issues any longer. periodically reapply and your good to go. The paste does not affect clarity either.
hope this helps
toothpaste is a great option. and once it starts to wear off a little bit out at the range (should last a couple times) you just use a dab of water and rub it around and it will refresh it for the rest of the day. use it the same way as the soap mentioned above. it's what a lot of professional divers use for their masks
On active duty we would wipe the foam shaving cream on the lenses, and when we wiped it off it worked actually quite well.
Quote from: jstnstein on March 20, 2012, 04:05:40 PM
On active duty we would wipe the foam shaving cream on the lenses, and when we wiped it off it worked actually quite well.
It's the glycerine in the bar soap and shaving cream that's the active component to keeping moisture from condensing on your glasses. A couple of drops of pure glycerine rubbed on and wiped off is all it takes.
Revision Military carries antifogging cloths. Ordering through Amazon.com can get free shipping. They are little spendy, but work very well even when they seem to dried out. O0