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Use acetone...
12/13/2016 at 8:59 AM
Eyeglass joints use only three things when cleaning glasses. Eyeglass cleaner that's sold as a spray, simple warm water with a little bit of dishsoap and acetone. All done with a dry soft cloth. That's it. Don't use anything else. Eyewear lenses are not like glass shower doors and definitely don't use anything with harsh chemicals like ammonia or doesn't come in a liquid form. Real glass lens for eyewear are rare and considered "dead as the Dodo bird" by the industry. Almost all lenses sold are some type of plastic/polycarbonate index with a coating, either with "scratch coating" or with an "anti-reflective coating". If simple dishsoap (that's a drop, not an handful) with water or acetone hasn't removed the "water spots", it's not water spots. Without seeing them, I'm going to guess it's something affecting the coating of the lenses. Either by the fact that the coating is now gone on that spot or that it's now hazed with discolourization from the chemicals of the car wash. Take them in to a eye care professional for assessment. They should tell you if it's something on the coating or something wrong with the coating.
Just my opinion, I could be wrong.