After all this talk about my original Juliet's and how they were lost and found and used in pool water, ocean water, lake water etc.. without being cleaned I took them out of the case and what I found was disgusting. When I pulled off the ear stems they were so dirty I couldn't even take a picture before I washed them off. I have retired these glasses and now I am going to give them a thorough cleaning and put them back in the display case as a retired pair. I have never taken a pair of Juliet's apart before and the only difficult part looks like is going to be putting the 6 small clear washer back in place.