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Scratched eyeglasses

FastEddie | Posted in General Discussion on November 15, 2006 09:50am

I’m getting a bunch of fine scratches on my glasses.  Not really visible unless I’m looking toward light, then they make it look a little cloudy.  The prescription and frames are still good.  I saw some goop on a web site that claims you can apply a coat to the lens and it fills in all the scratches.  Anyone have any experience with this?

 

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  1. JohnSprung | Nov 15, 2006 10:29pm | #1

    Never tried the goop.  I just buy lots of those cheap Dean Edell glasses, and have plenty of spares both at home and work.  They get scratched, they get lost, I replace them.  It's a mindset thing, glasses should be considered an expendable item, like light bulbs. 

     

     

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    JDRHI | Nov 15, 2006 10:35pm | #2

    "Looking toward the light"?

    Yer older than I thought. (No wonder you need glasses.)

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    Heck | Nov 15, 2006 10:44pm | #3

    D-mix might work for filling in those scratches.

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  4. BowBear | Nov 15, 2006 11:53pm | #4

    For plastic lenses, I've polished out scratches with pepsodent.

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  5. BryanSayer | Nov 16, 2006 02:07am | #5

    I've heard that the scratches can sometimes be polished out. Take them to your optometrist and ask.

  6. andy_engel | Nov 16, 2006 02:09am | #6

    I sprang for a slightly more costly lens material that's guaranteed not to scratch for 2 years.

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  7. WayneL5 | Nov 16, 2006 02:58am | #7

    My optician said the goop doesn't work and will ruin the lenses.

    Often it is just the coating that is scratched.  On some lenses he coating can be stripped off and reapplied.

  8. mike4244 | Nov 16, 2006 03:06am | #8

    I took my glasses to the store where I bought them. They cleaned and did something that filled in many of the scratches.I actually went there to get a new pair because of the scratches, bought a new pair for home and use the old glasses for work.

    mike

    1. Treetalk | Nov 16, 2006 03:31am | #9

      My eye doctor once told me that scratch resistant lens actually scratched more because its actually the coating that is being eroded...go figure.Broke me of using my finger as a windshield wiper. Drywall dust is the worst..also cheap tissuses.

      1. FastEddie | Nov 16, 2006 06:52am | #10

        I think I always clean them with a good spray of windex and a wipe with a clean well used dish towel, or a clean t-shirt.  Sometimes I wash them with shaving cream and warm water.  I have worn glasses long enough to know that kleenex is not a suitable cleaner. 

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