I have a 1.5 year old pair of glasses I love, but they are badly scratched
up; presumably in the antireflection coating. Any way to either fix the
coating or remove it?
The glasses are pretty useless they way they are, but the frames are great.
R D S - 07 Dec 2006 19:45 GMT
>I have a 1.5 year old pair of glasses I love, but they are badly scratched
>up; presumably in the antireflection coating. Any way to either fix the
>coating or remove it?
>
> The glasses are pretty useless they way they are, but the frames are
> great.
If it is just the coating you may be able to have it stripped and replaced,
it is more likely the material beneath is scratched and new lenses are
needed
Dan Abel - 07 Dec 2006 21:43 GMT
> I have a 1.5 year old pair of glasses I love, but they are badly scratched
> up; presumably in the antireflection coating. Any way to either fix the
> coating or remove it?
>
> The glasses are pretty useless they way they are, but the frames are great.
If you have pretty basic lenses, they aren't that expense to replace.
Last I heard, my HMO charges US$25 each. Frames are generally much more
expensive than that.

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William Stacy, O.D. - 08 Dec 2006 02:03 GMT
> I have a 1.5 year old pair of glasses I love, but they are badly scratched
> up; presumably in the antireflection coating. Any way to either fix the
> coating or remove it?
>
> The glasses are pretty useless they way they are, but the frames are great.
If you're on good terms with whomever provided you with them, they might
still be under warranty, which means they might replace them no cost.
If not, try having the coating stripped off. I've seen horrible looking
lenses look like new after stripping a bad coating.
If the lens substrate is scratched, you need new lenses.
w.stacy, o.d.
Ted - 10 Dec 2006 16:05 GMT
>> I have a 1.5 year old pair of glasses I love, but they are badly
>> scratched up; presumably in the antireflection coating. Any way to
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>
> If the lens substrate is scratched, you need new lenses.
How do you strip them?
Mark A - 10 Dec 2006 16:36 GMT
> How do you strip them?
Only cheapo AR coatings can be stripped. The lenses have to be removed from
the frame and placed in a chemical bath. This can be done at an optical lab
(and maybe some stores with an in-store lab).