Mine have built a decent number of very small scratches and they’re getting annoying so I’d like to get rid if at all possible.

I’ve seen various things suggested including:

  • lens scratch repair kit (reviews don’t look great on amazon)
  • baking soda paste
  • non-abrasive toothpaste
  • furniture polish (temporarily fills in the scratch from what I can tell)

I’m reluctant to try any of them without some first hand accounts. No lens coating on these so no worries there.

Thank you in advance!

edit: I just want to say thanks very much to everyone. I ended up getting my prescription emailed to me and buying a new pair for €17 (about $19 USD) delivered on a site that one helpful poster linked. Looks like they will take about 3 weeks to get here so I’ll put up with the scratchy ones until they get here.

When they do arrive I will take some pictures and test the various methods I found online then post up what works and what wrecks the lenses.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
    17·
    2 months ago

    I’ve done it before, using a Dremel tool with a polishing wheel and wax polishing compound, then toothpaste on a rag.

    It took me two days, per lens to get anything close to usably clear. So I hate to say it, but you’re probably better off getting new lenses.

    TL;DR the next part, shit used to be made to last…

    Or, if you hit a dumb stroke of luck like I recently did, get some vintage glasses made in the 1980s. It’s very rare that I stumble into prescription glasses that match my prescription, but I accidentally came across a perfect matching pair that was manufactured around 1988, and they just refuse to scratch!

    Yes, that’s almost impossible to stumble across, but you never know what you might find in a thrift store or flea market.

    • zephorah@lemm.ee
      44·
      2 months ago

      That’s because they’re glass lenses. The plastic whatever crap is just another form of planned obsolescence.

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 months ago

        Nope, can confirm 100%, they’re plastic. I just tested the edge with a razor blade, 100% plastic, made before the modern day enshittification and planned obsolescence era.

        • zephorah@lemm.ee
          2·
          2 months ago

          Damn. I didn’t think they used plastic back in the day, I assumed it was a modern thing. Well. You know what they say about assume. Thx for the correction.

      • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
        4·
        2 months ago

        I think my eyesight getting progressively worse every year is a bigger contributor to the glasses industry than planned obsolescence 😭

        • zephorah@lemm.ee
          1·
          2 months ago

          Are you wearing distance lenses for up close tasks like reading and tapping into Lemmy? There’s evidence that says forcing your eyes to do that through distance lenses speeds up eyesight degradation.

          • over_clox@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 months ago

            My prescription is -4.75 left, -4.5 right, and about 15⁰ astigmatism.

            Now I’m wearing bifocals made before my first prescription, and these glasses just work.

            Myopia. Nearsightedness. Can’t see a pile of horse shit in front of your feet sorta blind.

            Glasses are awesome though, ugly or not…