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Post by tntmom on Jan 25, 2011 11:58:24 GMT -5
Anyone ever tried hand polishing a scratch out of eyeglasses? Googling suggested red rouge but I don't have any. I do have diamond paste in grits up to 50k though. Would that work on a piece of leather chami? If anyone has done this before I would like to know what grit to start with and your results! Thank you, ~Krystee
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 25, 2011 12:22:42 GMT -5
Are they glass or plastic lenses ? Think I'd try doing it with a fresh lens cloth. The leather may contain grit, and make the problem worse. Start with the 50K. If that doesn't do it, drop down one grit size.
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Post by tntmom on Jan 25, 2011 12:29:06 GMT -5
They are glass lenses, expensive too. I think I've got new lens cloth, will look and try that first.
Thanks!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 25, 2011 12:40:22 GMT -5
Good luck. I just wear those cheap department store glasses. When they get too scratched up, I just buy a new pair.
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Post by mohs on Jan 25, 2011 15:37:19 GMT -5
It’s a really good question tnt! I’ve thought on it hard. Never tried tho --YET! I even thought of a tumbler in cerium oxidize beside the obvious problems of shape but one old glass lens-- it may be worth a shot
grinding lenses was trade I always wanted to try interesting and there are some U-Tube videos on how its done that are really cool
good luck & brainstorm this we make come up with future business opportunity Ed
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Post by rockmanken on Jan 25, 2011 17:05:22 GMT -5
Many years ago a friend of mine had an antique shop and would get chipped drinking glasses and I would sand them on 600 and up and then polish on cerium oxide. I have also polished flaws out of mirrors(very expensive ones) but it took a long time because I had to do it by hand. It can be done. Ken
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Post by tkrueger3 on Jan 25, 2011 18:07:09 GMT -5
I think you might be able to polish the scratch out, but you also run the risk in so doing of altering the prescription of the lens. Just a thought .... for what it's worth!
Tom
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Post by rockrookie on Jan 25, 2011 18:35:30 GMT -5
Anyone ever tried hand polishing a scratch out of eyeglasses? Googling suggested red rouge but I don't have any. I do have diamond paste in grits up to 50k though. Would that work on a piece of leather chami? If anyone has done this before I would like to know what grit to start with and your results! Thank you, ~Krystee i'd be nervous about trying it on my good glasses . do you have an old pair to try 1st ? --paul
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Post by tntmom on Jan 25, 2011 19:29:09 GMT -5
I do have some glasses here but they have no scratches. The glasses in question actually belong to my father. He is retired and on social security. He called to find out how much it would cost to replace the lense and he was quoted $300.00 He can't afford that so he came to me. He scratched them when he cleaned them with his shirt. He did it out of habit and realized too late that the shop shirt he was wearing had concrete on it.
On another note, I was talking with my husband who does high rise work. He and his crew a few years ago were hired to do stage work on a 65 story building that had scratched windows from a botched construction clean. He said they used a pumice paste on electric buffers. He doesn't remember the paste other than it was made out of pumice ash. Said it worked great.
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Post by mohs on Jan 25, 2011 22:14:04 GMT -5
One of the problem is certain glasses or plastics they treat with a UV film or some kind of coating I hate it --causes the lens to smear/scratches bad and I believe if the lenses have that coating prbly all kinds of buffing won't help
Real glass --with no coating-- are very difficult to scratch I know cause I'm real hard on glasses the pair I have now is over a year old & relatively scratch free
but I have an old pair I'd donate to a crafty individual to try
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Post by tntmom on Jan 25, 2011 23:37:29 GMT -5
but I have an old pair I'd donate to a crafty individual to try Thanks Ed, very kind offer but I am starting to think that this is something that would take forever and then some!!! I did play around with the diamond paste and a lens cloth. I am too paranoid to press hard so I just used medium pressure and polished until my fingers felt like they would fall off. I "think" it might have made a little bit of difference but I'm not sure, could just be wishful thinking. I am too scared to drop it back to the 20k grit. ~Krystee
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Post by mohs on Jan 26, 2011 0:54:16 GMT -5
your giving it a great try, tnt glass lenses are tough Me? I’m having difficult enough time just trying to get scratches out of rocks
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