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.
I’ve tried this. Went thru all the steps on the way down to 50k.
If the glasses were glass, they would’ve been amazing. Metal? Would’ve been a perfect mirror polish.
But that plastic? Taking off even a little bit, like I did trying to buff it out, created ripples and distortion’s in what I saw thru the glasses. You couldn’t notice anything wrong any other way until you slipped them on. I wore them for 10 minutes and then thru them in the fire.
Buy glass lens for longevity. By default, assume if it’s made from plastics or petrochemicals that’s it’s a subpar solution and won’t last. It might be the best solution in some cases, but for the average person in their average day? No one NEEDS plastics.