[ale] [OT] [Way OT] need to fix eye glasses or replace at reasonable cost

[Jim Kinney]

Zennioptical.com and order new ones. 3way progressives are under $100.
On Sep 9, 2013 8:42 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have two eye glasses issues I hope you can help me with.  You've already
> been warned this is off topic.
>
> Every time I deal with the eye glasses industry, I'm convinced most are
> gouging consumers.
>
> Item 1) Wife's reading glasses.  Small round standard plastic lenses,
> bifocal with line.  There is a scratch on the outside of one lens.  The
> scratch is not too deep.  These do NOT have an anti reflective (AR) coating.
>
> Item 2) My glasses.  Large lenses, strong prescription, high index
> plastic.  Used to have AR coating.  Coating started flaking off on one lens
> and, even before that, it had started becoming hazy with micro scratches
> from cleaning.  I won't be getting AR again if I have a choice.
>
> I decided to scrape the AR off my lens with my fingernail.  It mostly
> worked, however there are residual scratches.  I can still use these
> glasses, but would rather fix or replace.
>
> I go to a prominent famous place with an L and a C in the name.  They're
> nice enough, but, the guy says we don't have any way to remove the AR
> coating and there's no way to buff out the scratches.
>
> So, he says, you have to replace the lenses, you have to do it in pairs,
> and you have to have the AR coating with high index plastic.  We can do
> that for you for only $ 415 for yours and $ 200 for your wife's not
> including the frames.  Oh, and he says, about 2 years is about all the use
> you can expect out of glasses.
>
> I thanked him and walked out and thought, when hell freezes over.
>
> So, I want to know if you all have any actual successful experience with
> solving a problem like this in one of the following ways:
>
> A) For wife's glasses, polish out the scratch.  From my research, there
> are two ways to go about this.  Either remove all the material around the
> scratch to the level of the scratch then polish smooth.  This is more risky
> and difficult and subject to change the prescription of the lens.  The 1st
> method is basically an abrasive technique.  The 2nd method is to put some
> material in the scratch that has a similar refractive index and buff it
> smooth.  This is basically a polishing technique.  This appears to hold the
> most promise.
>
> B) For my glasses, I want to actually chemically remove the AR coating.
>  Most of the scratches and hazyness are probably in the coating and should
> vanish.  I then want to polish out any remaining scratches.
>
> C) I really doubt I'm willing to replace these lenses, but I might if I
> could get them cheap.  I actually only need one lens in each case, and I
> don't want AR coatings.  So, hers would be standard plastic, bifocal with
> line.  Mine would be single vision but high index plastic.  So, do you know
> where I could get such lenses cheap, but matched to our existing frames.
>
> Any help is always appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
>
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