Jacqueline P Vincent

Between each visit to the opticians my eyes change very little, but I have to buy new specs because my previous pairs are so badly scratched. Therefore, each visit costs between €400/600!

My latest pair, which I’ve only worn for best! Never laid them lense down, always cleaned with either water and liquid soap or the recommended cleaner. And kept them on my face all day, are badly scratched. The scratches are horizontal and on the inside and create a foggy haze that is difficult to see through.

Fedup, that in the not too distant future I will have to fork out for more specs. I decided to investigate whether or not scratches can be removed. After watching several YouTubes and reading blogs on the subject I determined to give it a go.

Using my old specs, I’m not silly like one or two of the YouTubers, I prepped. First, the coating on the inside had to go, the scratched side. To do this, I used a Dremel with a pad, nothing abrasive, and Brasso. (A metal cleaning polish) Keeping the surface wet with the liquid I polished. After several minutes I’d removed most of the coating and most of the scratches!! Second, using Dremel and T-Cut, a polish for removing scratches on cars but less abrasive than Brasso, I removed more of the scratches. And finally, third, using a wax furniture polish I buffed the lenses and hey presto wearable specs.

They’re not absolutely, walk out of the shop, perfect, but I’ll be able to wear them daily and keep my newest ones for best, and put off my dreaded next visit to the opticians.

Also, John is going to clean them, as none of his have these fine horizontal scratches. Just to see if it is my polishing method.

But if any of you have an idea how they got there, I’d love to hear from you, as I’ve tried everything. The only reason I can come up with is, it’s my fringe, but the optician says no, hair is too fine to make scratches on lenses.

However, if you try this, use old pairs and research the method that suits you best.