Removing Scratches from Sunglasses

Remov­ing scratches from sun­glasses can be a tricky task.You have to real­ize that dif­fer­ent brands of sun­glasses use dif­fer­ent types of pro­tec­tive coat­ing. There is no one rem­edy and you should be aware that some might do more harm than good.

If your sun­glasses are under war­ranty, or if you have the resources, always opt for hav­ing the glasses pro­fes­sion­ally fixed. Hav­ing said that, if you still feel that a do-it-yourself method would work, then here are some tips to help you:

The most com­mon scratch remover that can be found in one’s home is tooth­paste. What you need to do is to get a clean microfiber cloth. Apply a bit of tooth­paste unto the cloth and gen­tly rub on the lenses of your sun­glasses in a cir­cu­lar motion. Repeat until the scratch is gone.

Another home rem­edy is bak­ing soda. Sim­ply make a paste by adding a bit of water to bak­ing soda. Apply on the lenses using a microfiber cloth. Again, rub gen­tly in a cir­cu­lar motion. Wipe paste off, then buff with a clean, dry microfiber cloth.

Newer sun­glasses and eye­glasses are gen­er­ally made out of plas­tic, not glass. That’s a good thing. It’s impos­si­ble to remove scratches from glass lenses. If you have glass lenses, you should con­sider buy­ing new ones. If you have plas­tic lenses, you’re off to a good start. Now you need to deter­mine whether or not your lenses have anti-reflective coat­ing. If you’re unsure, hold your glasses on an angle. I you can see green, blue, or pur­ple reflec­tions, you prob­a­bly DO have the coat­ing. If these are sun­glasses, you can also check the tem­ples for “polarized”.