Full Process! Remove Coating from Glasses DIY A to Z

Thank you so much! I don't have insurance and I thought I was going crazy - I didn't even realize that could even be the problem! I've been wearing glasses (almost a pair every year when I was a kid now- about 1 per every 2 to 3 yrs since I'm an old 35 yer old man) since I was 6 and I've never had splotchy scratches like that; it would look like...ya know, scratches on glasses.

Thank you for the idea. I have a very high prescription. So that means very expensive glasses. I am so glad you gave me the idea to scrape the filament of. I did it dry,with my finger nail, used face wipes afterwards and dried them with my cotton pagamas. They came out pretty good much better then they were. Thank you Soooooo much!

This solution was so great! I bought 70% isopropyl alcohol at the Dollar Tree and it really worked. I checked it after about an hour and this slimy coating on the inside of the lens just slid right off. I soaked my glasses for another five hours or so and by that time, most of the "craze" on the outside seemed to be gone and I only had to scrape a little bit off with my fingernail. Someone posted that he/she used hand sanitizer because that also contains alcohol but that stuff contains ethyl alcohol, not isopropyl. Maybe it's all one and the same for this purpose but I wasn't sure. Anyway, my glasses are so much better! Last night there seemed to still be a little cloudiness but this morning the lenses seem fine. One caveat...the soaking does make the lenses very flexible but that might happen with any liquid. By this morning the lenses had tightened back up. Now I don't have to call the optical guy! And next time I'll ask that the antiglare coating be left off...

I drank the alcohol and found I no longer could find my glasses

To avoid those remaining scratches: 1. You need to make sure that the plastic scratcher you are using is not as hard as the lens plastic. 2. The baking soda would be abrasive too. 3. Then have to be careful rinsing away any AR coating flakes left on lens, maybe with microfiber cloth and mild soap. Thanks for posting.

Thanks. Scratch coating starting to seem like a planned obsolescense scam to make people continually have to buy new specs. It has happened to my costco glasses now 3 times.

Thanks for the video. I took a gentler approach and used a Q-tip dipped in vinegar. It came out great with no scratches, but I can tell where parts of the film had bubbled.

just thought I would add something to this. I have recently used Maguire's Plast-x for polishing my headlight lenses and it works very well. It has a much finer grit in it than toothpaste. Once the coating has been removed, using a buffing wheel and a Dremel tool, at low speed, you can buff up the plastic and given time, remove scratches.

Thank you, I've been looking for a solution to the coating bubbling and impairing my vision. I will edit this post once I feel comfortable doing this to my prescription glasses. Getting frustrated and it should be much longer before I attempt it.. Thanks again for a solution.. 👍👍👍👍👍

I have glass lenses. I was using laboratory grade isopropanol and not having much luck. Doing a little research revealed that the coating is applied electrostatically. So I added 20% Salt water. The sodium chloride adds ions that counteract the electrostatic attraction of the coating compound to the glass. It worked a lot better than using pure isopropanol.

Thanks for making this video! (you guys just saved me a ton of $$$)

Thanks for this video! My glasses are always so expensive 😩 I've got an appointment today actually. I'm breaking down to buy a new pair bc of this issue with the coating. I will try this later. Thanks so much!

Still helping!!! I just got a new pair and I thought, oh great! Now these are glaring allover the place. Found your video, and voila! All better! Thanks!!!!

Dude you are the best helped so much with mine!

I tried this method on an old pair with the exact same issue and it works boys and girls!. It Just takes time and patience.

Thank you for this video, exactly what I'd been needing to know. My brand knew glasses have this problem.

Excellent video. Thanks!

Really appreciate the video and it's great to realise it's just a money making scam , it's happened to every pair I've ever bought. In the end I scratched it all off with spit 😁 a cloth and plenty of patience 👍

Is this method relevant for a scratchy reflective, prescription sunglasses coating? I like the reflective coating, but I can't see out of it anymore.

I have the same problem with my glasses currently. I am not due for a new pair until July of this year and I do not have a back up pair (due to an embarrassing drunk accident). I don’t have anything that you used in the video. I do have some nail polish remover not sure if that will work for it. If not I guess I’ll have wait till I can go get stuff for it. This is the first time I have ever had this happen to my glasses.