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They were comfortable and I liked them, but after about a year and a half, the lenses would start to get cloudy because the coating would wear off in places.
I finally found a pair of sunglasses that were polarized and fit great…..they are Bolle’s. I have had them for a couple years now and I like them a lot. One thing that did happen though is I had the inside anti-reflective coat start to wear off the inside of them. It started in Hawaii, so either some sand on the beach or the salt water started it in addition to cleaning them with whatever I have available at the time (t-shirt). Anyways….I was about to send them in to have the lenses replaced and decided to try to fix them myself before doing that or buying new ones.
I posted this on another site……
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A few days ago I got fed up with my sunglasses as they were very foggy/scratched and I just could not stand it any longer. I searched the internet for a fix for my issue as I really did not want to drop a decent amount of money to buy the same exact set of Bolle’s again.
The issue: The inside of the lens of my sunglasses had a bunch of tiny scratches (from not cleaning correctly) and it appeared that on a few areas of the lens a coating of some sort had been scratched/worn away a little. This was the blue/purple coating you see on the inside of the lens. The scratches in this coating were making everything blury. From searching online it appears this is an anti-reflective coating and it can be removed without harming the lens. The outside of my polarized lenses did not have any scratches even though they had always been cleaned the same way.
Solution: I went and purchased a small bottle of Armour Etch from Michaels. This is a glass etching agent that wont affect polycarbonate lenses. I removed the lenses from the frames and then per the instructions online I spread the Armour Etch over the inside surface of the lenses and let it sit for 5 minutes. Once 5 min was up I rinsed them off very well and then then washed them with dish soap and rinsed again.
I put them back together and the glasses are like new and perfectly clear again, minus the anti-reflective coating which really doesn’t seem to affect me very much. You may get a small reflection once in a while, but it is not really noticeable at all. From my reading this does not affect the UV rating of the polycarbonate lenses and it did not affect the polarization.
Use at your own risk……it worked for my polarized polycarbonate lenses on my Bolle’s.
DO NOT USE ON GLASS LENSES, YOU WILL RUIN THEM.
Even with tender care that inside coating will get very fine scratches. It is amazing how accurate the year and a half time frame is as I’ve had two pair of the same Bolle sunglass and each got foggy after about this time. However, I am just back from AC Moore with my bottle of Armour etch and WOW I feel like I have two brand new pairs of sunglasses. Thanks for the post.