I worked as an optician in the mid-nineties. I was never a proponent of AR coatings for all of the reasons stated by those complaining about it, namely early "unwearability". While the AR coating does indeed allow for more light to pass through the lens, due to less reflecting away, and it does minimize distracting glare in photographs, it's not the best for most people. While techniques such as the one in this video may work, I wouldn't recommend it on $500 progressives. You should be able to take your glasses to your optometrist, optician, etc., and have them send it to their lab to have it removed for a nominal charge. The CR39, by virtue of its material, cuts out a lot of UV light from entering your eyes. IIRC, polycarbonate even does better, and that's without any added coating. The UV treated lenses are better, and are a must for sunglasses, because your iris opens wider in the darkness and lets in more bad stuff. And most wear sunglasses outside in the sun anyway, right? I used to gasp when co-workers would sell scratch-resistant coatings along with AR. Unless the technology has changed, the AR goes on last, therefore it will get scratched no matter what type of coating you have under it. Good luck all.
Yes working in the 80’s it was the same situation also back than the quality of AR/ and scratch coatings we’re not good as of today. As you said there’s positives and negatives if you don’t use proper care. Me myself if I don’t want glare I rather use clip on glare protection on frame or computer screen glare shields over the computer screens
Thanks Peter, same thing was happening to my glasses. I used a similar solution & the plastic scrapper which helped clear the inside coating off my glasses. I have also found that a wooden coffee stirrer is soft enough not to scratch the lens, but tough enough to scrap the coating off.
This worked. The coating on my lenses was stubborn, so I soaked them for about an hour. Still had to scrape and ended up with some small scratches. Used liquid car wax to remove those on the left lens and finished off the right lens (which I hadn't scraped much with a plastic tool), and they both look like new! Thanks.
Isopropyl alcohol (which I had in my first aid kit and is the main ingredient of the Flents Lens Cleaner) and my thumbnail were all I needed to remove my anti-reflective coating. Worked perfectly on lenses that were made by WalMart! THANK YOU! I can see again!
Thanks for letting us know the main ingredient is isopropyl alcohol, I'm going to try it with my lenses that have anti-reflective coating coming off (and if you hold them at the right angle is the light it looks like a rainbow effect, different colors as you move it to the light ).
Thank you for this tip! I ruined my last pair by using a product called armor etch after watching a RUclips video. Got new glasses and less than a year later the damn coating is scratching again. This time I tried the alcohol per your advice and it worked great! Thank you!
Thank you for posting this. I'm on a road trip across country and my anti-glare coated crazed severely in the desert heat. I soaked it in the solution and used Q-tips to work the solution into the edges of the cracked film. It worked!!!!
Just wanted to post and say that I didn't use this method, but you did inspire me to try just using Windex and a super soft cloth. It worked perfectly! The coating on my glasses had sort of melted or something. It was coming off in blotches and the entire front of my lenses were blurry. But now it's like I have totally new lenses. Minus the anti-relfection bit, of course, but it bought me some time. :)
Thank you for posting this. The anti-reflective coating I have has ruined my $500 lenses and Lenscrafters refused to offer a solution other than buying new lenses. The problem was caused by frequent travel to the Caribbean and dealing with white, steamy looking airflow on airplanes as they cooled the plane with the AC before take-off. I could watch the coating bubble before my eyes! Doesn't have ANY thing to do with how I care for my glasses.
I've found that my oily skin doesn't agree with the anti reflective coatings. After about 6-7 months, the coating starts coming off on the inside of my lenses only. So yeah, it's definitely not an issue of improper care as I clean both sides of my lenses the same way.
Same thing happened to me, my eye doctor didn't tell me I can't use lens wipes because the alcohol strips the coating. Not it looks like I have oil splattered on my glasses and it never goes away
Cindy Cooper Lenscrafters customer here too. My last two pairs where awefull. The coating started peeling off on the inside of the lens after approx 2 years.
I bought two pairs of glasses the same week from two different places. The A/R coating on the pair from For Eyes is still perfect three years later, the A/R coating on the pair from Macy's Optical was totally scratched and impossible to see out of after less than a year. The glasses have been sitting on a shelf, but I am going to try to remove the A/R coating tomorrow.
Thank you so much for this film. The coatings on my high index lenses suddenly started to degrade, in the UK it costs around £240 for new lenses so i was quite upset! After watching this film I ordered Wipe n Clear from Amazon on Saturday (£7.99), it arrived today (Monday) and my partner has just finished removing the coating as you directed. To start with I tried myself but gave up after about 10 minutes. My partner is quite tenacious and enjoys a challenge. With the help of a car windscreen ice scraper they had the job done in around 30 minutes.
Thank You SO Very Much! I didn't even know it was just the anti-glare causing this. I went into my optometrist's office and they said there was nothing they could do. I paid $900.00 for my glasses with a supposed $200.00 discount. They probably can't take on the liability of damaging them. I haven't gotten it all off yet, but enough to know I will be able to see again. Thank You beyond words!
This happens to expensive glasses too, it just an insurance policy that you will have to replace your glasses in a couple of years. This is a great video- Thank-you for posting it!
Thank you Peter..going through the same thing with my glasses. Really upsets me that the cleaner they gave me with the glasses is what did it. Gonna try this tonight.
They are selling you these coatings without telling you all the facts. It wasn't until I pestered the doctor that I found out that sweat can eat away the coating. My friend who is a runner bought a new pair of glasses with the coating on them, they started chipping away after a month.
I used the solution you recommended with great results. One caution though, those scrapers can cause scratches. Just use your fingernail with your plastic lenses, which is much softer. All the coating came off in just a few minutes and no scratches to my lenses. A scraping tool may work on glass lenses by why risk it? Thanks for saving me $200 + and at least a week of waiting!!
I believe this coating is to get you to come back every 2 years and get new glasses. Can't wait to try it and get my expensive glasses back. Every day my glasses kept getting worse, bless you for sharing.
Thanks for the video. Active ingredients are isopropyl alcohol (aka rubbing alcohol) and detergent. I found I had some strong citrus cleaner (detergent, stronger than dish liquid) in the cupboard, so I sprayed it on and went at it with my thumbnail (right hardness to not scratch lenses). Didn't get it all, yet, but got a lot of it in 10 minutes. Hot water helps. Better! I'll soak my glasses overnight tonight and try again in the morning... Time for new glasses soon, anyway. But I think this "anti-reflective" coating is planned obsolesence. Won't get again.
Peter - Flents Wipe N Clear isn't so easy to find in the UK. Before I ordered some on eBay, I trailed a few things in the kitchen. We have some in-wash stain remover here in the UK called ACE ( £1 a litre bottle at many discount stores ). Soaked an old lens overnight in a capful of Ace and the AR coating looked like it had broken-down this morning. One single wipe with a cloth and the coating was removed. No damage to the lens. I'm not if you can get hold of this stuff in the US but it worked a treat!
You get that issue with a standard grade A/R coatings. Opticians don't prefer for patients to go with that grade because you'll get that issue of surface scratching. Purchasing silicon based or higher grade A/R coatings helps eliminate the issues. Such as Crizal Avance and Sapphire, Hoya Super Hivision EX3, etc... Those coatings are put through various test against heat, scratching, and impact pressure test. So next time your in the market for eye wear ask your optician about the difference.
Main ingredient in the cleaner is Isopropyl Alcohol. You can most likely buy a bottle of 70% at any store and use that. (all ingredients: Isopropyl Alcohol, Water, Detergent.
I also use zenni. No problems. I even teach a sunday school with young kids who grab my glasses and whatnot. I've smudged them, they fall off when I'm running, sand gets on 'em, etc etc. No problem. I have only 1 scratch, from the time I dropped them and stepped on them, crushing the glass into the tile on my kitchen floor. I love the oleophobic lenses, they're easy to clean. Just takes the edge of my shirt and one swipe. The best part is that my glasses were $35 w/shipping. Zenni is awesome.
Thanks for the recommendation..and their website does look great. My last pair came from the greateyeglasses website, but Zenni's prices & styles are much better. I couldn't find the "oleophobic" lenses you mentioned. Are they their standard lens, or is there a box you can click to request them?
Me too...my glasses are screwed. I hope to god that I can safely remove the coating without damaging the lenses themselves. I looked up the price of Wipe N Clear on the Walmart website...$2.88 a bottle. Also fingers crossed!!
I sympathise Just bought brand new glasses with Anti reflective and they're already scratched. My old glasses had that coating and lasted years, so perhaps it's a quality issue.
According to my eye doctor's assistant, anti-reflective coating are prone to peeling and it may have nothing to do with quality. Mine took two years to peel, leaving me with less than a perfect vision field due to the spotty surface. Here's what they said: the anti-scratch surface is always applied first (it can't go on top of another lens coating). Then the anti-reflective coating is added. It seems obvious that the anti-reflective coating then has no protection against scratches and abrasions. At Costco, they include the anti-reflective coating and there is no choice about no having it. I will not use Costco again.My new lenses came from my eye doctor and they are perfect without the anti-reflective coating.
+Larry Davis I got 2 pairs of glasses from Target. They coating is properly baked onto the lenses. So far there has been 0 peeling. They are great. I even have a cheapo pair I bought online and they have the coating. It's been 2 years and nothing has peeled or chipped off yet. Depends on how crappy they put the coating.
Im having trouble with my new lenses from costco they have the AR coating but that doesnt seem like it is working while im driving at night, i told them to redo them again but the problem still there , i guess not more costco glasses for me either .
This works. Honestly just used plain windex for mine and a soft plastic credit card. Thin kind of softer plastic card. Came off easy, world of difference too. Just sprayed them wet, softly scrapped with rounded corner of the card. rinsed, sprayed repeat. Coating gone in 3 minutes.
Unless the lenses & coatings are made by a cheap/very budget quality manufacturer, lenses usually have the AR coating on BOTH the front and backside of the lens and not just the front side. Most people don't realize this. Degradation of the AR coating to where it's actually noticeable by the eyeglass wearer (even if it's extremely minimal/almost undetectable) is mainly always on the front side of the lens. This is due to the front side being more prone to microscopic scratching on it's surface, as well as thermal-expansion/contraction of the lens over time by various means, ie. water/air temp etc. Since the outer surface of the lens is convex, and the inner surface is concave, thermal expansion is not proportional to the lens surface. The outer convex surface is exponentially more prone to microscopic cracking of the AR coating than the inner surface, and thus degradation over time leading to the perceived vision problems through the lens. Repeated rounds of pouring boiling water on the lens, along with scraping off the AR coating with a hard/razor-flat plastic object can take most AR coatings off. This should NEVER be done with the lens still in the frame, as the thermal expansion of the lens can lead to cracking it if it's constricted within the frame. After this, several rounds of polishing out any scratches of the lens is needed. Turtle wax 'safe for clear-coat' scratch remover/fine metal polish/microfiber cloths, all in very small circular motions. The thermal-shock method (boiling water) is only recommended for Polycarbonate Plastic lenses. Other plastic material lenses may be cracked/shattered by thermal-shock. The AR coating on glass lenses can be removed pretty easy with 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol and scraping, then polishing with the above-mentioned polishes, and no thermal expansion is needed or recommended for glass lenses. Extreme thermal expansion can shatter glass upon first contact.
i used high pressure water, and the flaked varnish can right off. but hold on tight to your glasses, (and don't use sand). no need to tell the eye doctor or the company that sell/buy glasses. they feed of your illnesses. (just my opinion)
Most Premium Coating have 2 years warranty which cover for scratches and damages to lenses. Plus most optical lab have 30 to 60 days policy for you to remove the coating. How do I know this? I worked at an optometry for 8 years.
I didn't think about this buuut... The thing is. In most cases, the coating will last more than two years before flaking. It's good stuff, but once they start to flake, OH BOY! 🤣 They will indeed be a problem.
is the coating on FRONT of the lens or the back? I have VSP eyeglasses and it seems the coating is coming off the inside(back) of the lens. Thank you if you can answer!
Yeah mine has bubbles or something in it. Never knew how to get rid of. Was just about to try to find glass polishers. Thanks for the help. Got to try this
Thought I was going crazy with the scratches... Didn't realize it could have been the anti glare until I started googling what was going on. (What a waste of money). I can't wait to try this, thank you!
I just made some of this glass cleaner in my kitchen, some 91% iso alc a lil bit of dawn and some warm water. I let glasses soak about 10 minutes while looking for something to scrape with that wouldn't kill the actual lens. I ended up using the edge of a toothpick I dipped into the solution. apply a bit of light pressure and let the soft wood slide back and forth dip lenses in solution periodically to remove debris and check progress. When all was gone i used another drop of dawn to clean lens and a extra soft clean sock to dry and polish (I like newer CLEAN socks for glasses they are super soft and dont scratch)
I can see clearly now; the coating is gone! This so much for this little tip! Now that the frost/scratch look my glasses are gone, my anti-fog balm also works flawlessly.
Step 1 of ordering is your frame, step 2 is your lenses, if you press continue, on Step 3 you will have 3 options for AR coating: Standard anti-reflective, Super Hydrophobic, and Oleophobic. The oleophobic coating is around $15, but I can HIGHLY recommend it. On the same "Step" you can see clip on sunshades for 3 or 4 dollars. I don't recommend this at all. They typically don't stay on well, are cheap, and don't fully match the shape of your glasses. Hope this helps! :D
I have glass lenses. I have been using laboratory grade isopropanol, soaking the lenses for 40 minutes and scraping with a plastic scraper. After a lot of effort I've only gotten some of it off. What more do I have to do?
+Peter Dudycz (Phathom) Nail polish remover didn't damage my glasses. I wish I had taken a photo of the lenses before and after. No damage and I can see perfectly through the glasses.
I had a pair of glasses the optometrist could not repair (I took them there first), so I tried ordinary nail polish on them at home -- if I damaged them it did not matter since I planned to throw them away. Yes, the nail polish had acetone. No, it did not damage the glasses. They are now in good condition and can be used. The answer is lenses are not all the same. Again, I tried this on a pair of glasses the optometrist could not fix so I did not care if they were damaged. I ended up with a good pair of glasses. I believe it is okay in life to experiment with my own property that I have been told can't be fixed.
Going to try this tonight, I used Insurance for the first time in my life for Glasses, and the eyeglass store threw EVERYTHING on the glasses they could to drum up the cost to the Insurance UGH. So of course the lenses messed up just after the warranty expired on it. The Lab wanted $10 to try and remove the coating, but said they didn't recommend it... Of course not they want me to buy new lenses. I still have 3 other pairs of older glasses I can use, my Rx doesn't chance much over the past 15 years lol. Thank you for the video!
Just tried this out of desperation cause the peeling was so bad i couldn't see. Got the Top Care brand lens spray cleaner from my local grocer (Wegmans), was like 2.50. Soaked them for like ten minutes, used a plastic spoon to scrape but honestly most of the coating had melted away so there was very little scraping to be done. Thank you!!
The best solution i found till now !!! couldent find this product in Cyprus but nail polish remover works wonders too! :) also if you dont have a plastic scraper you can use an old visa card ! Great tutorial !!!!
I've managed to remove the AR using alcohol and an acrylic ruler. I left the lenses inside 92% alcohol for 30 minutes and scraped the AR coating with the ruler, worked just fine. Had to do the process twice because I missed some spots in my first try. To think I went to an eyeglass store 2 days ago and asked if they could remove the AR coating, they said it was impossible and that I had to buy a new lens. The thing is, a new lens is almost 400$ here in Brazil and the lense was fine, just the AR coat was making it worse. Well, just fixed it for less than 1$.
Great vid, this worked perfectly on my Superfocus glasses. I was going to go get some of the product you mentioned, but I tried Windex and it worked like a charm. I can see again!
Bought this product and it doesn't work at all on my Verilux lenses. Tried soaking and wiping and prodding with plastic brush but it doesn't remove it at all. I wonder why you find it worked and isn't doing jack squat on my glasses?
thanks much. I can see through mine just fine but they look terrible if you were to stand there looking at me with my glasses on. I may very well give this a try. this has now happened on the only two pair of eyewear I have ever owned. It happens after about 2 years. I will never get it on another pair, that's for sure.
my glasses are peeling as well, they are only a year old. They discontinued my frames and I dont want to spend another $400 for frames and another $200 for lenses but its getting really hard to see through the chipping. Im definitely going to try this! Thank you!
Yay, thank you so much. I hope you get revenue for this great posting. I just recently bought a new pair of glasses because of the antiglare issue. I knew there was something out there.
1. I have a coating with is now coming off, and distorting my vision. However, my lenses in my glasses are made of a polymer also, not glass. Would it be safe to use the Wipe 'n Clean solution on my lenses? 2. Is the microfiber cloth use to remove small bits of the coating, after you have used the scraper?
1. Mine are not glass and they worked. 2. Microfiber cloth is good for cleaning glasses and removing the left over crap. You can use water to rise and a nice towel as well.
lol when we went to the shop they told us to get a replacement. Obviously they wanted us to buy a new pair of glasses instead of removing the coating for us. Will try this thanks!
Peter, are those glass lenses in the video? I have an AR coating on a pair of glass lenses that is scratchy and hazy. same problem. I guess I don't have much to lose at this point, I either try this or get new lenses (these are only 2 years old). Hope to hear from you.
Well I am glad I tried it on an older spare pair, because not only did it not work but it removed the color from my frames. I tried isopropyl alcohol. Bust.
Well done - I also dislike anti-reflective coatings as they tend to age the glasses prematurely and, so it seems, most glasses sold today have them. You could suggest that this is a 'planned obsolescence' strategy but I am not a conspiracy theorist - I just like seeing through a simple pair of clean glasses! If removing the coating still leaves scratches (often does) these can be removed with fine metal polish or even toothpaste and a very soft cloth - so long as the scratches aren't too deep. Opticians HATE us doing this - can you guess why?
ar coatings give better view, poor quality coating can have such problems, but technology goes forward, look for lenses with durable long life / hard ar coatings, i have 3 years hoya longlife, no single scratch, like new
deviceundertest I have this "hard coating" you are talking about. It can't be removed with the method above. I'm actively searching for a chemical to remove it now. And no, it didn't last 3 years.. it hardly lasted 1.
strange, you say it didn't lasted and then you cannot remove it ... you simply did serious scratches, otherwise you could use your 3 year warranty from hoya. with big enough hammer you can damage any coating or lens. For garage work or to use grinder next time use additional protective goggles ;) I also damaged my hoyas by dropping them to ugly concrete floor from 2 metres, lens itself wasn't hard enough to avoid scratches. now I am giving a try zeiss duravision platinum, I like their blue reflections, otherwise I would try essilor crizal forte or crizal avance scotchgard, or any other with high Bayer ISTM score
I had same kind of glasses and lenses for years and last year I got the anti glare coating - big mistake ! It started getting so cloudy from small scratches that it looked like I had an oil film on lenses. My old glasses never did that and I had to go back to wearing them. I am trying your method now - though since your bottle of glass cleaner said Isopropyl alcohol was the ingredient I am using that since I have some around. Hoping it works so I can use these glasses again !
I found out, it all depends on the place you get them. I've had 2 pairs of glasses from Target with the coating baked into the lenses. I've had no chipping.
I tried soaking them in alcohol but it did not work for clearing up the fog / micro scratches in the coating on my lenses. I had safety lenses and frames so polycarbonate lenses I think. Anyway after an hour of trying to vigorously wipe them off - I even tried boiling them to see if that would soften up the coating - nothing worked and I ended up making them worse - foggier looking than before ! I just searched for and found some of my old glasses which are perfectly clear to see through - never ever get anti-glare coatings again is my motto !
I removed the anti reflective coating from my plastic lenses with Armour Glass Etching paste / compound. All I had to do was coat the lenses and wait 5 minutes and then rinse them off well. The scratched up coating was gone and where I missed you could still see some of the coating. The the lenses I used were over 10 yrs old, I had purchased the glasses in 1999 and replaces them in 2015 and I had been using Novus plastic polish on them for years to fill the scratches so I could see. PLEASE NOTE: Don't use the GLASS ETCHING COMPOUND ON GLASS LENSES or it will frost them instead of cleaning off the anti reflective coating.
Thanks for making this video ....... after removing the scratches a year ago ...... are they getting scratched again .. ? .... or have you been so careful that they have remained pretty clear .. ? ....... Been tempted to have them re-coated for the anti-glare properties .. ? .... my glasses now have some light glaring ...... but I'll endure that if necessary .... I am wearing them again
Pretty much no scratches, the visible scratches from before was the coating chipping and falling off the glasses. I haven't considered getting them coated again. I would rather spend the money on contact lenses or new glasses.
BTW, this is not a scam. I am a real person and I did do this. It all depends on the type of protective coating on the lenses. Mine had a cheap coating.
I dont know how you found this out but it works. I had a pair of glasses that costed me around $350 bucks. I left them in the hot car and the anti reflective coating started "crazing" (cracking). Couldnt see out of them at night without a horrible glare from lights. Clarkson eye care wouldnt fix them because it was the second time. I popped my lenses out and soaked them for a few hours mainly because i kept trying every 20 mins or so and it still wasnt coming off at all. After a few hours I took them out of the solution, wiped them off and it was gone. Glasses were perfect. THANKS!!!!!
There’s a company in Glasgow which does cheap lenses. I’ve had some made and if you pay a bit more you can have a blue coating or a green cheaper coating. I asked how do you manage to get the coating one wavelength thick (the ideal thickness done by electrostatic means) and he says oh we just dip it in the dye. Well another time I was getting lenses from an optician and the woman working there said we do that too although you can pay more to get it done properly.
Ah....I now see from reading the comments...that extreme weather can effect this coating. Now I know why both my pairs of glasses started peeling when I moved to AZ!
Fantastic. I am a runner and they did not tell me that sweat will eat away at the coating too. they won't let me get a new set of lenses without a new exam. Buttheads. thank yo so much for this video.
The coating on my $400 Dolce and Gabanas started to come off. When I asked my optometrist he said, "Glasses coatings are only meant to last 2-3 years, so the fact they have lasted this long is remarkable. Unfortunately there isn't a way to fix those lenses, so if you are wanting to keep them, I would suggest being very careful when you clean them to keep the coating from coming off. The other option would be to replace them." I wish they'd told me this when I bought them!
Apparently Costco now puts this crap on all of their lenses. "Included on all lenses is our anti-reflective treatment which provides superior scratch resistance, exceptional quality and gives each lens a cosmetically appealing look." I will ask if them if they will make a note to leave it off. I've had it in the past and it always flakes off.
I've had 2 pairs of glasses that had this layer begin to fail. I am assuming that my glasses have this anti-glare (despite me asking to not include it). The lens looks like it is frosting over in certain patches its very distracting and hard to see.
Thank you soooooooo much! I was just about to head out the door to take my glasses in to the optometrist's to have the coating removed. I stopped by a few weeks ago and they told me I'd have to get new lenses so I was prepared to go in to fight with them today to just remove the darn coating. I've had trouble with it on glasses before but on this pair its has just been nuts. Now I'm thinking that the reason they are no longer selling glasses cleaner at that shop is that they realised that it was what was causing the problem! Grrrrr. I'll do it myself. Thank you again.
I worked as an optician in the mid-nineties. I was never a proponent of AR coatings for all of the reasons stated by those complaining about it, namely early "unwearability". While the AR coating does indeed allow for more light to pass through the lens, due to less reflecting away, and it does minimize distracting glare in photographs, it's not the best for most people. While techniques such as the one in this video may work, I wouldn't recommend it on $500 progressives. You should be able to take your glasses to your optometrist, optician, etc., and have them send it to their lab to have it removed for a nominal charge.
The CR39, by virtue of its material, cuts out a lot of UV light from entering your eyes. IIRC, polycarbonate even does better, and that's without any added coating. The UV treated lenses are better, and are a must for sunglasses, because your iris opens wider in the darkness and lets in more bad stuff. And most wear sunglasses outside in the sun anyway, right?
I used to gasp when co-workers would sell scratch-resistant coatings along with AR. Unless the technology has changed, the AR goes on last, therefore it will get scratched no matter what type of coating you have under it. Good luck all.
Yes working in the 80’s it was the same situation also back than the quality of AR/ and scratch coatings we’re not good as of today. As you said there’s positives and negatives if you don’t use proper care. Me myself if I don’t want glare I rather use clip on glare protection on frame or computer screen glare shields over the computer screens
Thanks Peter, same thing was happening to my glasses. I used a similar solution & the plastic scrapper which helped clear the inside coating off my glasses. I have also found that a wooden coffee stirrer is soft enough not to scratch the lens, but tough enough to scrap the coating off.
This worked. The coating on my lenses was stubborn, so I soaked them for about an hour. Still had to scrape and ended up with some small scratches. Used liquid car wax to remove those on the left lens and finished off the right lens (which I hadn't scraped much with a plastic tool), and they both look like new! Thanks.
Isopropyl alcohol (which I had in my first aid kit and is the main ingredient of the Flents Lens Cleaner) and my thumbnail were all I needed to remove my anti-reflective coating. Worked perfectly on lenses that were made by WalMart!
THANK YOU! I can see again!
Thanks for letting us know the main ingredient is isopropyl alcohol, I'm going to try it with my lenses that have anti-reflective coating coming off (and if you hold them at the right angle is the light it looks like a rainbow effect, different colors as you move it to the light ).
Does this apply to plastic (non glass) lenses as well.
I have Walmart glasses as well, Horrible quality lenses!! Im glad this works
Thank you for this tip! I ruined my last pair by using a product called armor etch after watching a RUclips video. Got new glasses and less than a year later the damn coating is scratching again. This time I tried the alcohol per your advice and it worked great! Thank you!
Thank you for posting this. I'm on a road trip across country and my anti-glare coated crazed severely in the desert heat. I soaked it in the solution and used Q-tips to work the solution into the edges of the cracked film. It worked!!!!
Q tips are working for me. Thanks for the tip!
Just wanted to post and say that I didn't use this method, but you did inspire me to try just using Windex and a super soft cloth. It worked perfectly! The coating on my glasses had sort of melted or something. It was coming off in blotches and the entire front of my lenses were blurry. But now it's like I have totally new lenses. Minus the anti-relfection bit, of course, but it bought me some time. :)
Thank you for posting this. The anti-reflective coating I have has ruined my $500 lenses and Lenscrafters refused to offer a solution other than buying new lenses. The problem was caused by frequent travel to the Caribbean and dealing with white, steamy looking airflow on airplanes as they cooled the plane with the AC before take-off. I could watch the coating bubble before my eyes! Doesn't have ANY thing to do with how I care for my glasses.
I just had the same experience with Lenscrafters.
same thing, they told me not to cook with my glasses on that the heat from my oven messed up the antiglare coating and sorry buy new lens....
I've found that my oily skin doesn't agree with the anti reflective coatings. After about 6-7 months, the coating starts coming off on the inside of my lenses only. So yeah, it's definitely not an issue of improper care as I clean both sides of my lenses the same way.
Same thing happened to me, my eye doctor didn't tell me I can't use lens wipes because the alcohol strips the coating. Not it looks like I have oil splattered on my glasses and it never goes away
Cindy Cooper Lenscrafters customer here too. My last two pairs where awefull. The coating started peeling off on the inside of the lens after approx 2 years.
I bought two pairs of glasses the same week from two different places. The A/R coating on the pair from For Eyes is still perfect three years later, the A/R coating on the pair from Macy's Optical was totally scratched and impossible to see out of after less than a year. The glasses have been sitting on a shelf, but I am going to try to remove the A/R coating tomorrow.
Thank you so much for this film. The coatings on my high index lenses suddenly started to degrade, in the UK it costs around £240 for new lenses so i was quite upset! After watching this film I ordered Wipe n Clear from Amazon on Saturday (£7.99), it arrived today (Monday) and my partner has just finished removing the coating as you directed. To start with I tried myself but gave up after about 10 minutes. My partner is quite tenacious and enjoys a challenge. With the help of a car windscreen ice scraper they had the job done in around 30 minutes.
Thank You SO Very Much! I didn't even know it was just the anti-glare causing this. I went into my optometrist's office and they said there was nothing they could do. I paid $900.00 for my glasses with a supposed $200.00 discount. They probably can't take on the liability of damaging them. I haven't gotten it all off yet, but enough to know I will be able to see again. Thank You beyond words!
This happens to expensive glasses too, it just an insurance policy that you will have to replace your glasses in a couple of years. This is a great video- Thank-you for posting it!
This is amazing and really works! I hada 300 dollar pair of glasses that i could not see through at all and they are like new! Im so grateful!
Thank you Peter..going through the same thing with my glasses. Really upsets me that the cleaner they gave me with the glasses is what did it. Gonna try this tonight.
They are selling you these coatings without telling you all the facts. It wasn't until I pestered the doctor that I found out that sweat can eat away the coating. My friend who is a runner bought a new pair of glasses with the coating on them, they started chipping away after a month.
Worked very well on my high index glasses! Thank you.
I used the solution you recommended with great results. One caution though, those scrapers can cause scratches. Just use your fingernail with your plastic lenses, which is much softer. All the coating came off in just a few minutes and no scratches to my lenses. A scraping tool may work on glass lenses by why risk it?
Thanks for saving me $200 + and at least a week of waiting!!
I believe this coating is to get you to come back every 2 years and get new glasses. Can't wait to try it and get my expensive glasses back. Every day my glasses kept getting worse, bless you for sharing.
This happened to mines too, thanks so much for the tip Peter, definitely saved me some sanity as well.
How great to know that the anti-reflective coating chips & scrapes up. I’ll try to avoid it in the future. Great information.
Thanks for the video. Active ingredients are isopropyl alcohol (aka rubbing alcohol) and detergent. I found I had some strong citrus cleaner (detergent, stronger than dish liquid) in the cupboard, so I sprayed it on and went at it with my thumbnail (right hardness to not scratch lenses). Didn't get it all, yet, but got a lot of it in 10 minutes. Hot water helps. Better! I'll soak my glasses overnight tonight and try again in the morning... Time for new glasses soon, anyway. But I think this "anti-reflective" coating is planned obsolesence. Won't get again.
Peter - Flents Wipe N Clear isn't so easy to find in the UK. Before I ordered some on eBay, I trailed a few things in the kitchen. We have some in-wash stain remover here in the UK called ACE ( £1 a litre bottle at many discount stores ).
Soaked an old lens overnight in a capful of Ace and the AR coating looked like it had broken-down this morning. One single wipe with a cloth and the coating was removed. No damage to the lens. I'm not if you can get hold of this stuff in the US but it worked a treat!
I'm going to try this with my glasses today. I am so sick of the scratches! I hope it works.
This was really helpful, thank you!
You get that issue with a standard grade A/R coatings. Opticians don't prefer for patients to go with that grade because you'll get that issue of surface scratching. Purchasing silicon based or higher grade A/R coatings helps eliminate the issues. Such as Crizal Avance and Sapphire, Hoya Super Hivision EX3, etc... Those coatings are put through various test against heat, scratching, and impact pressure test. So next time your in the market for eye wear ask your optician about the difference.
Really appreciate your help. Thank you so much.
Main ingredient in the cleaner is Isopropyl Alcohol. You can most likely buy a bottle of 70% at any store and use that. (all ingredients: Isopropyl Alcohol, Water, Detergent.
I also use zenni. No problems. I even teach a sunday school with young kids who grab my glasses and whatnot. I've smudged them, they fall off when I'm running, sand gets on 'em, etc etc. No problem. I have only 1 scratch, from the time I dropped them and stepped on them, crushing the glass into the tile on my kitchen floor. I love the oleophobic lenses, they're easy to clean. Just takes the edge of my shirt and one swipe. The best part is that my glasses were $35 w/shipping. Zenni is awesome.
Thanks for this. I've been practically blind for the last week haha.
Thanks for the recommendation..and their website does look great. My last pair came from the greateyeglasses website, but Zenni's prices & styles are much better. I couldn't find the "oleophobic" lenses you mentioned. Are they their standard lens, or is there a box you can click to request them?
Thanks Peter. I'm going out today after work to buy some of the cleaner. Fingers are crossed!
Me too...my glasses are screwed. I hope to god that I can safely remove the coating without damaging the lenses themselves. I looked up the price of Wipe N Clear on the Walmart website...$2.88 a bottle. Also fingers crossed!!
I sympathise Just bought brand new glasses with Anti reflective and they're already scratched. My old glasses had that coating and lasted years, so perhaps it's a quality issue.
According to my eye doctor's assistant, anti-reflective coating are prone to peeling and it may have nothing to do with quality. Mine took two years to peel, leaving me with less than a perfect vision field due to the spotty surface. Here's what they said: the anti-scratch surface is always applied first (it can't go on top of another lens coating). Then the anti-reflective coating is added. It seems obvious that the anti-reflective coating then has no protection against scratches and abrasions. At Costco, they include the anti-reflective coating and there is no choice about no having it. I will not use Costco again.My new lenses came from my eye doctor and they are perfect without the anti-reflective coating.
+Larry Davis I got 2 pairs of glasses from Target. They coating is properly baked onto the lenses. So far there has been 0 peeling. They are great. I even have a cheapo pair I bought online and they have the coating. It's been 2 years and nothing has peeled or chipped off yet. Depends on how crappy they put the coating.
+Larry Davis Got mine less than six month ago and coating is already coming off.Will not do Costco again.
Im having trouble with my new lenses from costco they have the AR coating but that doesnt seem like it is working while im driving at night, i told them to redo them again but the problem still there , i guess not more costco glasses for me either .
this truly works! Thanks!!
So excited to try this when i get home. Anyone know what section of the store this is in.
This works. Honestly just used plain windex for mine and a soft plastic credit card. Thin kind of softer plastic card. Came off easy, world of difference too. Just sprayed them wet, softly scrapped with rounded corner of the card. rinsed, sprayed repeat. Coating gone in 3 minutes.
Unless the lenses & coatings are made by a cheap/very budget quality manufacturer, lenses usually have the AR coating on BOTH the front and backside of the lens and not just the front side. Most people don't realize this. Degradation of the AR coating to where it's actually noticeable by the eyeglass wearer (even if it's extremely minimal/almost undetectable) is mainly always on the front side of the lens. This is due to the front side being more prone to microscopic scratching on it's surface, as well as thermal-expansion/contraction of the lens over time by various means, ie. water/air temp etc. Since the outer surface of the lens is convex, and the inner surface is concave, thermal expansion is not proportional to the lens surface. The outer convex surface is exponentially more prone to microscopic cracking of the AR coating than the inner surface, and thus degradation over time leading to the perceived vision problems through the lens. Repeated rounds of pouring boiling water on the lens, along with scraping off the AR coating with a hard/razor-flat plastic object can take most AR coatings off. This should NEVER be done with the lens still in the frame, as the thermal expansion of the lens can lead to cracking it if it's constricted within the frame. After this, several rounds of polishing out any scratches of the lens is needed. Turtle wax 'safe for clear-coat' scratch remover/fine metal polish/microfiber cloths, all in very small circular motions. The thermal-shock method (boiling water) is only recommended for Polycarbonate Plastic lenses. Other plastic material lenses may be cracked/shattered by thermal-shock. The AR coating on glass lenses can be removed pretty easy with 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol and scraping, then polishing with the above-mentioned polishes, and no thermal expansion is needed or recommended for glass lenses. Extreme thermal expansion can shatter glass upon first contact.
Thank you,
you are an inspiration for all of us.
what we are witnessing is "Planned obsolescence"
Yup.
may i add that pressure washing will do it too , without the risk of any scratch.
Aurélien Carnoy how would you even do that lol \
i used high pressure water, and the flaked varnish can right off. but hold on tight to your glasses, (and don't use sand). no need to tell the eye doctor or the company that sell/buy glasses. they feed of your illnesses. (just my opinion)
i rented mine and cleaned also my deck and car :P it was a good day
Most Premium Coating have 2 years warranty which cover for scratches and damages to lenses. Plus most optical lab have 30 to 60 days policy for you to remove the coating. How do I know this? I worked at an optometry for 8 years.
I didn't think about this buuut... The thing is. In most cases, the coating will last more than two years before flaking. It's good stuff, but once they start to flake, OH BOY! 🤣 They will indeed be a problem.
is the coating on FRONT of the lens or the back? I have VSP eyeglasses and it seems the coating is coming off the inside(back) of the lens. Thank you if you can answer!
Yeah mine has bubbles or something in it. Never knew how to get rid of. Was just about to try to find glass polishers. Thanks for the help. Got to try this
Some people get bubbles, some people get chipping, mine was chipping.
Thought I was going crazy with the scratches... Didn't realize it could have been the anti glare until I started googling what was going on. (What a waste of money). I can't wait to try this, thank you!
mate you made my misses a very happy lady 👍
I just made some of this glass cleaner in my kitchen, some 91% iso alc a lil bit of dawn and some warm water. I let glasses soak about 10 minutes while looking for something to scrape with that wouldn't kill the actual lens. I ended up using the edge of a toothpick I dipped into the solution. apply a bit of light pressure and let the soft wood slide back and forth dip lenses in solution periodically to remove debris and check progress. When all was gone i used another drop of dawn to clean lens and a extra soft clean sock to dry and polish (I like newer CLEAN socks for glasses they are super soft and dont scratch)
I can see clearly now; the coating is gone!
This so much for this little tip! Now that the frost/scratch look my glasses are gone, my anti-fog balm also works flawlessly.
Does it work to get rid of the mirror coating on sunglasses?
THANK YOU! I thought I was gonna need new glasses.
Did you use your method on glass or plastic polycarb eyeglasses?
can i use dettol to remove the coating?
what is the active ingredient? peroxide? rubbing alcohol? wouldnt those be better?
Step 1 of ordering is your frame, step 2 is your lenses, if you press continue, on Step 3 you will have 3 options for AR coating: Standard anti-reflective, Super Hydrophobic, and Oleophobic. The oleophobic coating is around $15, but I can HIGHLY recommend it. On the same "Step" you can see clip on sunshades for 3 or 4 dollars. I don't recommend this at all. They typically don't stay on well, are cheap, and don't fully match the shape of your glasses. Hope this helps! :D
I have glass lenses. I have been using laboratory grade isopropanol, soaking the lenses for 40 minutes and scraping with a plastic scraper. After a lot of effort I've only gotten some of it off. What more do I have to do?
BTW, nail polish remover can and will damage glasses. Do not attempt with it.
+Peter Dudycz (Phathom) Nail polish remover didn't damage my glasses. I wish I had taken a photo of the lenses before and after. No damage and I can see perfectly through the glasses.
I cannot condone it. I've tried it before and it melted the lenses on an old pair.
Nail polish remover will not hurt a lens made of glass but it will eat away at a plastic lens.
did you use nail polish remover with or without acetone in it? I would imagine that the acetone melts plastic.
I had a pair of glasses the optometrist could not repair (I took them there first), so I tried ordinary nail polish on them at home -- if I damaged them it did not matter since I planned to throw them away.
Yes, the nail polish had acetone. No, it did not damage the glasses. They are now in good condition and can be used.
The answer is lenses are not all the same.
Again, I tried this on a pair of glasses the optometrist could not fix so I did not care if they were damaged. I ended up with a good pair of glasses. I believe it is okay in life to experiment with my own property that I have been told can't be fixed.
Going to try this tonight, I used Insurance for the first time in my life for Glasses, and the eyeglass store threw EVERYTHING on the glasses they could to drum up the cost to the Insurance UGH. So of course the lenses messed up just after the warranty expired on it. The Lab wanted $10 to try and remove the coating, but said they didn't recommend it... Of course not they want me to buy new lenses. I still have 3 other pairs of older glasses I can use, my Rx doesn't chance much over the past 15 years lol. Thank you for the video!
I'm not sure. But I think windex would work as well. Maby even stronger
Just tried this out of desperation cause the peeling was so bad i couldn't see. Got the Top Care brand lens spray cleaner from my local grocer (Wegmans), was like 2.50. Soaked them for like ten minutes, used a plastic spoon to scrape but honestly most of the coating had melted away so there was very little scraping to be done. Thank you!!
Wegmans is life
you ain't kidding! lol
hey can u tell how to remove the uv ray protection film from the glass?
Guys is there a way to remove the reflections from glasses?(except anti-reflection lenses)
Hello, Sir, you failed to mention whether or not your lenses are plastic or glass??
The best solution i found till now !!! couldent find this product in Cyprus but nail polish remover works wonders too! :) also if you dont have a plastic scraper you can use an old visa card !
Great tutorial !!!!
I've managed to remove the AR using alcohol and an acrylic ruler. I left the lenses inside 92% alcohol for 30 minutes and scraped the AR coating with the ruler, worked just fine. Had to do the process twice because I missed some spots in my first try. To think I went to an eyeglass store 2 days ago and asked if they could remove the AR coating, they said it was impossible and that I had to buy a new lens. The thing is, a new lens is almost 400$ here in Brazil and the lense was fine, just the AR coat was making it worse. Well, just fixed it for less than 1$.
Wow
isopropyl alcohol and detergent! Also, i dunno, BUT some people say vinegar works too, or ammonia!
Quick point about microfiber cloth, they usually sell it in automotive paint areas as well.
Amazon too.
Great vid, this worked perfectly on my Superfocus glasses.
I was going to go get some of the product you mentioned, but I tried Windex and it worked like a charm.
I can see again!
Thank you so much for sharing.
Bought this product and it doesn't work at all on my Verilux lenses. Tried soaking and wiping and prodding with plastic brush but it doesn't remove it at all. I wonder why you find it worked and isn't doing jack squat on my glasses?
Is this for glass glasses or polycarbonate glasses?
thanks much. I can see through mine just fine but they look terrible if you were to stand there looking at me with my glasses on. I may very well give this a try. this has now happened on the only two pair of eyewear I have ever owned. It happens after about 2 years. I will never get it on another pair, that's for sure.
my glasses are peeling as well, they are only a year old. They discontinued my frames and I dont want to spend another $400 for frames and another $200 for lenses but its getting really hard to see through the chipping. Im definitely going to try this! Thank you!
You don't need to pay for new frames if you want your lenses replaced.
Yay, thank you so much. I hope you get revenue for this great posting. I just recently bought a new pair of glasses because of the antiglare issue. I knew there was something out there.
Sadly youtube makes the money from my videos lol. You pretty much only get money if you are famous or have a sponsor.
Is there an alternative tool to scrape it?
1. I have a coating with is now coming off, and distorting my vision. However, my lenses in my glasses are made of a polymer also, not glass. Would it be safe to use the Wipe 'n Clean solution on my lenses?
2. Is the microfiber cloth use to remove small bits of the coating, after you have used the scraper?
1. Mine are not glass and they worked.
2. Microfiber cloth is good for cleaning glasses and removing the left over crap. You can use water to rise and a nice towel as well.
lol when we went to the shop they told us to get a replacement. Obviously they wanted us to buy a new pair of glasses instead of removing the coating for us. Will try this thanks!
This is for glass lenses right? not plastic?
what are the ingredients
Peter, are those glass lenses in the video? I have an AR coating on a pair of glass lenses that is scratchy and hazy. same problem.
I guess I don't have much to lose at this point, I either try this or get new lenses (these are only 2 years old). Hope to hear from you.
Plastic.
Well I am glad I tried it on an older spare pair, because not only did it not work but it removed the color from my frames. I tried isopropyl alcohol. Bust.
Well done - I also dislike anti-reflective coatings as they tend to age the glasses prematurely and, so it seems, most glasses sold today have them. You could suggest that this is a 'planned obsolescence' strategy but I am not a conspiracy theorist - I just like seeing through a simple pair of clean glasses! If removing the coating still leaves scratches (often does) these can be removed with fine metal polish or even toothpaste and a very soft cloth - so long as the scratches aren't too deep. Opticians HATE us doing this - can you guess why?
ar coatings give better view, poor quality coating can have such problems, but technology goes forward, look for lenses with durable long life / hard ar coatings, i have 3 years hoya longlife, no single scratch, like new
I call it a scam.
deviceundertest I have this "hard coating" you are talking about. It can't be removed with the method above. I'm actively searching for a chemical to remove it now. And no, it didn't last 3 years.. it hardly lasted 1.
strange, you say it didn't lasted and then you cannot remove it ... you simply did serious scratches, otherwise you could use your 3 year warranty from hoya. with big enough hammer you can damage any coating or lens. For garage work or to use grinder next time use additional protective goggles ;)
I also damaged my hoyas by dropping them to ugly concrete floor from 2 metres, lens itself wasn't hard enough to avoid scratches. now I am giving a try zeiss duravision platinum, I like their blue reflections, otherwise I would try essilor crizal forte or crizal avance scotchgard, or any other with high Bayer ISTM score
Would you recommend something else to scrape the lenses with. I don't have that particular tool you use in the video.
+Anthony Robots Just use a white plastic spoon. Works just fine.
helps alot thanks!
Something helpful thank you
I had same kind of glasses and lenses for years and last year I got the anti glare coating - big mistake ! It started getting so cloudy from small scratches that it looked like I had an oil film on lenses. My old glasses never did that and I had to go back to wearing them. I am trying your method now - though since your bottle of glass cleaner said Isopropyl alcohol was the ingredient I am using that since I have some around. Hoping it works so I can use these glasses again !
I found out, it all depends on the place you get them. I've had 2 pairs of glasses from Target with the coating baked into the lenses. I've had no chipping.
I tried soaking them in alcohol but it did not work for clearing up the fog / micro scratches in the coating on my lenses. I had safety lenses and frames so polycarbonate lenses I think. Anyway after an hour of trying to vigorously wipe them off - I even tried boiling them to see if that would soften up the coating - nothing worked and I ended up making them worse - foggier looking than before ! I just searched for and found some of my old glasses which are perfectly clear to see through - never ever get anti-glare coatings again is my motto !
Did you try a plastic scraper?
Yes - tried plastic scraper. I think the coating on my glasses was different than yours - it must have bonded very well.
Do you know if this will impact the transitional coating (makes the glasses turn into sunglasses outside)?
+Ann-Margaret Staley I would be careful of bifocal or transitional. I have not tested on those types.
Thanks for the tip.
I removed the anti reflective coating from my plastic lenses with Armour Glass Etching paste / compound. All I had to do was coat the lenses and wait 5 minutes and then rinse them off well. The scratched up coating was gone and where I missed you could still see some of the coating. The the lenses I used were over 10 yrs old, I had purchased the glasses in 1999 and replaces them in 2015 and I had been using Novus plastic polish on them for years to fill the scratches so I could see. PLEASE
NOTE: Don't use the GLASS ETCHING COMPOUND ON GLASS LENSES or it will frost them instead of cleaning off the anti reflective coating.
This looked like it was going to work, but didn't. How long should I let the glasses soak for? I have tried a few times and nothing! Help...
10 minutes roughly. It takes a bit of scrapping depending on the anti reflective coating. Always be careful.
Thanks for making this video ....... after removing the scratches a year ago ...... are they getting scratched again .. ? .... or have you been so careful that they have remained pretty clear .. ? ....... Been tempted to have them re-coated for the anti-glare properties .. ? .... my glasses now have some light glaring ...... but I'll endure that if necessary .... I am wearing them again
Pretty much no scratches, the visible scratches from before was the coating chipping and falling off the glasses. I haven't considered getting them coated again. I would rather spend the money on contact lenses or new glasses.
BTW, this is not a scam. I am a real person and I did do this. It all depends on the type of protective coating on the lenses. Mine had a cheap coating.
Are the glasses made of glass or plastic?
I dont know how you found this out but it works. I had a pair of glasses that costed me around $350 bucks. I left them in the hot car and the anti reflective coating started "crazing" (cracking). Couldnt see out of them at night without a horrible glare from lights. Clarkson eye care wouldnt fix them because it was the second time. I popped my lenses out and soaked them for a few hours mainly because i kept trying every 20 mins or so and it still wasnt coming off at all. After a few hours I took them out of the solution, wiped them off and it was gone. Glasses were perfect. THANKS!!!!!
Did anyone try soaking glass or plastic lenses in white vinegar?
How about anti scratch coating?
I've taken good care of my glasses. The last pair I own cost around $400. It depends what company makes them. Some get cheap and use a crappy coating.
There’s a company in Glasgow which does cheap lenses. I’ve had some made and if you pay a bit more you can have a blue coating or a green cheaper coating. I asked how do you manage to get the coating one wavelength thick (the ideal thickness done by electrostatic means) and he says oh we just dip it in the dye. Well another time I was getting lenses from an optician and the woman working there said we do that too although you can pay more to get it done properly.
Alex Bowman I’ve been using Zenni for the past few years. No longer have this issue.
man I was in the library and my lenses started to lock I don't know chip and it was that layer
Is anti-reflective the same as the coating that gets darker outdoors? Mine has gotten all blotchy and I don't use them outside anyway.
No. That is a transitional lens. Anti-reflective coating keeps the double headlights and light glare down.
Ah....I now see from reading the comments...that extreme weather can effect this coating. Now I know why both my pairs of glasses started peeling when I moved to AZ!
Fantastic. I am a runner and they did not tell me that sweat will eat away at the coating too. they won't let me get a new set of lenses without a new exam. Buttheads. thank yo so much for this video.
The coating on my $400 Dolce and Gabanas started to come off. When I asked my optometrist he said, "Glasses coatings are only meant to last 2-3 years, so the fact they have lasted this long is remarkable.
Unfortunately there isn't a way to fix those lenses, so if you are wanting to keep them, I would suggest being very careful when you clean them to keep the coating from coming off. The other option would be to replace them."
I wish they'd told me this when I bought them!
Apparently Costco now puts this crap on all of their lenses. "Included on all lenses is our anti-reflective treatment which provides superior scratch resistance, exceptional quality and gives each lens a cosmetically appealing look." I will ask if them if they will make a note to leave it off. I've had it in the past and it always flakes off.
I've had 2 pairs of glasses that had this layer begin to fail. I am assuming that my glasses have this anti-glare (despite me asking to not include it). The lens looks like it is frosting over in certain patches its very distracting and hard to see.
+Sebastian B Try it on a small area on a pair of lenses, see if it helps. I pretty much did it out of desperation and it worked for me.
Thank you so much
Thank you soooooooo much! I was just about to head out the door to take my glasses in to the optometrist's to have the coating removed. I stopped by a few weeks ago and they told me I'd have to get new lenses so I was prepared to go in to fight with them today to just remove the darn coating. I've had trouble with it on glasses before but on this pair its has just been nuts. Now I'm thinking that the reason they are no longer selling glasses cleaner at that shop is that they realised that it was what was causing the problem! Grrrrr. I'll do it myself. Thank you again.