i got a little smudge of super glue on my left lens and while i can still see fine i have this one little blurry spot right in front of my pupil and it's really annoying me.
so far i've tried rubbing it away with a hot damp paper towl, rubbing with my fingers under hot water in the shower and holding the lens right up to the shower head. i'm 0-3.
i was thinking nail polish remover but i'm not sure if that will fuck my lens up or not. suggestions?
― J0rdan S., Friday, 14 December 2007 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
if it's a plastic lens...they're fucked mate, sorry. same thing happed to me, £80 specs, not good.
i wear contacts most of the time so it wasn't a big deal, not nice tho.
― pc user, Friday, 14 December 2007 22:06 (sixteen years ago) link
goo gone?
― s1ocki, Friday, 14 December 2007 22:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I have used acetone on my lenses and it hasn't hurt thrm. I think a q-tip w/nail polish remover would do the tricky nicely.
― Abbott, Friday, 14 December 2007 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link
If the glasses are glass, use a razor blade.
― libcrypt, Friday, 14 December 2007 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Get Uri Geller to bend it off there with his minde.
― Abbott, Friday, 14 December 2007 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Uri's powers don't work on anything that's not a spoon or a watch. However, he might be able to bend a spoon against the glasses to scrape it off.
― libcrypt, Friday, 14 December 2007 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i think if they're plastic then there is some weird reaction and the glue and the lens are as one now. it's not a case of it being "on" the lens, it's in there. glass, i dunno.
― pc user, Saturday, 15 December 2007 01:42 (sixteen years ago) link
ring an optometrist and ask them.
― Rubyredd, Saturday, 15 December 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Try scraping it off with a plastic item (maybe a comb, picnic-style knife, etc)that's hard enough to scrape but won't scratch the lens. I've gotten Gorilla Glue off of my formica kitchen table that way.
― nickn, Saturday, 15 December 2007 04:15 (sixteen years ago) link
if you have any coatings, call a glasses place first - acetone (which is basically all goo gone is, I think) could ruin them
― milo z, Saturday, 15 December 2007 04:19 (sixteen years ago) link