REMOVING “anti-glare” coating from glasses (isopropyl alcohol)

[AlBrent-nf]

Thanks for the great video. I had the smudged coating and decided to follow your suggestions. I was ready to go pick up some isopropyl alcohol and then realized it is the active ingredient in hand sanitizer, of which we had some in the house. I removed my lenses, soaked them for 5 minutes in the sanitizer, then easily scraped the coating off with my thumbnail. The sanitizer also has the advantage of being slippery and lubricious. I could feel the coating come off. I rinsed the lenses, they were clear as a bell. Popped them back in and now I can see again! Cheers.

[MoonlightCactus]

THIS ACTUALLY WORKED WTH
I've been suffering with those anti-glare stuff in my glasses for 6months now and i thought it was incurable, this worked SOOO Good. Thank you so much!!!

[christinegrimmond]

I swear, they, putting this antiglare film on your glasses as just an excuse to make you buy a new glasses. I hate this disposable economy that we’re in.

[TPHANEY]

I finally got it done! 70%, 91%, and even Armor etch was not working and I was worried about the amount of effort was causing harm itself given these coatings are a silica deposit themselves. I got some 200% culinary food grade ethyl alcohol and in 15 minutes of soaking my thumbnail flaked it all off. I forked from the outside edge inward so I wasn't carrying the coating over already cleaned areas. Recommend removing lenses. Coating was called crizal.

[deleted_why]

it makes me VERY happy to find this! in the future, I think I will not BUY all of that lousy coating

[MGTOW]

Sweat definitely ruins coatings on glasses, from experience. I took my glasses off after working in the yard, sweat dripping off of them, apparently if you let it dry it effects the coatings. Mine were ruined in the shape of where the sweat touched the lenses, I had a literal drip in one lense.

[Lilacgem-]

Thanks I think a couple small scratches still looks better than the peeling look from the coating.

[Afeeq]

It's not perfect but it's slightly better than the random splotches that blurs. I have 2 other pair but it for outdoor/work.

[southernflatland]

Years ago I actually used a Dremel tool and polishing wheels to remove the coating, which left the lenses extremely fogged over with a zillion micro-scratches.

Then I spent like 2 days, per lens, polishing them with toothpaste of all things haha! Hey, it works, but it was a painstakingly slow process.

[jerrydaylemusic]

Hot water... then the gooey hand sanitizer...5 minutes... it was gone. I did rub it with a paper towel that was moist with gooey hand sanitizer...

[rustymetaII]

After removing original anti-glare coating, can you recommend any product which may help regain this effect?

[waqasahmad]

I try soaking my glass lenses and after 2 days coating was still tough. Theni put it in hot water low flame on the stove and it dissolved all the coating and no peeling and buffing was necessary. Plastic lenses are different than glass as plastic scratches very easily.

[billhoag]

A 24 isopropyl alcohol soak didn't work on my plastic lenses. I then tried an ultrasonic bath with Dawn dish soap (the newer formula) and that helped a lot. I followed it up with a gentle rubbing of Soft Scrub and the lenses are now perfectly clear.

[saneman]

Use glass etching cream to remove the coating on plastic lenses. It removes the coating in 5 minutes.

[deleted_why]

the difference between this time and pat times might be an additional "scratch resistant coating" or the lack thereof

[carlwoods]

I just held my polycarbonate plastic lenses in boiling water for about 30 seconds. Took it right off.

[PYROof]

Salt is a rock. Harder than plastic will scratch plastic.

A heat gun works better than alcohol

[b]

coating clears off easily using paint thinner, soak cotton ball with thinner, not turpentine, and rub the lens then wash it with soap liquid n rinse...

[jondonnelly]

Don't use anything hard or finger nails, you will ruin your glasses and leave lots of scratches. MOST LENS ARE PLASTIC NOT GLASS>

[SublimeSanchita]

You need to buy a glass etching cream. Takes the annoying coating right off