Altair UCB 455S Sunglasses and the Old Furniture Polish Gag

Anthanxan · #1 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 01:57 PM

I've heard that you can use furniture polish to fill in scratches in a pair of glasses. Just spray, buff, wash, rinse and dry. Nothing to it. What I'm wondering about, though, is if this same trick works on sunglasses like these Altair UCB 455S sunglasses here? Will furniture polish damage the plastic?

Ragnarox · #2 (**permalink**) 11-04-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthanxan

I've heard that you can use furniture polish to fill in scratches in a pair of glasses. Just spray, buff, wash, rinse and dry. Nothing to it. What I'm wondering about, though, is if this same trick works on sunglasses like these Altair UCB 455S sunglasses here? Will furniture polish damage the plastic?

Here's what I found on eHow.com. The website presents this is a step-by-step process, but I think it's more like a list of different things you can try. I don't know if these things will damage your lenses, so you might want to try these on an old, badly scratched pair that you haven't thrown away yet and see if you notice any improvement.

Things You'll Need:

* Armour Etch
* Lemon Pledge
* Liquid Band-aid
* Brasso
* Soft cloth
* Water
* Soap

Put on a pair of plastic gloves and smear a thick layer of Armour Etch etching compound on your sunglass lenses---the [front and back] of the lenses. Leave the Armour Etch on the sunglasses for five minutes and then rinse it off under the faucet with cold water. You can find Armour Etch at any craft store. It is designed to be a fast acting etching compound and works great for getting rid of scratches.

Spray lemon Pledge furniture polish directly on your lenses, both front and back. Rub it in with a rag. Wash the sunglasses with dish soap and water.

Spray the liquid Band-Aid on the sunglass lenses being careful to wipe off any excess with a paper towel. Let the liquid dry and then wear your sunglasses.
Liquid Band-Aid is sold at pharmacies.

Apply Brasso furniture polish to your lenses and rub it in for three minutes. This product tackles the really stubborn scratches. Wash your lenses off with soap and water.

Looks to me like the liquid Band-Aid is the easiest.

Anthanxan · #3 (**permalink**) 02-01-2010, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Ragnarox

Here's what I found on eHow.com. The website presents this is a step-by-step process, but I think it's more like a list of different things you can try. I don't know if these things will damage your lenses, so you might want to try these on an old, badly scratched pair that you haven't thrown away yet and see if you notice any improvement.

Things You'll Need:

* Armour Etch
* Lemon Pledge
* Liquid Band-aid
* Brasso
* Soft cloth
* Water
* Soap

Put on a pair of plastic gloves and smear a thick layer of Armour Etch etching compound on your sunglass lenses---the [front and back] of the lenses. Leave the Armour Etch on the sunglasses for five minutes and then rinse it off under the faucet with cold water. You can find Armour Etch at any craft store. It is designed to be a fast acting etching compound and works great for getting rid of scratches.

Spray lemon Pledge furniture polish directly on your lenses, both front and back. Rub it in with a rag. Wash the sunglasses with dish soap and water.

Spray the liquid Band-Aid on the sunglass lenses being careful to wipe off any excess with a paper towel. Let the liquid dry and then wear your sunglasses.
Liquid Band-Aid is sold at pharmacies.

Apply Brasso furniture polish to your lenses and rub it in for three minutes. This product tackles the really stubborn scratches. Wash your lenses off with soap and water.

Looks to me like the liquid Band-Aid is the easiest.

Thanks Ragnarox. Even though you said that this is more like a list of options rather than step-by-step instructions, I still read ad and first I thought man, that's a lot of work. First you have to do the etching compound thing, and then I've got to use Lemon Pledge? Then I remembered you can try either one or the other.

Thanks Rags.