Removing Scratched or Peeling Anti-Glare Coating from Eyeglasses

It can be an "eyesore" to look at or through glasses with a nonglare coating that is peeling. A peeling coat not only makes your glasses look like they haven't been cleaned, but it can interrupt your ability to see through them. A peeling or nonpeeling, nonglare coat can be removed from plastic or polycarbonate lenses. Glass lenses are especially sensitive, so a nonglare coat should only be removed from these types of lenses by a professional optometrist.

Things You'll Need

• Vinyl gloves
• Armour Etch
• Cotton swab
• Soft cloth

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Instructions

• 1

  Put vinyl gloves on your hands. Open up a window and ventilate the room, or work outside.

• 2

  Pour a drop of Armour Etch, a glass-etching cream, on the lens. Armour Etch is available at many arts and crafts stores and online. This product should not be used to remove a nonglare coating from glass lenses -- only plastic or polycarbonate lenses.

• 3

  Rub the Armour Etch into the lens with your finger or a cotton swab to remove the antiglare coating.

• 4

  Rinse the glasses in warm water to remove the Armour Etch residue. Reapply more Armour Etch, and repeat the process of removing the antiglare coating if necessary.

• 5

  Dry the eyeglasses with a clean, soft cloth.