How do you stop safety glasses from clouding over ?

Probably the obvious answer to this is - > don't scratch them up....but for me thats a bit unrealistic.

I like those cheap but strong clear plastic ones ( not those soft ones with elastic...those are just annoying ).....There fine, except over time they cloud over from all the little scratches to the point I can't see well enough through them, and have to buy another.

Anybody got any clever tips for me on how to stop that ? , cause I go through about 2 or 3 glasses a year. Which I think is a waste.

I thought, maybe covering them with the clear contact you cover books with, and maybe just peal it off when its scratched up, and put another fresh layer on top. ?????....but then the contact may in itself make it hard to see through..

ta.

put a drop of dishwashing liquid on the lens and polish with a dry tissue -
no more mist.

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Originally Posted by echnidna

put a drop of dishwashing liquid on the lens and polish with a dry tissue -
no more mist.

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I might have used the wrong words to describe the problem.

I meant, from wear the scratches make it cloudy viewing. Not from moisture,,, I don't want to have to pay a fortune for a pair of scratch proof safety glasses. I'll just step on them one day or something like.

na sorry I didn't read the question properly.

There used to be a clear film available to put over chainsaw clear plastic visors that'd probably do the job (if you can find it).

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Originally Posted by echnidna

na sorry I didn't read the question properly.

There used to be a clear film available to put over chainsaw clear plastic visors that'd probably do the job (if you can find it).

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Thanks Bob. That gives me an idea. :)

Apricot,

There's this thing called taking care of the equipment!

You wouldn't put a plane down on anything harder than the blade with the blade exposed, so why don't you train yourself the same way with the safety glasses?

I use the bifocal variety, and pop 'em on my forehead mostly like a pair of sunnies. Must look pretty cool when I rock down to get the paper Saturday morning eh?

My reading glasses hang around my neck on a lanyard, so they never get scratched either, but I had a near miss last night. I was making a few cuts with the dado blade spinning at a million miles an hour, and leant over to check the alignment of the cut.... the glasses dangled to within a poofteenth of the spinning blade I reckon :eek: :eek: :eek: .

Cheers,

P
:D :D :D

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Originally Posted by apricotripper

...over time they cloud over from all the little scratches to the point I can't see well enough through them, and have to buy another.

Anybody got any clever tips for me on how to stop that ? , cause I go through about 2 or 3 glasses a year.

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Mate, grab one of your oldest and scratched up sets, a cheap tube of toothpaste and a box of tissues and polish away!!! the toothpaste is abrasive enough to polish out the scratches without riuining the remainder of the surface. if you dont have the patience to do it manually then try a polishing pad on a rotary tool (dremel) or similar. ive never done it that way but cant see why it wouldnt work.

and for those who want glasses and visors not to fog up, from the inadvertant hijack above, use that Rainex they sell in k-mart for car windows and rainhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon14.gif

Jake,
if you have a soft polishing mop on your bench grinder it will work a treat to remove any scratches on your lenses.

Mick

Jeweller's rouge works a treat on repolishing glasses. That is what it's for after all. :) Dunno how it'd go on plastic ones though.

And for fogging, there's a product similar to Rainex used to stop the visors on bike helmets fogging up. I forget what it's called, I prefer an open face helmet, but now that I think of it I'll have to get some for my face shield when turning.

Expensive for it's size, but worth every cent.

Go to your optometrist with your oldest frames in tow. Ask him to fit a pair of plano glass lenses to them. They will last for years providing that you dont drop them, and you can then polish them as described above.
I would strongly reccommend that you have an eye examination at the same time. In most cases it will be bulk billed.
Tony.

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Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Apricot,


You wouldn't put a plane down on anything harder than the blade with the blade exposed, so why don't you train yourself the same way with the safety glasses?

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:o Your idea makes perfect sense.

I've got a short term memory problem when I get absorbed with my work. Crowded work environment, and often only a couple of hours to do anything at any one time, has me rushing about. Plenty of family interruptions as well has me putting them down on a table or someplace where they end up being knocked about........etc (sorry, winging again)

What I normally do is sit them on my hat so their ready to go, and so I always know where they are(hate searching frantically for something I just had in my hand when I'm in the middle of something), but then whenever I lean over they often drop to the cement. Do that once a day and they start to scratch up.

But thanks on all the ideas. I think I might lean towards Micks and Dougs idea's. See what happens. Important to be able to see the details.

When I was younger and rode a motorcycle, I had a similar problem with the bubble shield for the helmet. The solution was to apply paste wax to the bubble shield. It's not a perfect solution but the bubble shields seemed to last much longer.

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Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Apricot,

There's this thing called taking care of the equipment!

You wouldn't put a plane down on anything harder than the blade with the blade exposed, so why don't you train yourself the same way with the safety glasses?
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Mine either on, or on my head, or on a wire hook above the TS.

Read about someone using Meguirs (sp?) Swirl Remover for polishing scratches out of a plastic (presumably polycarbonate) safety visor.

Too dear for an experimental purchase I'd be tipping, but if you already have some... ;)


Cheers..................Sean

Jake try "Plexus" its a seppo product for plastic cleaning
www.PlexusPlasticCleaner.com
1-800-405-6495 Think thats a yank phone No

Had a badly marked screen on the motor bike ( 1988 BMW ) and this stuff bought it back to clear
Was given to me , presento , but think motor shops , repco , woofies etc carry it

Bottom line It works and works well


Rgds