Specsavers glasses damaged by hairspray

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

I went to boots and fell for their tricks. Worst pair of gongs I ever bought. Coating is about as much use as a chocolate fire guard. Avoided since 2001.

LilElvis

bod1467 wrote: »

Hairspray removes perfume? :eek:

No! Perfume removes ink too. Worked well when sprog tried to turn Sleeping Beauty into a Smurf by colouring her face. The amount of Chanel it took to remove it, it would have been cheaper to buy a new doll.

persa

As a glasses-wearing female, I learned the hard way that hairspray removes the coating on specs when I was in secondary school.

I've bought glasses from all the major high street retailers over the years and not a single optician has warned me not to use hairspray. Don't really think this one can be pinned on Specsavers.

I also use hairspray to remove biro on clothes before washing them.

mikb

LilElvis wrote: »

No! Perfume removes ink too. Worked well when sprog tried to turn Sleeping Beauty into a Smurf by colouring her face. The amount of Chanel it took to remove it, it would have been cheaper to buy a new doll.

It's the alcohol content. Far cheaper to try surgical spirit/meths/isopropanol -- isopropanol "dissolves" biro ink, and CD-marker pen ink a treat.

I use it to clean my specs, but then I didn't let them upsell me flashy coatings that probably do nothing! Otherwise, I'd have the same problem as the OP.

C_Mababejive

Just a note to say that if you have plastic lenses and the anti reflection coating is wearing off it places, you can easily restore them by stripping off the anti reflective/anti scratch coating using armor etch (google). I can vouch for it as i restored a pair of my specs using this to strip off the coating. Do not use on glass as it will ruin them !

Use with care..read the insructions,wear gloves, wear eye protection. I did mine in about 15 mins,,

pollypenny

Spraying your hair whilst wearing glasses?

No, absolutely daft!

BlueEyedGirl

Out of curiosity what is the recommended way of cleaning your glasses?

hcb42

I would shield my eyes, automatic reaction, although would not spray with glasses on either

C_Mababejive

BlueEyedGirl wrote: »

Out of curiosity what is the recommended way of cleaning your glasses?

I would say use lens wet wipes..dont use fairly liquid or household cleaners..

BlueEyedGirl

C_Mababejive wrote: »

I would say use lens wet wipes..dont use fairly liquid or household cleaners..

I tried some lens wipes from Home Bargains, but they were rubbish, dry as anything in the packet! I need to search out some better ones!