Anyone ever buffed out small eyeglass scratches? What did you use and how did it go? (lemmy.world)

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Mine have built a decent number of very small scratches and they're getting annoying so I'd like to get rid if at all possible.

I've seen various things suggested including:

lens scratch repair kit (reviews don't look great on amazon)
baking soda paste
non-abrasive toothpaste
furniture polish (temporarily fills in the scratch from what I can tell)

I'm reluctant to try any of them without some first hand accounts. No lens coating on these so no worries there.

Thank you in advance!

edit: I just want to say thanks very much to everyone. I ended up getting my prescription emailed to me and buying a new pair for €17 (about $19 USD) delivered on a site that one helpful poster linked. Looks like they will take about 3 weeks to get here so I'll put up with the scratchy ones until they get here.

When they do arrive I will take some pictures and test the various methods I found online then post up what works and what wrecks the lenses.

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[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

I recently viewed and saved a post regarding modern day lens coatings. Took me a bit to find it..

https://lemmy.world/post/18532120

There's also a particular comment in that thread that says what chemical they use to remove that coating. Check back soon and I'll reply to this comment with a link to that particular comment...

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Addendum, found the comment of interest..

https://lemmy.world/comment/11711303

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