Marking AR coated lenses- help!

[Pete Hanlin]

Hi all,

All of the rimless products out there now (Titans, Airlocks, etc) seem to have one thing in common. Namely, you have to make reference marks on the lenses. However, most of the lenses we sell in these premium frames have AR coating on them.

Aside from SOLA's UTMC coating, I find it nearly impossible to find a pen that will make a mark on AR coated lenses. China markers will leave a mark, but are clumsy and inaccurate.

Any advice on what to use when marking these lenses? I suppose I could put tape over the lens and mark the tape, but...

Pete

[Kim Scheidler]

I went through a few dollars at the office supply store trying to find what you're after after several of our customers brought this up. My best results on the largest variety of AR coatings were with the good old Laundry marker that you can find all over the place. The ink must be different from most markers. It will smudge right away if you touch it, but let it sit a few minutes and you'll need acetone to remove. This should be safe for most lenses other that poly that's scratched. Hope this works on your coating of choice.

[Mike Fretto]

http://www.staedtler.com

Pete weve found these to work very well, we use the lumocolor 313.

[gebe33]

Hi Pete,
I've had good luck using a Bradford ulta fine point sharpie. It doesn't work on AR lens as well as it does on reg lens but it does work and give you a fine line.

[Mike Fretto]

http://www.duall.com

Pete try this link I think it will be easier for you to get them here. We get ours through our home office who gets them locally in N.C. I called Staedtler and they refered me to the above link good luck let me know if they work for you.

[Pete Hanlin]

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! I will try all of them and report back on the results. I'm looking forward to being able to match up to a real line and not a smeared bunch of beaded ink drops!

Pete

[Cindy Hamlin]

Pete,
I wnt to add my agreement about the sharpie markers. I used them for years and they worked great!

~Cindy

[Joann Raytar]

Pete,

We take a grease pencil and shave it down to a really fine point using a razor blade.