AO discontinued AO ink remover, seems to be the most effective in removing markings for AR. Tried others, not as good. Need help or AO salesman contact me to buy what's left, if there is any.
AO discontinued AO ink remover, seems to be the most effective in removing markings for AR. Tried others, not as good. Need help or AO salesman contact me to buy what's left, if there is any.
Use alchohol and elbow grease. If you don't want to use the grease, use acetone except on polycarbonate.
Mosten kleenex and rub.
chip
With the coatings available today on poly, acetone is OK as long as you are very carefull. This also goes for alcohol. Don't use either on four screw rimless mounts as the solvent will move into the holes and destroy the lens from the inside out! (Like in the movie Alien).
Corey
Beyond removing the visible markings on PALs (for which acetone works great), you can usually remove the invisible markings that are left behind (the ones that show up when you steam up the lens) by soaking them in UV solution. We have a few patients who have been annoyed by those markings (then again, we have some who have been annoyed by the laser etchings on the lens, geesh!).
Of course, certain lenses have a nasty habit of losing their markings when you take the surface saver tape off them after surfacing... anyone have any tricks for keeping the markings on the lens? :)
Pete
Pete,
There is a little product available called a "Kling-on" that you apply over the markings before using the surface saver tape. Comes in 2 sizes - I would suggest using the "Kling-on Junior" which is a bit smaller. Many labs use these - those that are still tapeing. It uses no adhesive so the markings are only protected from the tape, not pulled off.
I thought the Romulans took care of the Kling-on's. Or was that the Borg. Whoops had one of those flash backs. Those sixties
were really hard on flash backs. Got to go another flash back
or was that camera backwards?
JRS:
Thank you!!!! I was trying to think of the name of those guys and the little blue sticky things, I think Slip-Stop guards, in another post.
In a pinch grease pencil also works well. Just sharpen the grease pencil with a box knife or eyeliner/browliner sharpener if you have one and trace over the manufacturers marks.
I've found that soaking PAL's in hot water for about 10 seconds does the trick. With a squirt of alcohol and a light rub, the markings come right off!
Blake
Most hardware stores sell a product called "GOOF OFF." We've been using it on everything but AR coated lenses for several years with great results.
Kevin
hot neutralizer on a towel
cleen quick if sprayed on a towel and rubbed only on the surface.
It will also destroy poly if it gets under the coating so be careful.
90% alcohol works, too.
Alcohol works best and is probably the safest Vs Acetone, from a health stand point, when buying from one of the Marts or Drug stores buy the 95%+. I know you can find the 99.5% at Home Depot and Lowes. It makes all the difference.
Alchohol work's great..........so does acetone. Just be carefull on the polycarbs w/acetone.
if you can get ahold of the static cling stickers that are supposed to on finished pairs of glasses the lens mnfg. make, and put one on before surface saver tape...problem solved
i have some in my lab from essilor
our corporate heads are so retarded they told me to put static cling stickers on anti-statc lenses.
this is why i have not purchaced stock.
I have been using for 20 years a product that is non-acetone and works great. In fact there are now 2 products available in the Toronto area. I found the problem with Acetone to be not on the lenses but on the frame. Some plastic frames and some of the finishes on metal frames (and not always the cheap ones) would react to the acetone and the finish was ruined. Strong rubbing alcohol would work - with a lot of effort. But the specific products made for the optical industry with no acetone work fantastic. If you need the contact in Ontario Canada send me a reply and I will look it up at the office.
Hilco do products called "solves it" and "solves it for poly" as you would expect the second it safe for polycarbonate. It's what we use and it takes the marking of all of the brands we sell. Essilor marking take a bit longer though, so if its not polycarb i use acetone.
It's very handy because it comes in a pen applicator, so no need to worry about spillage.
Get hold of some "Markaway", no rubbing, dissolves markings PALs in a breeze without acetone and you can use it on Poly without damage.
In Toronto you can get it from McCray, Trident and Kleargo or direct from OMS
Funny...............9 year old thread
I know this is an old thread but I looked this topic up because I personally experienced the issue of lens markings ghosting through after a period of time! I have been wearing progressive sunglasses with a flash mirror coating and after a year all the progressive lens markings became visible over a period of about a month! I can't remember which lab made them for me but Opticote is working on removing the marks and recoating the lenses for me. I would imagine a consumer that had paid retail for these (about $500 estimated) would have been very annoyed! Is this a common problem and what is the best way to avoid it?
Use a proper ink remover made for that purpose that does not harm lens material nor coatings. There are several different ones available on the market.
They will properly dissolve the markings and you can wash off the residues so that you will not start to see them again because they were not properly rubbed off.
This is like removing the bed mattress tag. You better watch out, because Fletch is going to come after you!
I prefer a bench grinder at high speed. Lets here it for the "Oldest Thread Painfully Ressurected on Optiboard" this year award?
"Here, here,..............I second the emotion!Originally Posted by sharpstick777
Eyes wide open
hey, at least he used the "search" function
we use "ink-b-gone" from dynamic labs, it works perfectly for us. minimal rubbing and the ink is gone!
Lemon extract!
Trish Hammons ABOC
acetone free nail polish remover....It costs like $1.50 a bottle
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