Hey Guys & Gals
I've got a Sola Compact in 1.60 Index that will not tint past a 1 soild so far. I usually have my tint unit at 200-210. It was in for over an hour. Any suggestions? Lower temp perhaps? Thanks for your help in advance.
Help with Tint
Hey Guys & Gals
I've got a Sola Compact in 1.60 Index that will not tint past a 1 soild so far. I usually have my tint unit at 200-210. It was in for over an hour. Any suggestions? Lower temp perhaps? Thanks for your help in advance.
I've never had much luck tinting a high index lens...maybe leave it in the tint overnight? (turn down the temp though!)
Are you using lens-prep before trying to tint?? What kind of hard coating does the lens have??
Some labs have non-tintable backside coatings along with tintable. Check with your lab.
Bad beat me to it. If you tell your lab to put a tintable hard coat on the back, you can tint it darker. Or, order it tinted. Sometimes for me, it's worth the price in time saved by letting the lab do it rather than me.
I have a rule. We only hand tint CR39 uncoated lenses. Everything else is ordered as polorized. Not worth the warpage trying to tint anything else. Although once in a while a very light tint on a tintable poly.
will not tint past a 1 soild .......................
Micro Tints will tint High Index and Poly to a 4 in 4 to 8 minutes without a problem, as well as CR39 in 60 seconds.Originally Posted by partyoptician
I would keep the tint between 200 and 205. If there is any back side coating you'll need to resurface it and then try tinting it again. Plus if the job isn't done within 5 minutes your risking warping the lenses.
:drop:
Essilor does their sun tints (not the typical tint). Costs a couple more bucks, but cheaper than polarization.
Doesn't always work. A lot of 1.6s have a hard coat and will not tint. I had to stop doing it, because I was getting a lot of inconsitencies.
inconsistent............who is............
If a material, hard coat or lens it is not tintable, neither this or the other way will not work.
If the material is tintable MicroTints will do the job just 100x faster with very little investment.
However as in the dye pot you have to learn which lens materials will produce color shifts and then correct them.
The US Navy, Coast Guard and the Marines have been using this way of tinting on all of theire Rx tinting jobs for over 4 years. The absorbtion curve of the black color has obe of the straightest lines on the market and fully accepted for Navt pilots in the cockpit.
.tryadding al small amount of PG to the pan 1 to 2 oz keep your temp at 205.
Last edited by LKahn; 07-31-2008 at 08:49 PM. Reason: correction
Polarization is sooooo much a better way for lenses that must be hard coated. Keep in mind that tinting deteriorates the coating. The darker (more tint particles penetrating the coating) the more so.
Lkahn,
dude there was a rumor you died, and we haven't seen from you in a year.
Do not believe everything you read
I don't believe that statement!
:D:D:cheers::cheers::D:D
DragonlensmanWV N.A.O.L.
"There is nothing patriotic about hating your government or pretending you can hate your government but love your country."
It's true !!!
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks