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    Clear tintable polarized lens

    Hi, does anyone know of a suitable source for tintable uncoloured/gray polarized polycarbonate or trivex lens?
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    You've lost me with "uncolored/gray".

    I always thought some tint is necessary to produce a polarized filter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tf50fm View Post

    Hi, does anyone know of a suitable source for tintable uncoloured/gray polarized polycarbonate or trivex lens?


    Polarized lenses are of the sandwiched type products that would probably dissolve the polaroide filter when dipped into a hot tinting solution.

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    Are you looking for plano lenses?

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    I know of no manufacturer of polarized lens who will tint one. It's too destructive to the lamination.
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    we use deep coat (tintable hard coat) and then colored (10-15% darkened), no delaminations, no polazrizations lost.

    we did it in some rare cases where glacier lenses took us.

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    Redhot Jumper However never dark enough for high alp glaziers. ....................................

    Quote Originally Posted by Mauro.Airoldi View Post

    we use deep coat (tintable hard coat) and then colored (10-15% darkened), no delaminations, no polazrizations lost.

    we did it in some rare cases where glacier lenses took us.


    ........................that is nothing new and revolutionary. However never dark enough for high alp glaziers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mauro.Airoldi View Post
    we use deep coat (tintable hard coat) and then colored (10-15% darkened), no delaminations, no polazrizations lost.

    we did it in some rare cases where glacier lenses took us.
    Very cool!
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