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1/19/04, 5:48 PM #1

Glenn Hodges
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Glenn Hodges

>What if I put my eyeglasses in a quart of acetone and soaked them over night? Would this remove the CA glue from the lens?

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1/19/04, 6:03 PM #2

Bert Smith
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>Don't do it if they are plastic type lenses, like mine were...:-) I don't know about glass lenses.

Bert

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1/19/04, 6:30 PM #3

RevDoug
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>Only if they are glass lenses, you should be able to get the glue off with some acetone on a rag. If your lenses are plastic, sorry, you're out of luck.

Turn 'em round,

RevDoug

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1/19/04, 7:08 PM #4

George Troy
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>Debonder does work and I have used it on my plastic lenses. It works fast and did they job for me. Of course as they say use at your own risk. I don't think a soak is necessary. GT

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1/19/04, 7:48 PM #5

Brian MacDonald
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Brian MacDonald - Olympia, Wa

>One thing that would concern me is the coatings on the lenses. Anti-glare, scratch-resistance, etc might be removed as well as the CA.

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1/19/04, 8:24 PM #6

Greg
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Greg

>Glenn,

RIGHT before you throw your glasses away, remember that micromesh is used to polish glass, so you could literally sand the CA off which will scratch the glass, and use the MM to polish the glass back out. Again, definitely a last ditch effort kind of thing, though.

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I am always on the hunt for ephemera. It can be pictures, legal document, diplomas, manuals, personal letters and anything else that shows up. I try not to keep any of my finds. I read them, enjoy them, and then look for a permanent home. I have donated to museums, schools, fraternal organizations and even to the Weyerheauser Company. My finds are distributed here in the Pacific Northwest, but also California, Iowa, New Mexico, New York, Wisconsin and Connecticut. Helpful hint: Just about every county in the country has a museum of some sort. They are usually thrilled to receive items that reflect their history and culture. I recently had in my possession a personal letter from February,1946, that had been addressed from one APO (army post office) to another. Stamped on the face was "Return to Sender, Undeliverable Address". I had found it at an estate sale, presumably at the home of the person who originally sent the letter. I have no idea why the letter was kept all these years, but it had never been opened. I opened it and read it at home. It was written by an American woman who worked as a civilian for the U.S. government in post-war Offenhut, Germany. She had sent it to another American woman who was doing a similar job in Shanhghai, China. The letter was newsy and informative about the hardships of living in a bombed out country. No doubt the conditions in Shanghai were no better. I had no great expectations of success, but I googled the name of the intended recipient. The woman's first name is uncommon, and I came upon a woman of that name who had gotten married in California in 1947, the year after the letter was sent. Further, the letter had stated that the two women had worked together for the O.N.I. (Office of Naval Intelligence?) in San Francisco during the war, so California made sense. So I had the woman's current name, or at least it was current 64 years ago. More digging revealed that there is a couple living in the same California town as where the marriage took place. He is 97 and she is 91. (It's amazing what the internet can divulge.) I got the phone number and called. The husband answered. I introduced myself and told him I was looking for a woman and mentioned her maiden name. He said yes, that was his wife's maiden name. Then I said the woman I was looking for had worked in Shanghai after the war. He said, yes, his wife had worked in China. WOW, I had hit paydirt. We didn't talk for long, but he was enthused about receiving the letter, and I mailed it the next day. He promised to write back after the letter arrived. It has been just over a week, so I am eagerly waiting for his return letter. Hopefully it will take less than 65 years to get here. Greg

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1/19/04, 10:49 PM #7

Glenn Hodges
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Glenn Hodges

>Thanks everyone, I have even thought about using the white part of the Beal Buffing System to try and remove the glue and scratches from the plastic glasses. I will order some of the debonder.

Half Blind in Nashville, Georgia

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1/20/04, 12:21 AM #8

Jim Pugh in Ohio
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Jim Pugh in Ohio

>You will find that acetone and a q-tip or similar will remove the CA glue. I have plastic coated lenses and was reluctant to use the acetone so took them to my optician - who used acetone.

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