So I highly recommend this article which shows you how to get the lenses out and this one to get the lenses back in.Īs I am clearly not the expert for baking sodas I tried to find differences between them and if one type of baking soda might work better for removing scratches from glasses. Depending on the glasses and the frame you can see this debris after you tried to remove the scratches from your glasses. The reason, therefore, is the paste and/or the solution with baking soda will accumulate in the space between the lenses and the frame. Medium scratches that were less visible in the coatingįirst of all, before I applying toothpaste or baking soda to a lens please pop the lenses out of the frame.Deep scratches (coating is scratched and the underlying lens material).But then how good can your glasses be recovered from scratches? Therefore I scratched the surface of the lenses in different intensities. So can you expect to create a lens surface as your glasses were new? No. However, looking at the before and after pictures in the video above, I can see little scratches in both pictures immediately. When looking online baking soda gets recommended a lot to remove scratches in your glasses. Therefore I used different coatings but still there is a lot of room for different results here.ĭoes Baking Soda Really Remove Scratches? Depending on how deep the scratches are and/or what strain (mechanical or thermal) caused the surface of the lenses to become rough your results may differ from mine in the tests. Glass Etching Products for Removing Scratched Coatingsīefore you test those methods on your own glasses you should know the components like the base material or the coating will probably differ from the test situation here in the blog or from a video you see on YouTube that was made in a tutorial style.īecause manufacturers have multiple coatings and base materials.The methods I used to remove scratches from glasses: You can see the results for every method used in the pictures below. The question is can you remove the scratches from the glasses? I am a master optician and in this article, I tested various methods for you to get rid of the scratches. A scratch appears on the surface of your lenses.