i got decked last week. first thing to go was my beloved pair of specs. the glasses company laughed at me when i asked them to fix em, the plastics company seemed kinda puzzled too. i fixed them with some JB weld, which is holding well so far, but since it didn't actually melt the plastic, i'm afraid it's gonna fall apart quite soon.

do any of you nerd kings have any tips or experience with fixing plastic framed glasses?

Not sure specifically about glasses, but if you go to a hobby store, you can get a type of plastic glue that melts the plastic for a bit and then can be reformed pretty solidly.

Any place that sells plastic models should have it.

Tom wrote:Not sure specifically about glasses, but if you go to a hobby store, you can get a type of plastic glue that melts the plastic for a bit and then can be reformed pretty solidly.

Any place that sells plastic models should have it.

agreed. That kind of glue that you mix together works wonders. I actually has to solder my metal frame glasses when they broke a couple of months ago, which was messy and hard. Every single pair of glasses I own get destroyed after about a year and a half.

Tom wrote:Not sure specifically about glasses, but if you go to a hobby store, you can get a type of plastic glue that melts the plastic for a bit and then can be reformed pretty solidly.

Any place that sells plastic models should have it.

I *think* you mean araldite. I've used this to fix my glasses before. It certainly is tough shit, but I'd probably practice on something else first, so that you don't end up smearing it along the frames. I also suggest some small craft clamps to hold the frames together while the glue sets.

Yeah. It's certainly something not something you want to do when you got a minute to spare. Set up for it. It should work though.


Or there is always masking tape.

I have repaired plastics under similar conditions by drilling them out with a very fine bit, and inserting a rod ( a snipped part of a paperclip would do ) smeared with superglue. Sand the inserted part first, and put a thin bead on the face surfaces as well. Good luck to you whatever you do.

Remove the lenses, superglue them to a pair of small metal rods and get your significant other to hammer these into your brow.

You will NEVER lose your glasses, let alone break them.

Rimbaud III wrote:Remove the lenses, superglue them to a pair of small metal rods and get your significant other to hammer these into your brow.

Yeah, there's still time to get in on the thin end of that trendy curve, before all the dorks just ruin it.

Rimbaud III wrote:

Tom wrote:Not sure specifically about glasses, but if you go to a hobby store, you can get a type of plastic glue that melts the plastic for a bit and then can be reformed pretty solidly.

Any place that sells plastic models should have it.

I *think* you mean araldite.

Araldite is tough as fuck. I'd use it for harder plastics. It does not "melt" plastic though. That's polyblablablabla that you use for Airfix models, or "Superglue".

Fpr softer plastics, I'd try a little superglue and hold it for 5 minutes. For harder plastic, you'll need a clamp if you want to use Araldite.