Dog Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I broke my specs and glued the lense back in with super glue and got it all over the lense.White spirit wouldn't budge it nor cigarette lighter fuel but bingo MEK - methyl ethyl ketone did it straight away.The fumes can give you liver cancer amongst other things so use it in a well ventilated area. The MEK I used was for melting plastic pipes together - MEK was used as a rubber rejuvinator in the printing trade but was banned some years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 acetone is recommended herehttp://www.supergluecorp.com/removingsuperglue.htmlDanny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Jack Duckworth recommends elastoplast[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 Funnily enough I was going to try acetone but had run out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissie Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Any chance of a picture of your pink toe nails dog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Acetone is the simplest of the ketones, both solvants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 One little word of caution re glasses: the lenses nowadays are plastic: many solvents make an excellent job of dissolving spec lenses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Oops should have said my lenses were glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Antiques then.Rather quaint! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Highest refraction lenses are quartz glass ain't they?Don't want milk bottles and plastic scratches so easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Most High Diopta lenses today are made from multi-coated plastic: which is remarkably scratch resistant, as the final coatings resist damage from normal wear and tear.They are also far, far lighter.Interestingly, I still have a pair of glasses I had made up in 1972: for motor racing. The lenses are made from Triplex Glass and guaranteed shatterproof! The guarantee is still in the glasses case.Soft slick tyres as commonly used then were notorious for sucking up small flints when hot; and throwing them from the periphery of the tyre at huge speed later on.The very talented Austrian driver Dr Helmut Marko was blinded whilst driving in the French Grand Prix: a stone thrown up by Emmerson Fittipaldi's Lotus, penetrated the safety visor of his fully enveloping Bell Star helmet and blinded him in one eye.I immediately changed my Bell Star visor for one guaranteed to take a charge of buckshot from a 12 bore from ten feet!But I still had the safety glasses made up too. Belt and braces!Boy! Are they ever heavy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 You have to worry when the weight of your glasses comes into consideration in a sporting event.Quartz still has a higher refractive index.I just wear goggles that will withstand a shotgun blast at short distance.Modern hi-powered motorcycles with sticky tyres shoot out grit at high speed and it doesn't half hurt when you ride in cotton trousers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicandJo Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 [quote user="Dog"]I broke my specs and glued the lense back in with super glue and got it all over the lense.White spirit wouldn't budge it nor cigarette lighter fuel but bingo MEK - methyl ethyl ketone did it straight away.The fumes can give you liver cancer amongst other things so use it in a well ventilated area. The MEK I used was for melting plastic pipes together - MEK was used as a rubber rejuvinator in the printing trade but was banned some years ago.[/quote]MEK is still used in some industries....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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