I wanted to suggest a wonderful product for attaching eyeglass parts -- JB Weld. It's a "cold weld" product, which is old fashioned doublespeak for a steel reinforced epoxy resin. It's a 2 part product, made in a town not far from where I live, and is sold internationally.
I mention it only because it is, by far, the best adhesive epoxy and "rebuilding" epoxy that I've ever used, or even seen. It really is *that* good. And, it's an old product...decades old. It was originally designed to bond together engine castings, and tractor parts...but it's got *so* many more uses than that. It's available at almost any hardware store, or even WalMart...almost everywhere if their web site is to be believed. http://www.jbweld.com There are numerous mentions of it being used for eyeglasses, including plastic frames, on google. Happily I've had no reason to try this, but knowing what I know about their product, it doesn't surprise me. Maybe it'll hold better and longer than superglue? -- Chuck Knight On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM, abfabdude <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I first found this blog, and Ira's website I went wild and bought > a pair of glasses from Zenni, LBW eyewear, a brick and mortar in N.Y. > with a website called Dreamshades, and Googles4U. > > Well, I've already raved about the Glasses I got from Zenni with > progressives. > In Black: > http://www.zennioptical.com/cart/product.php?productid=1304&cat=30&page=1 > > The two pair of glasses from LBW are also great, > In clear red with single vision lenses: > http://www.lbweyewear.com/Products/PLASTIC/TD/WF-630.html > As Sunglasses with dark Green Tint: > http://www.lbweyewear.com/Products/SPECIALs/TF-8006.html > > Dreamshades.com were Persol (my apologies for feeding the Luxottica > monster) > In the largest size avaible, in Bordeaux, with visible line bifocals. > http://www.dreamshades.com/p-21315-persol-po2857v.aspx > I had excellent email contact throughout the ordering and shipping > process, and while these wound up being the most expensive, they still > were at least 150.00 less than buying the identical glasses locally. > > This leaves us with the three pairs of glasses from Goggles 4 U; > > All three are very large acetate (Zyl) frames (50mm+ width and 38mm+ > Height), > > The first pair arrived contorted, the technician heated the nosepiece > to fold them so they would fit in the case. Unwearable, even after > seeking proffesional assistance. > > Fine, G4U offered a replacement pair at no cost.VI ordered an > additional pair with a large lens height with progressive lenses.ery > pleased with their customer service at that point. > > > Observations: > 1.As best I can tell, the first pair would be optically perfect, if > the frame were not bent. (The lenses are large and FLAT, totally > destroying the linear curvature of the original shape of the frame, > and rendering it unwearable unless the wearer had a hat size of 10. > > 2.The replacement pair, arrived with surface scratches all over the > frames, again the lenses are great...A metal piece fell of the temple > when I tried them on the first time though. I can solve that with some > superglue, although I don't think that's going to last very long as a > fix. > > 3.The progressives make me "seasick" ( I adapted to the Zenni's in a > couple of minutes) I am going to try to wear them today and see If I > adjust to this before I make any pronouncements. > These frames are also heavily scratched but a better quality than the > other two. > > Look, I've worn glasses since I was 8 (I'm 44) and as an adult have > ALWAYS had multiple pairs of glasses. I have had a particular pair of > Gucci sunglasses frames that have been re-lensed 2-3 times. I > purchased them a DECADE ago and they don't have as many surface > scratches as the supposedly brand new ones from G4U. > > I would complain to customer service, but have no faith at this point > that I would receive unblemished and wearable glasses. > > I think my lesson is learned at this point, and I might be better off > with the other providers. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
