How to replace lenses in my glasses?

I bought a pair of glasses less than a year ago, and the frame chipped
when I dropped them. I was able to find the exact same frames at a
store (without an optometrist). When I had metal frames, there was a
screw that allowed you to loosen the frame and replace the lens. But
this particular frame is all plastic, and does not have such a thing.
How do I switch the lense from my old frame to the new one (again,
it's the EXACT same frame)??? Do I just pop them out with force?
Warm up the frame in warm water first?

"martin lynch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I bought a pair of glasses less than a year ago, and the frame chipped
> when I dropped them. I was able to find the exact same frames at a
> store (without an optometrist). When I had metal frames, there was a
> screw that allowed you to loosen the frame and replace the lens. But
> this particular frame is all plastic, and does not have such a thing.
> How do I switch the lense from my old frame to the new one (again,
> it's the EXACT same frame)??? Do I just pop them out with force?
> Warm up the frame in warm water first?

You will need to heat the plastic. The water will need to hot, not warm. But
I would take it to where you bought the original frames or the new frames
and see if they will do it for you. Many places will do it for free if you
previously bought something there..

You might be able to do that, and might not. We use hot salt, hotter
than you can get water. If you're lucky, you'll snap them in without
breaking the frame, and who knows, you might even get the axes lined up
properly, and even be able to adjust them on your own face. I heard
about a sailor who set his own broken arm, and then there's that rock
climber who cut his own hand off to get free. Your mileage may vary.




martin lynch wrote:

>I bought a pair of glasses less than a year ago, and the frame chipped
>when I dropped them. I was able to find the exact same frames at a
>store (without an optometrist). When I had metal frames, there was a
>screw that allowed you to loosen the frame and replace the lens. But
>this particular frame is all plastic, and does not have such a thing.
>How do I switch the lense from my old frame to the new one (again,
>it's the EXACT same frame)??? Do I just pop them out with force?
>Warm up the frame in warm water first?
>
>
>

On Feb 10, 4:06 pm, "James" <nob...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> I would take it to where you bought the original frames or the new frames
> and see if they will do it for you. Many places will do it for free if you
> previously bought something there..

I agree. Have them do it, they have tools and more experience.

BlackHawk96 wrote:

>Do you know what the recommended temperature of the salt is? If I
>knew that I could heat up the salt in a deep baking dish in the oven,
>and go from there. My guess would be 250 degrees f.
>
Pretty good guess.

>But if that
>weren't hot enough, one could always increase the temp by, say, 25 d.
>f., until the salt was hot enough to make the plastic frames pliable,
>without melting them. Of course, how LONG you leave the frames in the
>hot salt is another variable. I would imagine that only submerging the
>lower 1/2 to 2/3 of the frames in the salt would be critical in order
>to not screw up the alignment of the lenses.
>
You can try that. I usually submerge one side at a time for about 5
seconds, depending on the frame, and keep it moving to help avoid
surface pitting/burns. Check flexibility and if still stiff, 5 more
sec. at a time. Work from the front, inserting first the temporal edges,
then roll the bottom edge into the groove, then the top, finish by
snapping in the nasal corner.

On Feb 10, 5:46 pm, "martin lynch" <odiegoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I bought a pair of glasses less than a year ago, and the frame chipped
> when I dropped them. I was able to find the exact same frames at a
> store (without an optometrist). When I had metal frames, there was a
> screw that allowed you to loosen the frame and replace the lens. But
> this particular frame is all plastic, and does not have such a thing.
> How do I switch the lense from my old frame to the new one (again,
> it's the EXACT same frame)??? Do I just pop them out with force?
> Warm up the frame in warm water first?

go to any optical shop and ask them to do it. why risk burning the
frame.