Fixing Your Shades 101

We all make mistakes, whether we spill juice on our clothes, or we drop food on our lap on our favorite jeans.

We also make mistakes with our sunglasses. We get a pair, we love them, and then the worst happens…

You sit on them, the lens comes off, or the temples are bent. Then we guiltily find ourselves walking back to the store having to buy a new pair or shamefully have to get them fixed after just a week of getting them. Don’t be that customer who comes in and is always breaking their shades!

Here’s a 101 on different situations and how to fix your own shades at home:

• If the lens comes off,

1. Pop the lens back in if it is an acetate frame from the inner corner of the frame to the outer OR if you have a metal frame, most of them have the frame screwed in so simply grab a small screw driver.
2. Unscrew it and then easily place the lens and tighten the screw back up little by little while adjusting the frame.

• If the frame is loose,

1. If the acetate frame is loose tighten the ends of the temple by stretching it in
2. Use a hairdryer to warm up the front of the frame and then bend it in little by little, DON’T OVERDO IT, it can break

• If it’s a metal frame,

1. Bend the front of the frame in gently
2. Then tighten the ends in, make sure it is not uncomfortable
3. Adjust the nose pads by bending them outwards facing your nose so it sits better on your face

These are your simple tips and tricks for adjusting your frames, also keep in mind that there is warranty on some brands and free adjustments at local eyeglass stores like LensCrafter and Sunglass Hut! Ask them for more details on their policies.