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  • over_clox@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Anyone ever buffed out small eyeglass scratches? What did you use and how did it go?
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    22 hours ago

    I’ve done it before, using a Dremel tool with a polishing wheel and wax polishing compound, then toothpaste on a rag.

    It took me two days, per lens to get anything close to usably clear. So I hate to say it, but you’re probably better off getting new lenses.

    TL;DR the next part, shit used to be made to last…

    Or, if you hit a dumb stroke of luck like I recently did, get some vintage glasses made in the 1980s. It’s very rare that I stumble into prescription glasses that match my prescription, but I accidentally came across a perfect matching pair that was manufactured around 1988, and they just refuse to scratch!

    Yes, that’s almost impossible to stumble across, but you never know what you might find in a thrift store or flea market.

  • over_clox@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.world•Helene rapidly intensifies into a hurricane on its path to the strongest storm to hit the US in over a year
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    9 days ago

    We rode out Katrina near the Mississippi Gulf Coast back in 2005, in a run down trailer made in 1979. We didn’t board up the windows, matter of fact we did exactly the opposite.

    We opened all the windows and doors, to allow the air pressure changes easier to try to equalize. We sat in the living room, no power, just a battery powered radio, watching the walls ‘breathe’, if you will…

    Scary shit yo, but our beater trailer survived. About 45 minutes after the strong winds started to settle down, suddenly the water level raised about a foot and a half, only a couple inches from coming in our front door. Luckily we were on high enough ground that we didn’t get water in the trailer. Luckily.

    We were two weeks without power, but at least my dad was smart enough to be prepared with a 400 gallon tank of chlorinated ground water. People though he was crazy for having that much treated water prepared, until Katrina hit, then he was sharing the water with all the neighbors.

    TL;DR - Stay safe out there, and prepare early.