Coating peeling on Monster Dog lenses

[Oakleylover13]

Hey guys, has anyone here dealt with this kind of issue with lenses? I bought a used pair of Monster Dog today, and there’s some coating peeling on the inside of the lenses around the edge. I’ll attach a photo below so you can see what it looks like.

Do you know if this can be fixed somehow? Maybe by heating it with a hair dryer or using some other method? Or is the only real option to buy new lenses?

I’d really appreciate any advice from someone who’s dealt with this before.

 

[docrusty]

Hey guys, has anyone here dealt with this kind of issue with lenses? I bought a used pair of Monster Dog today, and there’s some coating peeling on the inside of the lenses around the edge. I’ll attach a photo below so you can see what it looks like.

Do you know if this can be fixed somehow? Maybe by heating it with a hair dryer or using some other method? Or is the only real option to buy new lenses?

I’d really appreciate any advice from someone who’s dealt with this before.

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Quite normal for old Oakley lenses. Technically called delamination.
Take a piece of packing tape and put it on the inside of the lenses and it will peel off the inside layer that is delaminating.

 

[GoldenRod]

Quite normal for old Oakley lenses. Technically called delamination.
Take a piece of packing tape and put it on the inside of the lenses and it will peel off the inside layer that is delaminating.

I tried this and they looked even worse. The whole layer didn't come off. Just bits and pieces

 

[docrusty]

I tried this and they looked even worse. The whole layer didn't come off. Just bits and pieces

You either had shyt packing tape or it wasn’t quite ready yet. I had a pair that I had to do multiple times to get all the pieces off.

 

[GoldenRod]

You either had shyt packing tape or it wasn’t quite ready yet. I had a pair that I had to do multiple times to get all the pieces off.

I used duct tape lol it actually sort of delaminated after cutting. Idk if that's different to the ones that delam from humidity

 

[ZCForge]

If you’re real lucky, you’ll get the low poly delam

 

[docrusty]

If you’re real lucky, you’ll get the low poly delam
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Oh that's the iridium coating. The tape trick only works on the anti-reflective layer on the inside of the lens.

 

[ZCForge]

Oh that's the iridium coating. The tape trick only works on the anti-reflective layer on the inside of the lens.

That’s all natural delam

 

[Doulke]

I had quite a few pairs that delaminated, most were older pairs that were in great condition but when I washed the after use as soon as the water touched them they delaminated instantly.
I have a pair of oil drums polarised gray, the only pair that the layer came out both sides with tape without leaving any marks, can I use them or is best not to?

 

[Oakleylover13]

Quite normal for old Oakley lenses. Technically called delamination.
Take a piece of packing tape and put it on the inside of the lenses and it will peel off the inside layer that is delaminating.

Hey guys, thanks for all the replies. I had seen the packing tape method before, but for some reason I forgot about it, and yesterday I decided to try peeling the coating off. It worked pretty well and I liked the result. While doing this, I accidentally caught the iridium coating on the front side of the lens, and it was already not in great condition, so I decided to peel it off the same way, and I liked that result too. Below I will show photos of the result before and after on both sides of the lens.

Inner side of the lens.
Before:

After:

Front side of the lens.
Before:

After:
Now one lens is lighter, so today I will do the same with the second lens. Of course, this does not remove any scratches, they are still there, but small scuffs and peeling are removed by the packing tape quite well, and the lenses look neater.



I have many pairs with a similar problem, and I will probably try to do the same with them. Can you tell me what the downsides of this procedure might be? I mean, does it affect visibility or the characteristics of the lenses in any way?

Many thanks to @docrusty for the advice, I really appreciate it. It really works, and I hope this post will be useful to someone if they have not tried this before.