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Spectacle May 4, 2011 at 2:33 pm

This is the placticizer coming to the surface and it just keeps happening. The only thing that has ever worked for me is to take an old piece of flannel and stretch it really tight over your finget and buff the frame out with a little dab of real acetone. You have to be careful as you can also ruin them if you get too much or do not buff fast enough.

ArrangeMySpace.com May 5, 2011 at 3:10 am

Really any color you want. If you had trim molding around the windows I would say be sure to paint the trim/molding white too otherwise you get stripey looking windows. But with yours any color would be great. I would look into the green gray family of color or tan-gray family. From Glidden you could use soft suede for the tannish gray or Hazy Sage for the greenish gray.https://www.glidden.com/color/color-palette.do

THe MoSt AMAzingG PersOn!!!! May 5, 2011 at 2:42 pm

Go slow and run them under hot to warm water before doing, if you hear a slight cracking then stop!!!!! they will break, go to the mall eye store and the lady at the counter can propably help you for free. GL!

mr_fix_it May 6, 2011 at 3:23 am

you can get a heat gun and use it, but be careful, they get really hot and can actually melt the plastic. you can also use a torch, same thing, get very hot can burn and melt it. if you use a torch, move it in and out fairly fast so it doesnt get the smoke stains on it, it will become soft pretty quick.

fghjk May 6, 2011 at 2:56 pm

Rubbing alchohal. It makes them look new. It also works for computer/laptop screens.

Spectacle May 7, 2011 at 2:51 am

there is not much you can do after the fact. It is always best to get a frame where your eye sits in the exact center of the frame, get the highest index aspheric lens you can afford (the better the lens, the more $ it is!) and get the highest quality anti refrective coating that they have available. getting a good frame that hides it is good too, other than that there is not much else you can do.

Paige May 7, 2011 at 2:36 pm

No, sunglasses aren’t like shirts or pants. You can’t shrink them. If you can still exchange them, take them back to the store and get a smaller frame size. Ray-Ban makes several sizes.

Footprintz May 8, 2011 at 3:28 am

The only reason we heat them is to make them more pliable so they don’t crack while bending them.If you got away with it without cracking them…you’re fine.It’s mostly older frames that have to be heated. New ones usually bend quite well without heating.