Add a fancy style to your look by tinting your eyeglasses. Not only does tinting boost your mood, but it can improve visual comfort and make you more comfortable. Use the darker tints to block harmful UV rays and the lighter tints as a great fashion statement.
It’s possible to tint existing prescription glasses. Protect your eyes from harmful UV rays, light sensitivity issues, and migraines using tinted eyeglasses. If you tint your eyeglasses at home to save on cost, exercise extreme caution to avoid damaging your lenses.
If you want to enjoy certain benefits from tinting your prescription glasses, it’s best to consult your eye care provider. Discuss any problems you’re having with your vision, and seek advice on what tint glasses are best for you. Now let’s dive into how to tint your glasses.
Can You Tint Existing Prescription Glasses?
The answer is “Yes,” and it benefits your eyes. Your existing prescription sunglasses will not only play the role of correction but also act as sunglasses to protect your eyes from harmful UV rays. In addition, tinted prescription glasses are a necessary accessory for summer.
Tinting your existing prescription glasses can add coatings like sunglasses feature, such as anti-scratch, anti-reflective, and those that block UV rays.
Benefits of Tinted Glass
Tinted glasses aren’t just stylish! There are some real, tangible benefits to having tented lenses, such as:
Light Sensitivity
People who suffer from light sensitivity experience pain when exposed to light and often retreat to dark areas or wear sunglasses to get some relief. However, this can make you adapt to dark conditions and worsen your photophobia.
The best solution to light sensitivity is to tint your sunglasses. Unfortunately, there isn’t recommended color tint for photophobia; it all depends on the wavelengths of light your tint can block.
The most problematic wavelength for light-sensitive people ranges between 480 and 590 nm. Therefore, Tinting your sunglasses can offer maximum photophobia relief.
Migraines
A specific lens tint can offer relief for people suffering from migraines due to light sensitivity. Designed to prevent the wavelengths of light that may trigger migraines, the tint will help you go about your life normally.
Fluorescent lights
You may not be particularly light-sensitive but still find fluorescent lights bothersome. Fluorescent light is related to symptoms such as eye strain, itchy eyes, trouble concentrating, and headaches. Tinted eyewear can lessen the effects of fluorescent lighting.
Night Driving
If you have a problem seeing while driving in the dark, tinted lenses may help you see better and drive more confidently. The tinted glass reflects the glare from headlights and street lamps, scattering it to make it less bothersome.
Popular Colors of Tinted Glasses
- Blue or Purple: Enjoy protection from highly reflective surfaces like snow, glass, or water using blue or purple glass tint. Said to improve perception, you can wear blue or purple lenses indoors or outdoors.
- Green: Reduce eyestrain while playing tennis or golf in the sunshine using green lenses. They filter the blue UV rays.
- Pink or Rose: Pink tinted glass can boost visibility for depth perception and driving. In addition, some precision-tinted glasses feature rosy colors that help with migraine.
- Yellow or Orange: Enjoy visibility in moderate or low lighting conditions using yellow tints. Your surroundings may seem brighter. With a contrast-enabling feature, yellow tints are great for sports or night driving.
- Gray: If you have a far-sightedness issue, a gray tint may help. These lenses may also be beneficial if your eyes struggle with fatigue. Use gray lenses as an all-purpose sunglass.
How Do You Tint Prescription Glasses at Home?
If your lens is plastic, you can tint it using clothing dye. It’s an inexpensive DIY solution that works.
Lens Dyeing Solution Procedure
- Follow the package directions to prepare your clothing dye. Use a shallow pan of distilled water.
- Boil the clothing dye solution. Keep the heat low while maintaining a simmer.
- Place your plastic lenses in the dye giving it time to simmer until you attain the desired results. You may need up to one hour to achieve intense coloration, but 10-15 minutes works fine for slight coloration.
- Using a pair of tongs, remove your lenses from the dye and put them on a drying rack. Catch drips that could dye your surface using a paper towel.
- Fix the dyed lenses back in the frames.
# Important Tip
Before dying your existing prescription glasses, experiment with lenses of disposable or inexpensive glasses. Afterward, you’ll see the outcome and determine if it will be the look you want for your prescription glasses.
Exercise extreme caution when dyeing prescription glasses.