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We are proud to announce the addition of these new coatings to our exceptional line of anti-reflection coatings. You can apply either of these brand name AR coatings to ALL of your prescription lenses.

DuraTuff with EZ Clear
DuraTuff with EZ Clear is a brand name anti-reflection coating that can be applied on ALL of your prescription lens orders. It was designed for your discerning customers who want minimal residual color. Some of the benefits of DuraTuff with EZ Clear are:

• Minimal residual color
• Super-slick hydrophobic coating
• Proprietary top coat repels dirt and grime
• Provides durable protection against scratches
• Lifetime Warranty

DuraTuff with EZ Plus
DuraTuff with EZ Plus is a brand name anti-reflection coating that can be applied on ALL of your prescription lens orders. It was designed to combine the features and benefits of the previous generation of DuraTuff with EZ with improved scratch resistance and anti-static properties. Some of the benefits of DuraTuff with EZ Plus are:

• Super-slick hydrophobic coating
• Proprietary top coat repels dirt and grime
• Provides durable protection against scratches
• Anti-static properties to resist clinging dust
• Lifetime Warranty

Kodak CleAR is licensed by Signet Armorlite and a list of coating labs that offer Kodak CleAR is available here:
http://www.signetarmorlite.com/professional/index.asp?page_id=143

We provide Kodak CleAR custom coatings for wholesale labs only. If you are an eye care doctor or consumer you might try using this list to find a lab willing to provide coatings for the public.

If your lenses already have an anti-reflective coat, we can attempt to strip the old coating off and re-coat them. This is not always successful depending on the type of coating, how old the coating is and the lens type and material.

• We are usually unsuccessful stripping high index 1.60 and higher lenses.
• Signet Armorlite polycarbonate lenses and trivex lenses will always fail during strip. The chemical stripper clouds the frontside of these lenses almost immediately.
• Glass and poly lenses that have an extremely old AR coating are likely to be ruined during stripping also.

Some AR coatings have been dip hardcoated or have a thin foundation layer that acts like a hardcoat. The AR coating will usually come off the lens, leaving that thin layer clouded or crazed.

We are able to coat any lens type, new or old, edged or uncut. However, we only provide AR coatings for wholesale laboratories. If you are not a lab you need to take your lenses to an optometrist. The optometrist will send them to their lab and the lab will determine the nearest AR coating facility for the coating you choose. By having your lenses coated locally you will get them back sooner and the shipping costs will be a lot less.

Yes, we can coat anything that will fit into our fixtures. We have recently done camera lenses, microscope lenses and watch crystals. Contact us if you have a non-ophthalmic product. If we can't coat it we probably know someone who can

Yes, we coat Unique lenses with no issues.

No. The Kodak Clean N Clear coating is only available through Signetek on their Unique lenses. You order the lens with the coating from them.

It is a spin-on thermally cured Satis hardcoat by the way.

We now exclusively use a tintable backside hardcoat on uncut lenses that need one.

Trivex, high index Transitions lenses and Signet Armorlite Poly lenses seem to be impossible to strip without clouding the cx side hardcoat.