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Monday, September 15, 2014

Removing Scratches From Point and Shoot Camera Lenses

Below is a close-up of my current favorite vLog, blogging, photo snapping, video shooting camera.

My Sony DSC-WX300 is a very versatile wide angle point and shoot camera with many amazing bells and whistles that fit all of my social network needs. It was perfect for me. Until I noticed the HUGE scratch on the lens. When I first noticed it at the WWFM 11 event my heart sank. It covered a deep crevice right across the center and about an inch long. It was so deep I could feel the depth with my finger nail. I thought it was ruined.

You may be saying to yourself, "Andy, I can't see any scratch anywhere?!?". That is the reason for this article. The scratch was removed almost instantly and I'm going to tell you how I did it.

Here is what you are going to need:

1 part 70% rubbing alcohol
20 parts water
1 MicroFiber cloth

To be honest, I didn't think this had a chance of working. The scratch was just too deep.

What Do You Need To Do:

Mix the 70% rubbing alcohol and water in a container
Dip a small section of the MicroFiber cloth in the solution
Gently rub the moist cloth over the scratch in small circular motions
In my case the scratch disappeared in seconds and with no effort.

It left so quickly I could easily say by magic. No trace of the scratch remains and the lens is like new.

Note I tried the same solution on the glass display on the back of the camera and it did nothing at all. The scratches remained. So this is for lens only.

I hope this gives you a very inexpensive fix for something that would cost a whole lot more if you took it into a repair shop.

Enjoy.
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