For years, it seems, I have been breaking my glasses.  If you have ever seen “A Christmas Story,” that kid and his glasses was me when I was that age, always breaking them (I was never allowed the red rider, but I always seemed to find a way to break them).  Anyways, even as an adult, my glasses seem to end up broken, sometimes to the point of being unrepairable.

Well, with the fix I am going to show you today, almost no break will be unrepairable!  I have to give the credit to the lady in the optometry office at Wal-Mart for giving me a tip and directing me in the right direction: hardware or automotive!  Well, in this post I will show you exactly how easy it is to fix a pair of severly broken glasses (with illustrations done by yours truly)!

My glasses before the repair (as you can see, the damage is quite substantial):

Tools needed:

5 Simple Steps To Fix Those Severely Damaged Glasses:

1. Get rid of loose peices that can be reconstructed using the tubing and paperclip
   
2. Reshape the paperclip in order to reconstruct the broken area
   
3. Trim the heat-shrink tubing and use it to connect pieces one intersection at a time
   
4. Carefully use the stove burner to heat the heat-shrink tubing until it holds the paperclip to the glasses in the correct position (there are many heat sources to choose from but the stove was the easiest for me to access at the time.  You can try a blow dryer, lighter, or even a heater vent if you like):
   
5. Let them cool and wear them with renewed dignity and pride!

This fix is for real!  I, too, am a proud member of the fix-it-yourself glasses club!

Please note: having the amazing ability to fix almost any break DOES NOT eliminate the need to ever get new glasses ever again.  You may need a differend lens persription someday AND heat-shrink tubing does not last forever.

That being said, enjoy your glasses once again!