Help! The arm of my glasses broke off!

Question

yeah i stepped on them by accident and the right arm broke off. so i was wondering how i could reattach it? any special glue or adhesive? or somewhere i could get a new arm and socket mechanism?

Answer 1

At discount drug stores and walmart, they have eyeglass repair kits with the little screws and tiny screwdrivers.

Answer 2

Take it to a jeweler's to get soldered.  The glue won't hold well.

Answer 3

You can often find used glasses for sale cheap at thrift stores.  If just the arm is broken, and the hinge part on the frame is still OK, you should be able to salvage the temples (what you call arms) from a pair, if the hinge matches.  That's assuming you have metal frames; the odds of finding a good match for plastic frames is much lower.

There may be a store in your town that specializes in eyeglass frame repair.  Check the yellow pages.

Answer 4

Obviously you need a new temple ( arm)....so Scotch tape or electrical tape will hold it until you can get back to the optical store and have them order another part for it...or find something similar that will fit, if the original parts aren't available anymore for that model frame..

No glue will hold, and when the arm breaks off, there is nothing to solder either.

Answer 5

Duct tape.  

Answer 6

take them to where ur got them from ethier they will fix it or they will give u a new one just don't lost them