We wanted to sell as broard a range as possible without making choices complicated for our customers whilst shopping on the Glasses4Less website. Once again we turned to Hilco Europe for our optical solutions. The Plastic Temple Tips are available in three of the most popular core sizes, 1.6mm, 1.4mm & 1.1mm for ultra thin sides, often found on titanium rimless frames.

Keeping things simple we have also opted for the most popular colours, Black, Brown, Clear & Tortoise. We believe we now have the makings of a comprehensive collection of frame parts available for the consumer to buy on-line and don’t forget to visit our Downloadable Forms & Documents section for simple instructions on carrying out simple spectacle repairs using your newly purchased spare parts.

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Mark

Tap 'n' Lok Locking Repair Screws

Top Tip No. 3 ~ Are you tired of constant trips to the opticians for replacement screws that keep falling out? Glasses4Less has the answer, Hilco Tap ‘n’ Lok® Repair Screws! The repair screws are made of stainless steel and have specially designed threading that cuts new threads into damaged hinges and closing barrels and ½ joints. These screws also have Tight Bond® coating that locks the screw into place so it won’t come out unless you take it out!

1. Choose the Head size and Diameter of the screw you need.

2. Insert the screw providing moderate torque to cut new threads

3. Here’s the best bit! Simply snap off the excess with needle nose pliers, yes, you read it correctly. Simply rock and snap, Do NOT use cutters, then re-torque for maximum bond.

The screw snaps ever time completely flush for a professional, neat repair.  Finding, cutting, trimming and filing replacement screws used to be a nightmare here in the lab, but these are so easy. I swear by them and the repair kits we now sell on-line save inventories of literally thousands of screws. Offering screw selections to customers was an impossibility but now its a snip thanks to Hilco Tap ‘n’ Lok® Repair Screws.

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Mark

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Mark

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Mark

The first selection was nose pads, and we think we did a pretty good job when we selected Hilco’s Contour Fit Logic, Silicone nose pads. The most common fitting for nose pads is either put fit or screw in and the great thing about these pads is that they are cleaverly designed to fit either, this greatly reduces stock inventory and makes pad selection and replacement a snip for our customers. We currently carry 9mm Round and 13, 15 & 17mm in oval. Even the shape of these pads keeps the job simple as they are not ‘handed’ and fit either left or right pad arms.

In future articles we will be discussing in more detail the tips and tricks of the trade to help you the customer carry out a more effective repair, so watch this space. In the meantime why not visit the site and checkout our Frame Spares & Repairs section. We have also started work on an information section, entitled, Repairing Glasses Frames , in this section you will find tips and instructions on correct technique and use of parts and tools to enable you to successfully carry out repairs. We hope to continually add to this section over the coming months, so why not post requests for any repairs or tips you would like to see in this section.  

The really big problem was how were we going to deal with the problem of screws. There are thousands of replacement screws in the market place in all different diameters, lengths, colours and head sizes, then you have the choice between slot head or cross head. Where do you start?

We are often e-mailed by customers for a selection pack of screws but this is really hit and miss, the chances of getting just the right screw, well…lets just say that you would have to be lucky. Then we happened upon an idea, Hilco Tap ‘n’ Lok repair screws. The problem is that a customer has no way of knowing what size of screw is required, how long or what thread. So to solve the problem, we divided the screws into three  repair types, Nose Pad, Eyewire and Hinges, giving the customer two screws in each of the most popular sizes. The best thing about Hilco Tap ‘n’ Lok repair screws is that they cut their own thread, they are all over sized and simply ‘snap’ to the required length, what’s more they are specially coated with Tight Bond, a unique coating that stops them coming loose. They also work well as Spring Hinge thread Seekers, for more details visit our Repairing Glasses Frames page.