Visor Material for Visitor sunglasses form the TV show V?

crowe t · Jun 16, 2017

I have a pair of reproduction sunglasses from the TV show V. they have a dark curved lens. The sunglasses that the lead alien Visitor characters wore had the lenses replaced with a flat clear smoke tint lens so the actors eyes could be seen.

I need a 1/16" thick flat smoke tint plastic to make a lens.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

KojiroVance · Jun 16, 2017

First: ... ahhhh, Jaaaane Baaaaadler.

It looks like the original had a slight flare out at the bottom of the frame, but I like yours better. Much more flattering.

I have some grey smoke material, but it's a thin replacement visor for a Bell motorsports helmet. Not big enough for big cool 80s style sunglasses.

crowe t · Jun 16, 2017

KojiroVance said:
First: ... ahhhh, Jaaaane Baaaaadler.

It looks like the original had a slight flare out at the bottom of the frame, but I like yours better. Much more flattering.

I have some grey smoke material, but it's a thin replacement visor for a Bell motorsports helmet. Not big enough for big cool 80s style sunglasses.

What's the thickness of the grey smoke material you have?

The replica pair I have is exactly the same shape as the originals. Here's a picture of the replica pair I have on the right and an original pair on the left. I think since I took the pictures very close a slight parallax error is causing the frames to look different. The ones the actors are wearing were most likely taken with a zoom lens.

HeroOfThePeople · Jun 20, 2017

You can dye any PET plastic with any fabric dye rated for synthetic materials like Polyester. iDye Poly is a common brand.

Bill Doran of Punished Props has a tutorial video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ322J9zook

crowe t · Apr 2, 2018

HeroOfThePeople said:
You can dye any PET plastic with any fabric dye rated for synthetic materials like Polyester. iDye Poly is a common brand.

Bill Doran of Punished Props has a tutorial video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ322J9zook

Is PET plastic optically clear? Is it good for lens material?

I tried clear acetate but it looked sort of foggy when I put my eyes right up to it.

Buliwif · Apr 2, 2018

PET is just fine. Commonly used for vacforming visors for cosplay. It should work just fine for your purpose, but I'd do some practicing on some scraps till you get the perfect amount of tint first. The longer you leave the PET in the dye, the darker it gets.

EDIT: BTW, I'm jealous.... I've wanted a pair of those glasses for... omg..., 34 years.... I'm so old...

crowe t · Apr 7, 2018

Buliwif said:
PET is just fine. Commonly used for vacforming visors for cosplay. It should work just fine for your purpose, but I'd do some practicing on some scraps till you get the perfect amount of tint first. The longer you leave the PET in the dye, the darker it gets.

EDIT: BTW, I'm jealous.... I've wanted a pair of those glasses for... omg..., 34 years.... I'm so old...

I don't have to dye the PET. I picked up window tint that's perfect. I'll apply the tint to the plastic.

The glasses are readily available now. Here's a link to them on E-bay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Visitor-Su...517436?hash=item41c5aff57c:g:iM8AAOxy0aBRpO9Y

Do you know of a good place to get PET clear plastic?

Buliwif · Apr 7, 2018

crowe t said:
The glasses are readily available now. Here's a link to them on E-bay.

Do you know of a good place to get PET clear plastic?

Hang on... wiping tears from mine eyes.... Decent price, thanks for posting that link!

Well, after doing a quickie search, they have sheets of PETG in the thickness you want on Amazon, clicky

Hope that helps

crowe t · Apr 7, 2018

Buliwif said:
Hang on... wiping tears from mine eyes.... Decent price, thanks for posting that link!

Well, after doing a quickie search, they have sheets of PETG in the thickness you want on Amazon, clicky

Hope that helps

I'm glad I was able to help you with the link for the Sunglasses. Thanks again for your help. The PETG you found is a great price too.

Those Sunglasses aren't the originals but they were made from an original set. I know who had them made. I have both originals and the reproductions.

In this picture an original set is on the left side and the reproduction set is on the right side. For the money the reproductions are just fine.

crowe t · Apr 19, 2018

I got the PETC clear plastic. The only thing I noticed is it scratches easily.

Is there a particular PETG clear plastic I should be getting?

crowe t · May 1, 2018

I tried the window tint on the PETG clear plastic and it doesn't work well. I used a squeegee and a solution of water with Johnson's Baby shampoo to install the tint and I still get some tiny air bubbles. It seems the tint is better on glass.

I need a brown/bronze shade.

Is there a color of either iDye Poly or Rit that will produce a brown/bronze shade?

Tamiya Smoke looks about right but since this is for sunglasses it'll eventually get touched.

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