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Hesalite crystal repair......results
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Thanks for that, very helpful post, contributed a lot to the thread. You should feel very good about yourself. If he wants to try it and help others who also may want to try it, why not try to help people out?
Or we can all just stick our watches in airtight, dust proof, light blocking capsules and bury them underground in a bunker surrounded by a moat filled with sharks with frickin laser beams on their heads. How about that?
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mokofoko
路Thanks for that, very helpful post, contributed a lot to the thread. You should feel very good about yourself. If he wants to try it and help others who also may want to try it, why not try to help people out?
Or we can all just stick our watches in airtight, dust proof, light blocking capsules and bury them underground in a bunker surrounded by a moat filled with sharks with frickin laser beams on their heads. How about that?
Laser-equipped sharks? That's crazy. Laser-cats are the best.
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Banner Roar
路Sorry to disappoint....馃槜..... but I won't be putting on a WTB replacement bezel. Here is the before and after picture. Thanks for all the advice.
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路Sorry to disappoint....馃槜..... but I won't be putting on a WTB replacement bezel. Here is the before and after picture. Thanks for all the advice.
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路Got the Polywatch this afternoon. Did some experimenting first with an old badly marked crystal I have. This gave me a good feel for how abrasive the Polywatch is before touching the watch.
the old experiment crystal before......masked off one half for comparison
After some patient polishing....removed the masking to see the comparison
the old experiment crystal before......masked off one half for comparison
After some patient polishing....removed the masking to see the comparison
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abrod520
路Nicely done! 馃憤
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Banner Roar
路Then cleaned up the other side ......not bad result.
Not so tricky with the crystal removed from the watch.
Now for the tricky bit....used an elastic band to protect the bezel from the masking tape. Using masking tape and hole punch made a mask to only expose the part for polishing. Very happy with the result. I found Polywatch is not at all abrasive but that's not a bad thing just needs patience. I polished for 1min at a time in circular motion and then checked the progress. Polished for ~5mins in total.
Not so tricky with the crystal removed from the watch.
Now for the tricky bit....used an elastic band to protect the bezel from the masking tape. Using masking tape and hole punch made a mask to only expose the part for polishing. Very happy with the result. I found Polywatch is not at all abrasive but that's not a bad thing just needs patience. I polished for 1min at a time in circular motion and then checked the progress. Polished for ~5mins in total.
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abrod520
路Doubling down on previous: 馃憤 馃憤
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路That's an awesome job, you've inspired me to give it a try as well!! Thanks also for posting the photos and showing the process.
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dialstatic
路Great job! This is one of the reasons I like hesalite so much. Sure it scratches easier, but removing the scratches is not just easy, it's actually kind of fun 馃槈
In a pinch, old-school white toothpaste will do the trick also. I try to limit this method to cheaper (or other people's) watches though.
In a pinch, old-school white toothpaste will do the trick also. I try to limit this method to cheaper (or other people's) watches though.
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KstateSkier
路Thanks for doing this. I'll be getting some polywatch for my own stuff.
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路Great job! This is one of the reasons I like hesalite so much. Sure it scratches easier, but removing the scratches is not just easy, it's actually kind of fun 馃槈
In a pinch, old-school white toothpaste will do the trick also. I try to limit this method to cheaper (or other people's) watches though.
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Nelsonbcabral
路i like the surgeon's approach to protecting the bezel!
