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Thatguy
路How do you clean your vintage omega dials?
How do you guys do this?
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efauser
路You don't.
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cristos71
路Or if you do you regret it 馃槜
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vbrad26
路C'mon man don't be "that guy"...
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ATWG
路Generally, that's a big no-no...however, it depends on what you're trying to remove. If it's just dust particles, then a simple putty cleaner will do, it might even lift recent or wet oil marks.
https://www.esslinger.com/bergeon-6033-rodico-the-original-green-putty-cleaner-watch-repair-tool/
Proceed with caution.
https://www.esslinger.com/bergeon-6033-rodico-the-original-green-putty-cleaner-watch-repair-tool/
Proceed with caution.
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Thatguy
路Ouh.... I've seen https://www.instagram.com/dial.doctor done it or fellow member that done it here in this forum in the thread "show us your patterned dials", said only 2secs dip into lemon juice. I'm wondering if that's possible without damaging the dial texts or things in the process but those people seems really good tho.... Im curious about that so that leads the question on how in the world you do that. 馃槻
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Thatguy
路Generally, that's a big no-no...however, it depends on what you're trying to remove. If it's just dust particles, then a simple putty cleaner will do, it might even lift recent or wet oil marks.
https://www.esslinger.com/bergeon-6033-rodico-the-original-green-putty-cleaner-watch-repair-tool/
Proceed with caution.
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cicindela
路路Steve @ 惟FGenerally it is disappointing to watch the letters on a dial float free one by one. 馃槜
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Dan S
路If you attempt to clean 10 dials, maybe one will come out ok, and then you can post a nice youtube video. Just don't mention the other nine. 馃榾
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Thatguy
路If you attempt to clean 10 dials, maybe one will come out ok, and then you can post a nice youtube video. Just don't mention the other nine. 馃榾
By experiments, I mean experimenting on scrap dial scraps that my friends collect after he changed the dial into new ones (mostly old seiko dials with totally destroyed dials due to moisture damage or something). Seems that the procedure are just taking off the lacquer layer then applying the new one. I don't have lacquer to begin with. I mean the thing to lacquering, not lacquer on the dial.
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Thatguy
路I was talking about this Giff2577 post in here...
https://omegaforums.net/threads/show-your-honeycomb-textured-omega-dial.14340/page-8
What do you think?
https://omegaforums.net/threads/show-your-honeycomb-textured-omega-dial.14340/page-8
What do you think?
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Dan S
路LOL XD. I'm ded. 馃榾
By experiments, I mean experimenting on scrap dial scraps that my friends collect after he changed the dial into new ones (mostly old seiko dials with totally destroyed dials due to moisture damage or something). Seems that the procedure are just taking off the lacquer layer then applying the new one. I don't have lacquer to begin with. I mean the thing to lacquering, not lacquer on the dial.
I was talking about this Giff2577 post in here...
https://omegaforums.net/threads/show-your-honeycomb-textured-omega-dial.14340/page-8
What do you think?
Nothing wrong with experimenting on ruined dials. 馃憤
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OllieOnTheRocks
路I was talking about this Giff2577 post in here...
https://omegaforums.net/threads/show-your-honeycomb-textured-omega-dial.14340/page-8
What do you think?
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JwRosenthal
路I did the lemon juice trick on two dials, the first was a lady Seamaster that was orange from years of funk- it removed the lume and lacquer but the lettering was fine and it came out like a gem. The second was a disaster- a water damaged Silver dialed Seamaster that had a modeled finish but wasn鈥檛 horrible- the lettering floated right off- it was awful. That one got redialed and eventually sold.
I have a good friend who does my spot cleaning (the Burgeron sticky swabs and Rodico) and relumes hands for me. It鈥檚 amazing how well a light cleaning can remove the funk, but you really have to know what you鈥檙e doing, go slowly and never be aggressive. This is not something to do on a watch you care about unless you are a total pro and go in with realistic expectations.
I have a good friend who does my spot cleaning (the Burgeron sticky swabs and Rodico) and relumes hands for me. It鈥檚 amazing how well a light cleaning can remove the funk, but you really have to know what you鈥檙e doing, go slowly and never be aggressive. This is not something to do on a watch you care about unless you are a total pro and go in with realistic expectations.
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Thatguy
路Still loved my dial though on these beauties...
Though, if there's a way to restore the condition of a vintage watch into how the way it looks when it was produced, that would be fantastic, for the watch and the owner that inherited them, I guess?
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OllieOnTheRocks
路I did the lemon juice trick on two dials, the first was a lady Seamaster that was orange from years of funk- it removed the lume and lacquer but the lettering was fine and it came out like a gem. The second was a disaster- a water damaged Silver dialed Seamaster that had a modeled finish but wasn鈥檛 horrible- the lettering floated right off- it was awful. That one got redialed and eventually sold.
I have a good friend who does my spot cleaning (the Burgeron sticky swabs and Rodico) and relumes hands for me. It鈥檚 amazing how well a light cleaning can remove the funk, but you really have to know what you鈥檙e doing, go slowly and never be aggressive. This is not something to do on a watch you care about unless you are a total pro and go in with realistic expectations.
Great advice - if you don't mind me asking - how much would it cost for a professional quality redial? Clearly this should always be a last resort but useful to know nonetheless 馃榾
