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Seeking advice regarding darkening a nylon NATO.

abrod520
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Have you checked Maratac? They have a nice Marine green. Pic stolen from broadarrow.net.

Tom

Yeah, mine is a Zuludiver in a similar shade (but with PVD hardware which matches the dial; nice effect) - in some lights those are nice but overall it's a bit shiny where I'm looking for something closer to the original NATO that came on the watch - but for less than the 200 bucks Jacques Rousseau is sure to charge for another one of theirs! 😀

Then again, as it gets a bit cooler, I can wear that again... so stylish, yet so useless as it's lined with leather :/
 
noelekal
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If you change the hue of the strap by dunking it in decaf will the watch run slow?
 
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Mad Dog Mad Dog
Roger that! 👍

"Nothing beats an astronaut" Axe Apollo. 👍

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"Smells Like Teenager"™ 😁
 
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"Smells Like Teenager"™ 😁
Ummm...yeah...our teenager units (as well as the wife unit) like to remind me of that.

Our teenager units: "Hey dad...you're an old man...you need to wear old man cologne and stop trying to be 16!"

Mad Dog: "And who pays the bills around here? The bill payer will wear any damn cologne that they choose! Meddling kids!"

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This thread is like a fever dream. I had to read it twice to be sure I wasn't hallucinating. BTW I think @ulackfocus is right...when I read the thread topic my initial reaction was "buy a slightly darker NATO." Anyway this was quite entertaining!

So @Mad Dog , did you drink the coffee after the soaking, and if so did it taste like wrist sweat and nylon?
 
abrod520
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Ummm...yeah...our teenager units (as well as the wife unit) like to remind me of that.

Our teenager units: "Hey dad...you're an old man...you need to wear old man cologne and stop trying to be 16!"

Mad Dog: "And who pays the bills around here? The bill payer will wear any damn cologne that they choose! Meddling kids!"

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He who pays the bills chooses the smells! 😀

I won't lie, the only reason I smell like an adult is because I bought the Porsche Design cologne. I'm such an auto racing nerd. Smells nice though, fortunately 😀
 
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Loving this thread, high entertainment value here!👍☕
 
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Mad Dog Mad Dog
You should see people's faces at Dunkin' (that's where I'm currently located) when you take a watch head off of a band and put the band in coffee...priceless...good times! 👍 👍 👍

There was a super hot girl that saw me do this and was...was...astounded. 😁 😁 😁

Well if I saw a man in a pilots uniform do that and then get in the front of my plane....

As an aside. I will always favour an american trained pilot than any other. I believe they actually can fly the planes, rather than the plane fly them.
 
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abrod520 abrod520
So @Mad Dog , did you drink the coffee after the soaking, and if so did it taste like wrist sweat and nylon?

Dunkin' Donuts coffee already tastes like
'wrist sweat and nylon' ☕️
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My mom once told me that when she was young, she used to use coffee powder as a hair dye to give it a brownish hue. I thought she was trying to bait me into putting stupid stuff on my head. Guess I was wrong.....

Anyway Mad Dog I applaud your experimental spirit 👍 😁
 
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So @Mad Dog , did you drink the coffee after the soaking, and if so did it taste like wrist sweat and nylon?
Affirm.

Tasted OK...did not taste weird.

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Well if I saw a man in a pilots uniform do that and then get in the front of my plane....
For the record...I wasn't wearing my pilot uniform at the time. 👍
 
flyingout
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I happened to watch "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" last night. This thread is better!
 
pitpro
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I happened to watch "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" last night. This thread is better!
lol. Me too! Still as hilarious as ever.
My wife and I were L'ingOL
 
Mad Dog
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It's nylon guys. The only way to permanently change the color is to buy a new strap in the color you want.

....but keep on trying! I can't wait to see the 2 results posts - the first where everybody says "wow, that looks great!" and the second where everybody says "Doh!" when MadDog has a ring around his wrist.
To be honest, I believe you are correct in that I would not be able to darken the nylon...I was pretty yippy skippy at first but I don't believe I had the band totally dry in the beginning. Now that it's totally dry, I'm not sure if it's actually darker. Regardless, it was a fun experiment. Also, I never did get a wrist stain...so that's cool. 👍
 
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Mad Dog Mad Dog
Affirm.

Tasted OK...did not taste weird.

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There are some who might suggest that it could improve the taste of the aforementioned brown beverage....
 
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Hey Mad Dog, I bet shoe polish would work. There may be other leather tricks too.
Believe it or not...following the coffee darkening attempt...I applied a small amount of mink oil to the nylon. It seemed to work for about a day...and then the nylon became light again. Pictured below is right after the mink oil was applied...

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