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·Hello all, I decided to repaint the bezel of my Speedmaster so I went about researching the best way to do it.
I belong to a FB group for Omega watches and asked the members if anyone had experience with it and several members replied. I followed the advice and the project turned out great!
I put the watch away and a few days later when I got it out I noticed all the paint was gone.... it was like it had been stripped. I hadn't worn it so my sleeve couldn't have rubbed it off, I didn't handle it... I have no idea what happened.
Before I painted I used a toothpick to clean what was left of the original paint out of the engraved areas I was planning to paint and then used isopropyl alcohol to clean off any dirt or grease & made sure to use a good enamel paint... I don't know what went wrong.
My question is this; can anyone tell me how to prep the bezel before painting? That's the one thing that I didn't see covered in any of the videos I watched.
I want to try this again but I don't want to do it every week.
Thank you in advance.
G.R.
The pictures are of before and after.
I belong to a FB group for Omega watches and asked the members if anyone had experience with it and several members replied. I followed the advice and the project turned out great!
I put the watch away and a few days later when I got it out I noticed all the paint was gone.... it was like it had been stripped. I hadn't worn it so my sleeve couldn't have rubbed it off, I didn't handle it... I have no idea what happened.
Before I painted I used a toothpick to clean what was left of the original paint out of the engraved areas I was planning to paint and then used isopropyl alcohol to clean off any dirt or grease & made sure to use a good enamel paint... I don't know what went wrong.
My question is this; can anyone tell me how to prep the bezel before painting? That's the one thing that I didn't see covered in any of the videos I watched.
I want to try this again but I don't want to do it every week.
Thank you in advance.
G.R.
The pictures are of before and after.