Hey guys,
since I didn't´t know how to do it and I haven't found a helpful thread about it, I would like to share this little tutorial on how to Paint and lime a bezel.
This doesn't only apply to ceramic bezels, also this is how you can paint steel bezels like Daytona and Explorer but also caseback such like a SD one.
So lets get into it.
You will need:
Gloves
Q-tips
Paint
Lume powder
Binder
nitro thinner
acetone
some cups
microfiber cloth
Oven
Oiler
mixing bowl
First if you already have a paint on the bezel you have to remove it (the new noob v7 bezels are plated so this can´t be removed except with polishing, but no need for that as plating is even).
For that I use nitro thinner, wich is quite harmful so get your gloves ready and put hem on.
Put some of the solution in a cup and put the bezel in it. With a Q-tip you are gonna rubbing the paint of. That should be easy as nitro thinner will destroy everything.
Next step is to dry it, after that you fill a cup with acetone and put the bezel in it.
Now you get your paint, for me sharpie, ready. Now you pinch with some tweezers in the lure of the pearl, you want the get everything out.
Then take the bezel out and let it dry in the air this should take only few seconds.
You can apply the Paint now, with my sharpie pen its best for me to go in circular motion over every marker, as this will provide a even spreaded paint.
After 5 min you apply layer two.
Now its time to bake the paint into the marker at 150-200 degree Celsius for 15 min, that should do the job. If you lay it 2 sec on a stone its cold and you can touch it.
Its time to get some Q tips and again the acetone, dip one of the Q tips for a half second in the acetone, if you do it too long the Q tip has too much acetone and all your work will be destroyed. Also get more Q tips as you should dip one end only once.
Now its pretty cleaned up, let it dry we will do a final touch up later.
Now the fun part, get the pearl a nice lume finish.
I use my chromalight powder wich you can get in my section.
Put some of it in a mixing bowl, the one I use is from noctilumia.
For applying I use the red fine Bergeon oiler.
Now mix the lure with the binder you prefer.
Mix it well up.
Take some on the oiler and apply a very thin layer.
After applying the first layer you wait 2 min and blow with the blower on the lure pip so th relume dries faster, but keep the pearl upside down as in the picture. Lum is heavier than the binder and your fist coat will be glowing really bright because all of the powder is right underneath the sapphire pearl.
Ad thin layers, for me I make 5, until its full like this.
Now let it dry and clean out you mixing bowl with some acetone.
What I like to do is when its completely dry to apply a layer of water resistant lacquer as lume will solvent in water if you don´t use the right binder.
The pearl should look like this now, and compared to gen dial.
Now do your final touch up with really few to none acetone on the Q tip, I wouldn't recommend to use a microfiber towel as this would get too deep in the numbers.
Final results
since I didn't´t know how to do it and I haven't found a helpful thread about it, I would like to share this little tutorial on how to Paint and lime a bezel.
This doesn't only apply to ceramic bezels, also this is how you can paint steel bezels like Daytona and Explorer but also caseback such like a SD one.
So lets get into it.
You will need:
Gloves
Q-tips
Paint
Lume powder
Binder
nitro thinner
acetone
some cups
microfiber cloth
Oven
Oiler
mixing bowl
First if you already have a paint on the bezel you have to remove it (the new noob v7 bezels are plated so this can´t be removed except with polishing, but no need for that as plating is even).
For that I use nitro thinner, wich is quite harmful so get your gloves ready and put hem on.
Put some of the solution in a cup and put the bezel in it. With a Q-tip you are gonna rubbing the paint of. That should be easy as nitro thinner will destroy everything.
Next step is to dry it, after that you fill a cup with acetone and put the bezel in it.
Now you get your paint, for me sharpie, ready. Now you pinch with some tweezers in the lure of the pearl, you want the get everything out.
Then take the bezel out and let it dry in the air this should take only few seconds.
You can apply the Paint now, with my sharpie pen its best for me to go in circular motion over every marker, as this will provide a even spreaded paint.
After 5 min you apply layer two.
Now its time to bake the paint into the marker at 150-200 degree Celsius for 15 min, that should do the job. If you lay it 2 sec on a stone its cold and you can touch it.
Its time to get some Q tips and again the acetone, dip one of the Q tips for a half second in the acetone, if you do it too long the Q tip has too much acetone and all your work will be destroyed. Also get more Q tips as you should dip one end only once.
Now its pretty cleaned up, let it dry we will do a final touch up later.
Now the fun part, get the pearl a nice lume finish.
I use my chromalight powder wich you can get in my section.
Put some of it in a mixing bowl, the one I use is from noctilumia.
For applying I use the red fine Bergeon oiler.
Now mix the lure with the binder you prefer.
Mix it well up.
Take some on the oiler and apply a very thin layer.
After applying the first layer you wait 2 min and blow with the blower on the lure pip so th relume dries faster, but keep the pearl upside down as in the picture. Lum is heavier than the binder and your fist coat will be glowing really bright because all of the powder is right underneath the sapphire pearl.
Ad thin layers, for me I make 5, until its full like this.
Now let it dry and clean out you mixing bowl with some acetone.
What I like to do is when its completely dry to apply a layer of water resistant lacquer as lume will solvent in water if you don´t use the right binder.
The pearl should look like this now, and compared to gen dial.
Now do your final touch up with really few to none acetone on the Q tip, I wouldn't recommend to use a microfiber towel as this would get too deep in the numbers.
Final results
