Age your lume Teabag Way

[Pratt]

Hearing so many people trying the teabag / coffee bag way in staining your dial and watch hands..

Finally tried it myself.

Try this DIY


Patina ur lume the teabag way


Ingredients
1. Red tea / black tea ( Im using Dilmah tea Ceylon)


My tea is hot , i insert the hands to test the differences ... ..... after an hour.

 

[EddyG]

Thx for sharing!
I know this technique from a tailor in Savile Row (London) that is specialized in tinting cotton shirts like this. Tea is a well known tinting agent.

 

[Skywatch]

Pratt,

Really nice work. I love following your threads.

 

[d4m.test]

Interesting technique, have to try this out sometime. Show more please

 

[cyberwarhol]

Thanks Pratt. I will try that. I have always used Espresso coffee grinds since I just wanted random colour.

But I think tea might have a better control with different types of leafs.


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[junbug5150]

@Pratt

 

[Pratt]

@Pratt

Haha u r not following my threads. It's a new way to do disposable lume skins on back of dials. Now I don't lume direct to back of dials. I use a sticker film that makes an effect of filled resins. The lume charged thru the film and looks vin lume. Haha. Reusable and disposable any time..

 

[junbug5150]

Haha u r not following my threads. It's a new way to do disposable lume skins on back of dials. Now I don't lume direct to back of dials. I use a sticker film that makes an effect of filled resins. The lume charged thru the film and looks vin lume. Haha. Reusable and disposable any time..

Aaaaah OK. Now that makes sense. Haha!

 

[Pratt]

Ya now I made a step further. I'm using it on gen dials and "too white" date disk.

 

[idinwo01]

Very very helpful. Sadly I can't give you more rep yet, it wont let me. So many helpful posts from you recently.

 

[Paneristina]

Same way we used to make pirate maps as kids! Great thread, and a clever idea! Now to just get myself a SLOB.

 

[Pratt]

Now doing a gen 1675/8 hands .. very effective way.
70% tea 30% coffee. Half an hour. Warm temperature.

 

[Pratt]

Now doing a gen 1675/8 hands .. very effective way.
70% tea 30% coffee. Half an hour. Warm temperature.

 

[Pratt]

All done !

 

[Pratt]

Completed . Recon hands on GEN 1675-8 . Finally a match !

 

[kilowattore]

Great results on those rolex hands!

 

[Dohdoh]

Looks awesome!


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[mech500]

Looks very good but does the tea stains develop mould growth after a while?

 

[Pratt]

Looks very good but does the tea stains develop mould growth after a while?

[emoji3] hopes not. So far I have not got mushrooms growing on all tea mods. I'm wearing it right now.. I will look close enough for mushrooms sproutings. . Lol

 

[Pratt]