Thanks for this thread, I did mine (sandwich dial) yesterday (primed white) and then rubbed down with 1200 grit and relumed the dial today..i used Humbrol Matt Cote (as the binder..Tamiya and other modelmaker paint manu's matt varnish will be similar) with a couple of micro drops of xylene thinners (aka Hammerite paint thinners) to thin the 'goopy' binder mix into something more akin to custard/runny cream with the lume powder freely distributed, it worked great and I arrived with the perfect matt white when dried and 'green' with any sort of light source... all I have to do now is reassemble after the sandwich dial has had 24hrs to cure after re-gluing , thanks for the info! All in £4 for the superlume powder (10g), £2 for the binder (a discount store), thinners free (my garage) ..and enough to re lume about 30 more watches!
I will admit I've omitted the swearing, hair pulling, failures, from not being able to find a workable lume mix or delivery system, the key is xylene thinners which i presume is pre-mixed in the high end binders, also a ceramic egg cup makes the perfect mixing pot due to its shape, after much experimenting! I used a spring bar/bracelet pin pusher tool 'the rounded pin' type as the brush/ dropper, it worked perfectly HTH anyone reading up on this subject on a budget
