How to restore & maintain a brushed/satin finish.

[flynlow]

well now that it's been stolen i guess i won't have to worry about that :x

the night before it was stolen, i had taken to it with a metal polish that i have just to see what it would do and man was i impressed! it has a small amount of abrasive to it so it had taken almost all the scratches out. however, it had polished it too much, the satin links looked too shiny LOL

 

[pedecter]

great post. I might even try this.

BTW, more panties!

 

[Mr. Pap]

i have a swatch with bracelet and has a lot of scratches and on the case also.and a replica tag also with 2-3 scratches on the case.should this work and remove them????????

 

[watchbuff]

Gio, nice work. I have a fighters bracelet on my Breitling B2 gen that has seen its share of scuffs and scratches. I dont have a bench grinder polisher anymore but need to get one. Would you do a gen bracelet?

I found a bench grinder at harbor freight on the cheap for casual hobbyists.
We have a bad ass one at work that has to be in the 4 hp range.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94186

 

[jcrry2]

i use my drimel and a polishing kit my father got my it works great, although i bet the bench grinder works a lot better

 

[VB_Spike]

Quick question, would a finishing pad like this work on a titanium watch? or is there a different method or pad that would work for titanium?

 

[mpg54]

Gio, just tried this on my brush steel PO REP and could not be happier with the result, an excellent guide. The polishing cloth is great too, did the job for me on my GEN in terms of buffing it up. Very happy.
Thanks posting this!

 

[trailboss99]

Nice post Gio, thanks for the effort!


Col.

 

[jonhcox]

Funny thing- the Ryobi costs less than half of what I paid for my Dremel. Glad I read this as I almost bought CC polishing cloths in an attempt to practice on my Invicta 8926ob. Instead, I got a cheap bench grinder from Harbor Freight.

I wish I had taken 'before' pics of the practice Invicta but in any case, your tutorial worked FLAWLESSLY. It looks a million times better. I had to use the tape as the centers are polished, but your advice worked there as well. I'll try to post pics soon. What I also did, I think based on your comment, was to rub a little blue into the wheel and work on a very old rep bracelet. Then I used white as well. Between the two, I think I avoided the swirlies. I guess you could say I 'seasoned' the wheel before trying it on the Invicta. Thanks for the lesson, Gio!

Question- my brother-in-law wants to know if this same lesson would apply to his gen Submariner? If so, he's financing my next couple rep purchases for a little buffing action.

 

[joeyjoejoe206]

This tutorial is great, much cheaper than the £100 i was quoted for polishing my gen Tag carrera. Its is going to be a pain though, with two thin lines of polished steel in the middle of the brushed steel bracelet!
My question is, I am in the UK, and looking for something like your refinishing pad, but I cant find anything here, they sell the same polishing cloth you have on amazon uk, but with regards to the pad, it seems to be cape cod or nothing, any ideas???
thanks

 

[Wiz]

The polishing cloth is not cape cod, it's a soft jeweller cloth. The thing refered to as "refinishing pad" is just Scotch Brite

 

[joeyjoejoe206]

Just scotch brite? In the UK we know them as scourer pads I thought that the 'finishing pad' had some cleaning compound in it?
for my clarity then, you use a finishing pad (or a common pan cleaning pad) followed by a jewellery polishing cloth? (which has commonly been cape cod, but recommend here is a plain polishing cloth with no product in it)

thanks

Joe

 

[Wiz]

Yep, just scotch brite
You can start with the heavy duty one, which should be black or red, and finish with the green or purple one.

Cape cod is perfect to get a mirror-polished finish, but it's way too strong for that kind of work. Just use the most common type of jewellery polishing cloth, the one that can be found pretty much everywhere.

 

[Five of Clubs]

Last night, I used this method to refinish a steel bracelet. The whole thing only took about 15 minutes with fantastic results. Thanks RWI!

 

[dan1437]

gioarmani7428,
is sliver polish cloth the same/better than the polish cloth you have?
thanks
this is the one i have
http://www.towntalkpolish.com/silve...anti-tarnish-silver-polishing-cloths/c-tt020/

 

[J.Prime]

Wow, such a great tutorial!!!

 

[HyperEscape]

Gonna try it out soon now. Thanks

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[shelby1501]

Quick question if anyone knows since Gio isn't that active anymore. Would this work for a refinish http://www.ebay.com/itm/5PC-of-3M-S...=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item232310cf30 and which type of polishing cloth do I need to get it as cheap as possible since with Gio's original post I'll probably spend more than $30 shipped for these two cloths? :/

Thanks!

 

[kilowattore]

The pad you linked is the same I use to refinish my brushed bracelets. I used it also to remove minor scratches/hairlines.

As for polishing cloth, I think any microfiber cloth might suit you (e.g. I use the cloth that comes with sunglasses).
It will polish away dirt and oils, no effect on scratches.

 

[shelby1501]

The pad you linked is the same I use to refinish my brushed bracelets. I used it also to remove minor scratches/hairlines.

As for polishing cloth, I think any microfiber cloth might suit you (e.g. I use the cloth that comes with sunglasses).
It will polish away dirt and oils, no effect on scratches.

Great A, your reply helped a lot to me. We'll see how it will go without any experience. hehe Btw wouldn't ever think that sunglasses cloth could work for this. You learn something every day.

Thanks again!