- 25/4/18
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I’m thoroughly enjoying the dial on this JKF 1680 Red Dial Sub - the crown, font, and alignments are all close enough to pass, particularly on the wrist. But what’s been bothering me is the lume. It’s very, very flat.
I decided to learn how to relume a dial and hands. I needed a handful of things to get it done:
Tutorial on luming:
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f6/watch-luminizing-tutorial-673983.html
Lume:
www.noctilumina.com
I contacted Scott at Noctilume for recommendations on mixing a high-glow, “vintage” lume. He was very helpful! Recommended I mix his G15F with AG40F to get a light-yellow appearance but high-glow output. I ended up buying my binder, pigment, oilers, and mixing bowl from him.
Tools:
- Set of Oilers (fine and medium used most)
- Ceramic mixing bowl
- Ag40F pigment
- G15F pigment
- Binder 3
- 3x Loupe
- Paint Thinner
- Xacto Knife
Practice:
I used images of 1680 dials, printed and lacquered (to scale) as practice runs. This worked very well for me. I got used to working under the loupe, mixing, and applying lume.
In the end I think it turned out quite nice. Clean edges, nice pillowing, and good color consistency.
After it cures for 72hrs I’ll reassemble and get back to wearing this.
Thanks for looking!
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I decided to learn how to relume a dial and hands. I needed a handful of things to get it done:
Tutorial on luming:
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f6/watch-luminizing-tutorial-673983.html
Lume:
www.noctilumina.com
I contacted Scott at Noctilume for recommendations on mixing a high-glow, “vintage” lume. He was very helpful! Recommended I mix his G15F with AG40F to get a light-yellow appearance but high-glow output. I ended up buying my binder, pigment, oilers, and mixing bowl from him.
Tools:
- Set of Oilers (fine and medium used most)
- Ceramic mixing bowl
- Ag40F pigment
- G15F pigment
- Binder 3
- 3x Loupe
- Paint Thinner
- Xacto Knife
Practice:
I used images of 1680 dials, printed and lacquered (to scale) as practice runs. This worked very well for me. I got used to working under the loupe, mixing, and applying lume.
In the end I think it turned out quite nice. Clean edges, nice pillowing, and good color consistency.
After it cures for 72hrs I’ll reassemble and get back to wearing this.
Thanks for looking!