What factory makes this nail polish, and what version?
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Looks pretty dang rad though.
What TD carries the base watch?
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Looks pretty dang rad though.
What TD carries the base watch?
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My Rolex 6542 Project
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I used Wangdoodle Factory Grape polish V6.9. It's kinda rare but I can sell you a bottle for 100 American dollars!!
I picked this one up from Lucy - Truetime168. She should be able to get plenty of them since you don't see a lot of guys buying them. I say go for it!
What do you think would happen if the insert were dropped in a dilute bleach solution (much like the common vintage treatment for metal inserts)?
Lol. You were working on a new watch. Heck I never heard you mention it more that 77 times. Lol.
But that insert looks freaking awesome now.
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But that insert looks freaking awesome now.
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It would probably strip every bit of paint off faster than you could say Oh shit!! Lol
Best to try to use some fingernail polish or the equivalent - just a little bit at a time.
They did. The originals were lumed with radium.
If I had stripped all the paint off, I would have mixed up some yellow to get the right shade, filled in the numbers then repainted the back side dark red and dark blue. I'd still do the next steps: scuff the back with a scotchbrite and then remove some of the paint and then paint over it with the dark purple polish. The gens - most of them - do have that blackened/bleed over look to them at this point. And if you wanted to go really gnarly you could put a coat of varnish on the top side and then kinda haphazardly chip some of it off. But since the rest of my watch isn't aged to that level I'm just gonna keep the top side like it is, sanded over just to make it more dull looking.
Thanks guys!
Update: My modder says he may have to machine a new retaining ring for this one. Like I said, the retaining ring is a really bad design on this one and the factory actually had it glued to the case top! No biggie though - Kev can fix and/or make anything and it'll be better than new before long. But if you decide to pick one of these up - make sure you verify with the dealer that the retaining ring isn't glued down. Otherwise you'll twist that bezel one day and it will jump right off in your hands lol.
Update: My modder says he may have to machine a new retaining ring for this one. Like I said, the retaining ring is a really bad design on this one and the factory actually had it glued to the case top! No biggie though - Kev can fix and/or make anything and it'll be better than new before long. But if you decide to pick one of these up - make sure you verify with the dealer that the retaining ring isn't glued down. Otherwise you'll twist that bezel one day and it will jump right off in your hands lol.
