I posted a couple photos of my refinished titanium PAM 562 and had someone ask how it was done. So I figured I'd post it here for anyone to reference if they want to try it out.
So for those interested in refinishing their PAM titanium case. What I did was pick up a "Fiberglass pen" from Amazon and already had Cape Cod at home (also available on Amazon).
First remove the straps and crown guard so you only have the watch head. For this project, I would advise wearing a mask, eye protection, and gloves because the Fiberglass pen will leave particles as you brush which are hard to see and I don't think it would be very fun accidently inhaling these particles, getting it stuck in your skin, or getting them in your eye. Also, do NOT blow air at any time during the process or the particles/debris will go flying everywhere and will become a nuisance to clean or even potentially dangerous as they are hard to see. I did this over a piece of regular paper and just crumbled up the paper and threw it away after I was done. I vacuumed the rest of the area to make sure there was no particles/debris left over.
With all that said, all I did was gradually brush through the entire sides and front of the case with a consistent pressure and motion making sure to brush in the same direction as the original brushing. I kept on brushing until I was satisfied and most of the blemishes on the case were gone or hardly visible. This will take some time and patience. Just do it until you are satisfied with the overall finish and most if not all the blemishes are gone.
You can skip this next step if you are happy with the new finish, but for me, this left a pretty "rough/coarse" brushed look. So what I did was take out my Cape Cod and just lightly polish the entire case just a little bit so it "smooths" out the brushing making the final result more of a lightly brushed look. Remember this is just a very light polish that should be fairly quick, unless you want a polished finish over a brushed finish.
This was my result:
Disclaimer: I am not claiming this is the most ideal method of refinishing a titanium case. There is probably various other methods of doing this that are better with possibly even better results. This is just something I tried out and it worked out for me.
Hope this helps some people!
So for those interested in refinishing their PAM titanium case. What I did was pick up a "Fiberglass pen" from Amazon and already had Cape Cod at home (also available on Amazon).
First remove the straps and crown guard so you only have the watch head. For this project, I would advise wearing a mask, eye protection, and gloves because the Fiberglass pen will leave particles as you brush which are hard to see and I don't think it would be very fun accidently inhaling these particles, getting it stuck in your skin, or getting them in your eye. Also, do NOT blow air at any time during the process or the particles/debris will go flying everywhere and will become a nuisance to clean or even potentially dangerous as they are hard to see. I did this over a piece of regular paper and just crumbled up the paper and threw it away after I was done. I vacuumed the rest of the area to make sure there was no particles/debris left over.
With all that said, all I did was gradually brush through the entire sides and front of the case with a consistent pressure and motion making sure to brush in the same direction as the original brushing. I kept on brushing until I was satisfied and most of the blemishes on the case were gone or hardly visible. This will take some time and patience. Just do it until you are satisfied with the overall finish and most if not all the blemishes are gone.
You can skip this next step if you are happy with the new finish, but for me, this left a pretty "rough/coarse" brushed look. So what I did was take out my Cape Cod and just lightly polish the entire case just a little bit so it "smooths" out the brushing making the final result more of a lightly brushed look. Remember this is just a very light polish that should be fairly quick, unless you want a polished finish over a brushed finish.
This was my result:
Disclaimer: I am not claiming this is the most ideal method of refinishing a titanium case. There is probably various other methods of doing this that are better with possibly even better results. This is just something I tried out and it worked out for me.
Hope this helps some people!
