Rolex Case Polishing to restore the SHOWROOM LOOK!!

[alvinado]

I think you can try, for $13 bucks, it is not bad a deal!

 

[gioarmani7428]

Nicely done.

 

[alvinado]

For the benefit of the community ,i just got to bump thsi post!!!

Bump!!

 

[If you see Kay]

this is a good tutorial post. But I am still having some questions.

With the different colour polishing bars, do I go through each one to get a progressively finer polish, or do I go straight to the green one for stainless steel polishing?

 

[alvinado]

I think what they say directly is to go straight to the green one...

 

[Positive]

That's a great article, thanks.

 

[debug77]

Nice tutorial, thanks for posting it. I think I may have to go the dremel route too, rather than the polishing machine. I was actually wondering what would be best for polishing as my Meguiars Car Polisher is a tad too big

 

[alvinado]

Nice tutorial, thanks for posting it. I think I may have to go the dremel route too, rather than the polishing machine. I was actually wondering what would be best for polishing as my Meguiars Car Polisher is a tad too big

You can check this out!
http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Tools/Pages ... x?catid=13

Clamp the tool and you should be good to go!

 

[pilworx]

this kind of thread is exactly why RWI is the best rep watch forum of them all.
excellent info by the most knowledgeable out there.
thanks all!

 

[fredp]

Nice tutotrial !
I did it with a dremel and respect all your steps !
I have an almost new watch now

 

[iceblue]

Thumbs up!!!
Great post!!!
Stick this post!!!

 

[rolexman2009]

wow great job! looks brand new!

 

[jcrry2]

holy cow the case looks awsom!!

 

[WatchDoc]

The only time I got a pure mirror finish, with absolutely no tiny scratches, was when I learnt how to use the correct compounds and wheels.

2 questions here
1) should I put tape over the crystal or it'll be OK?
2) Help a guy who's not too tool savvy. Which dremel, which head, and which polishing compound?
Thx

 

[alvinado]

for the crystal, if it is sapphire it is ok, however, it will be a good idea to remove the crytal first.

for the second qn i think you pm demonslayer would be better, although i am the op, this was taken of the internet..

 

[VB_Spike]

*sigh* if only I had an ultrasonic cleaner...one piece of equip im missing.

 

[DemonSlayer]

2) Help a guy who's not too tool savvy. Which dremel, which head, and which polishing compound?
Thx

I use 3 compounds (I have a 4th for a ultra high mirror polish, but don't need it with the results I'm getting).

The colors (in order of use) are green, blue and pink. They have different levels of "cutting/polishing". I also use a seperate wheel for each compound, and all 3 wheels are different. The wheel for the green compound is the hardest of the 3, and the wheel for the pink compound is very soft, used for finishing.

You can use any rotary tool which has at least 5000 rpm. Perhaps slighly lower would work, mine has a control for varying the speed which is even better. It didn't cost much, about £15 if I remember correctly. You only need to use a little compound at a time, if you use too much it wont polish properly. The idea is to use a little (touch the compound with the spinning wheel for 1 second) and then polish, and then re-apply the compound freequently.

It takes a bit of practice but you will get the hang of it, your polishing technique will also improve over time, resulting in a pure mirror finish with little or no swirls/marks.

Good luck

 

[The Doctor]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[alvinado]

ime to give this a good bump

 

[trksh-bzr]

saw it before, need to get those parts........ anyone know where to buy the plastic film on the www? and the compound, I have some different ones and those common cotton wheels for my fremel, but I always end up with tiny scratches in the surface anyway.....