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The pilworx Penultimate Platinumizing Procedure
- Thread starter pilworx
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brad thanks for the input!, yours looks smoother here, but i have seen ones a bit coarser. i have a bunch of pics saved from TRF and some look smooth and others rougher. Hmmm... With the naked eye though mine looks smooth. You don't by chance have a loop do you 
Maybe i will just back up to my 5th batch and chew on it. Either way its better than any brush job i have seen thats for sure! Thanks!
Maybe i will just back up to my 5th batch and chew on it. Either way its better than any brush job i have seen thats for sure! Thanks!
looks overdone to me.. the plat on my gen is pretty subtle see below
This looks really good to me, mine is done but I need to do more clean up, I'm 90% happy with mine
Okay, Batch #13 What do you guys think? Stock BP GMT left and PPM BP GMT right. I have been going at this since 6AM. Appreciate the input guys. It needed to be thinned out, basically double from batch#8. It brightened it up a lot too. The air brush makes it a breeze but finding the mixture was obviously the hardest part.
Thanks Thrash! Yeah I think i finally nailed it, it was just too thick before and a tad too dark. I'm fried so i am going to clean up and get ready for production another day. I will post pics for sure.
Simonbolivar
Renowned Member
I would say you nailed it for sure. Several family members have gen GMTs and that looks spot on. Well done.
Guys - fantastic OP and followup developments, thanks.
2 questions:
1 - what is aircraft stripper?
2 - is there any known reason not to use nail varnish remover to clean the ceramic?
Tx
2 questions:
1 - what is aircraft stripper?
2 - is there any known reason not to use nail varnish remover to clean the ceramic?
Tx
aircraft stripper is used to take paint off of a car, just google it. It takes the paint off of an insert in seconds without damaging the insert. Nail varnish would work but probably takes alot longer.
IMO it is a must to take factory paint off for two reasons #1 you get deeper and straight lines. #2 when you leave factory paint on it is to shallow and you can see a concave transition where the gen is straight down.
I am about to shoot 15 inserts at once and i will post a video or detailed pics, or both.
Stay tuned
-w
IMO it is a must to take factory paint off for two reasons #1 you get deeper and straight lines. #2 when you leave factory paint on it is to shallow and you can see a concave transition where the gen is straight down.
I am about to shoot 15 inserts at once and i will post a video or detailed pics, or both.
Stay tuned
-w
Watchoholic, what paint and mix have you settled for? I've got Testors and Martha Stewart lined up.
This is my attempt.
Before repaint
After repaint
Side by side
After all the clean up
Wrist shot
Before repaint
After repaint
Side by side
After all the clean up
Wrist shot
I could not get my hands on Anitas, I thinned out Marthas with acrylic thinner and tested it out, it is just way too silver.
I am using Testors mixed with white Testors, thinned out and then sealing it with Dullcoat afterwards, I am hopefully receiving my last shipment of inserts today and i will be posting a video/pics soon of my process. I apologize for the delays, just been super busy and waiting on china mail, but you are all gonna shit when i post pics!
Furthermore its a lot of prep work and i want to do the inserts in large batches. Guys, you have to strip the old paint off, as you can see in Agents pics he has the rounded out transitions and the numbers are just filled with too much material. Furthermore, there are dark spots. This is all because of the brush and the way the paint flows. You have to to be and artist with a brush and that i am not. Hats off to Pilworx! The airbrush is the way to go.
Also it is a must to pull the insert and pearl off the watch. It is easy, i mention it on the previous page i believe. You just dip the watch in hot water and twist the insert. Go to amazon and buy the 2mm iPad tape to put the insert back on and epoxy for the back side of pearl.
-w