tried lemon juice.....is this right

[vdubpower]

heres what happened, 30 min in soaked papertowels with lemon juice


the buckle the strap is hard to do because it sewn in


now what to do?

 

[matsukoy]

You left it too long should be dipped 5 mins max. Put ketchup and brush with soft toothbrush for 3 mins. Rinse with warm water then brush again with toothpaste rinse and dry. I suggest not touching it while it dries to prevent finger print marks.

 

[vdubpower]

im hesitant to run the watch under water, myluck water will get in , ill just have to wipe off with damp paper towel

 

[Sultan Brunei]

The spots is there because you don't dip the case

 

[vdubpower]

i did ketchup on my watch, has a rose gold tinge, looks ok, just need to get rid of some of those blemishes


next ill do toothpaste

 

[snbr2011]

do you have to literally dip it in lemon juice for 5 min? and just take it out and it should do the trick? or dip it into ketchup and leave it there for 5 min and thats it? i am also kinda weirded out about leaving mine submerged in the juice for 5 min. Please advise guys

 

[fortis Persicum]

do ketchup, on RG leewei has a thread on the ketchup trick and many opinions on there as well

 

[ceesq]

did you guys did a waterproof test before dipping it in the lemon juice ? or is it ready to go ?

 

[snbr2011]

I am not a member on RG any chance I can see that here?

do ketchup, on RG leewei has a thread on the ketchup trick and many opinions on there as well

 

[al358]

I had a bronze case timepiece and although I did not dip it in ketchup, I did wiped it down with a paper towel dipped in ketchup and it cleaned it up nicely. Good luck and I hope it all works out.

 

[Sultan Brunei]

Veubpower, is your strap, malio strap vecchio ?

 

[vdubpower]

yup, i believe so, u purchased used.....its fantastic

 

[audiguy25]

How the hell do you guys find this stuff like ketchup and lemon juice. lol

 

[weargle]

Why are people averse to using Brasso?

 

[silverclaw]

Why are people averse to using Brasso?

Brasso is a polish and can be a little too corrosive for our precious precious bronzos. It also smells terrible. I personally use vinegar, lemon juice or just pool water. Pool water is very good because of the chlorine. It is a weak cleaning agent before you use the stronger stuff.

 

[weargle]

I think that it would be the muriatic acid (HCl) in the pool water doing the business, not the free chlorine. It's a similar proton source to the acetic acid in lemon juice or ketchup. I just think that it's best to use the proper product for cleaning fine metals instead of kludges. But that's just me.

 

[silverclaw]

I think that it would be the muriatic acid (HCl) in the pool water doing the business, not the free chlorine. It's a similar proton source to the acetic acid in lemon juice or ketchup. I just think that it's best to use the proper product for cleaning fine metals instead of kludges. But that's just me.

I just guessed- not a lot of thought put into that, haha. Is muriatic acid an American thing? I call it hydrochloric acid lol.