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My Cape Cod cloths came today, I bought them on Admin's advice and I can tell you that these things are great. For those of you that do not wear DEGRADED Lings on straps and wear them on the PROPER Breitling bracelets do yourself a favor and get some of these Cape Cod cloths. They get scratches out and leave the bracelet looking like new in minutes.

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LING MAN

Cape cod cloths are always the polishing cloth of choice!!

Im not familiar with them. Can you tell me more. Where to buy, are they for brushed or polished?

This leads me to another question. I have an SA white dial, polished bracelet. Is the bracelet truly polished to it's shine or is it polished stainless, then chrome plated?

Stainless steel would never be chrome plated - it is purely polished. Cape Cod cloths can be found on the Bay very cheaply. They are not for brushed metal. You would need a fibreglass pen tool for re-brushing minor blemishes on a brushed piece.

I had heard somewhere that Cape Cod's aren't that great for removing scratches from stainless steel. I think someone posted on here that they werent abrasive enough. Is this correct?

The reason is ask is that my AD (clowns that they are) managed to put a couple of minor scratches on the underside of the lugs when they removed the strap. I didn't notice it for about a week, so I've not bothered going back about it as I'd have a hard time proving it was them and not me! And as it's on the underside of the lugs I've not been that bothered. However if I can remove the scratches myself I'd rather do so than leave them. (I'm fussy like that ) Would Cape Cods do the trick?

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Driver8

Site Moderator

Depends how deep the scratches are... Cape cods are better for swirlies and very light surface scuffing.. the small stuff that takes away the bling.. deeper actuall scratches are best taken care of with actual polishing stuff. I usually just buff scratches away with my dremel.

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Dremel is a great tool. I bought a Dremel kit that came with a polishing compound that seems to work well. Do you have any recommendations on any other compounds? I'm starting to run low on mine.

Thanks-

~Brian

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Breitling Super Avenger
Fortis Flieger Chronograph
Rolex Submariner Date

They're not that bad, but they are more than swirlies, so I'm feeling a demel coming on! Cheers guys.

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Driver8

Site Moderator

Demels are great. Look for dental bristle brushes called Buffalo Brushes (that's a brand name) or similar. Then cotton mops for the finishing touch. Any metal polishing block compound would do. Jewellers rouge is probably not abrasive enough for Stainless and is very messy to use.

try here for what you want:

www.ofrei.com

I have green and red jeweler's rouge (.. maybe its just rouge rouge?) and it works great on the stainless steel as long as I am using the dremel... Metal glow/Flitz on the buffing wheel is the final polish for me.

Thanks for the link Mark!

~Brian

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Breitling Super Avenger
Fortis Flieger Chronograph
Rolex Submariner Date

My pleasure. I am a dental technician so work with metals and polishing all the time. If you need any more advice please let me know. Dental and jewellery stuff is very similar.

That explains why my dentist uses the heavy tools when working on my smile.....She thinks it's metal shop!



Thanks again-

~Brian

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Breitling Super Avenger
Fortis Flieger Chronograph
Rolex Submariner Date

That's kinda creepy! But then again I do have a gold tooth.

You wouldn't believe some of the things we do!!! It's a fascinating job and after 30 years of it I still enjoy it!!! The technology we have is amazing and we are using a ceramic material that is the same as the stuff that IWC (and now Panerai - the new Black Seal) make some of their cases from - Zirconuim Oxide!!