Hey all you brushed finish folks (with scuffs)..

BroncoSport · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:48 pm

As some of you know I wear my Steelfish with the Pro 2 almost everyday and I have meantioned that I had gotten lots of scuffs and scratches on the bracelet (and dont care). Well tonight I was throwing the Diver Pro strap back on it to mix it up a little. I was looking the bracelet over and thinking that it was sure scuffed up a lot expecially with little circle scuff marks. And an idea came to mind....

Well no more scuffs! It looks fantastic again and cost me nothing to refinish. My secret was something so simple everyone can do it in 2 minutes. All you need it a DRY green pot scrubber and a small towel. I laid my bracelet on the towel and rubbed the bracelet (with the grain) about 20-25 times, rotated the bracelet for the other half, repeat and SHAZAM! Looked so good that it is now on my silver dialed Steelfish.

It was so noticable that I showed my wife the difference before I did the second half of the bracelet and she said "wow".

Food for thought....

Scott

veilsidegs3 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:25 pm

NICE. Any before and after pics?

In2Deep · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:20 pm

They sell refinishing pads on ebay that are made for brushed finishes, I guess a pot scubber would work as well

RJRJRJ · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:17 pm

Nice. It is well known that the green [not to be confused with the blue etc.] scotch brite pads work wonders on brushed finishes.

aleister · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:01 am

Good work!

As RJRJRJ says, it's been mentioned a few times, but still good to know that people success with it!

And pics are mandatory - otherwise you have to scuff it all over again and then make the re-finish once more!

BroncoSport · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:59 am

yeah I thought abourt the before pictures.....afterwards. Oh well, It will be scuffed up again.

drax · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:52 am

Scot,

Exactly what kind of green pot scrubber are you'talking about?
Before I chance ruining the Pro II on my Steelfish, I want to be
sure I'm using the proper equipment. Can you tell us a little more
about the scrub pad?

Thanks.

Steve

BroncoSport · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:59 am

Nothing special, just the one my wife bought to scrub the dishes! This one has the green scrubber surface on one side and a yellow sponge on the other side. Be sure to only "stroke" the band in one direction (with the grain) and I didnt rub it back and forth, just in one direction. Literally 20 strokes and it was done.

I have noticed that if you wet the green scrubbers, they become softer. So I did this with a dry pad, because you are actually scratching the bracelet back to the original one way grain pattern.

I dont think the brand matters. Scotch makes them but I would bet my penny pinching wife bought a cheap scrubber.

Scott

nnikolaus · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:52 am

Does anyone have their own power tool or dremel tools to do any polishing or buffing on your own. I have been giving this some thought about getting my own power tool and doing it myself. Does anyone have any experience doing this themselves and would recommend, or is this something I should leave to the pros?

:huh

In2Deep · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:58 am

Take a look at this thread: http://www.breitlingsource.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3772

RJRJRJ · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:56 am

Speaking of cape cods, how do you guys use yours? I just rub randomly in any direction and try to avoid the crystal and brushed parts.

Anybody have any more insight? Should it only be done in one direction? Will light pressure yield worse results than heavy pressure--or vice versa?

Ive also wondered if incidental contact with the polish and the crystal or brushed surfaces has any effects on its own, or is it the cloth that ruins these parts?

In2Deep · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:15 am

I haven't needed it on my Emergency Mission but when Lewis was here the other day he tried it out on his Super Avenger and it came out excellent. Looked like it was just taken out of the box :shock:

A little Cape Code action followed by the Selvyt and it was good as new. Oh and I just ordered some Nano-Fiber polishing cloths too, they are supposed to be be 100x finer than micro-fiber.

here's a link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=190238045907

breitlingsource · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:18 pm

Re: Cape Cod

Haven't had any detrimental effects from getting cape cod on the crystal.. you have to rub pretty hard to affect the AR coating.

As for getting cape cod on the brushed, even if you get a bit on and then rub it away you may notice a SLIGHT brightness on the metal from it being polished a bit, but then i just follow that up with a rub with a 30 micron polish cloth and the matte brush is right back.

veilsidegs3 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:31 pm

I would just take it to get it done by the AD...

Depending on what activities you do though I would probably only get it professionally polished like twice a yr...

:bling:

In2Deep · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:41 pm

For sure, it says it right on my receipt that I get two professional cleanings per year from them

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