[Tutorial] prep your dial and baseplates for a world class relume!

[alvinado 0]

THis tutorial was done up by my partner , Gareth at w@tchlume, and i thought I'll share the knowledge here.

 

 

As the title stated, this step will ensure if you have a world class relume or just a substandard one.

 

Step 1 :

Dial and base plate

 

THe cruz here is to make base plate as smooth as possible, i have applied acetone to remove all the paint from the base plate and then polish it with a dremel

 

Step 2:

 

 

Use a matte laquer to spray both the dial and the base plate. The dial for a great looking matte finish and the base plate to make it rough so white paint can be easily applied.

 

Base plate after treatment

 

Dial after treatment

 

Step 3:

Spray the baseplate white

 

 

Step 4:

Strip the lume from the underside of the hands

 

 

Step 5:

Use only w@tchlume's lume (just joking:) )

 

remember for the lume mixture a 50/50 binder to lume ratio is recommended.

 

Step 6:

Relume the hands and dial

 

For the hands , apply from the underside and slowly "pull' the lume through the length, it should take some time to get it right, but it is not rocket science and can be done with some practice

 

 

For dial relume, fill up the indices, you got 20 mins to work with the lume bfore it dries, do not fret , you can add more binder and lume to give you more working time.

 

 

Final Result!

 

 

Basically this method can be used for any relumes, especially for sandwich dials but the technique is similar for all watch relumes!

 

Enjoy luming!

[Ska 11]

Hey mate! Fantastic tutorial. Just one question. I've seen a couple of those recessed base-plates now in a few threads but I've dealt with a large number of Pams and never come across one in person.

 

Do you source them yourself or do they just come from a specific factory/model?

 

All the best

 

Ska

[alvinado 0]

hi ska, it only come from the noobfactory base plates

[Akira 0]

Great tut

Thanks alvin

[Ska 11]

Any idea where I can get these from? It would make my job SO much easier!!!

[phanto 0]

and will save you some lume powder too!

[Ska 11]

Just means I don't have to worry about lume placement.

[wombosi 0]

These recessed base-plates are amazing!

[alvinado 0]

Just means I don't have to worry about lume placement.

 

Lol, it come with the watch unfortunately, there is no way of getting the base plates like that unless we mass order.

[Ska 11]

thought so! No worries mate cheers anyway!

[alvinado 0]

and one more thing, if you guys do not want to paint the base white, use a layer of c1 or Wl-WG, than coat the layer with c3 or gmax.

 

Before Modding

 

After Modding