Clock dial re-furb

[clockboy]

For those who see my posts here in the clock section will know I have been working on two vintage ships clocks. One has been returned to the customer and the one remaining had a severely faded dial and the customer said I could do what I wanted with this movement so I thought I would experiment in re- furbing the dial. I did do a test re paint and it was poor to say the least so I originally decided to draw the dial using ‘Indesign” and use water slide decal film. It did take me a few hours to actually draw the dial but after following many YouTube vids I managed to achieve what you see in the pics. However it is not perfect but does give it an authentic look. I cleaned the old dial with mentholated spirits which removed some brown substance but still left it with a patina look..

I used “Safmat” self adhesive printing film as it is thicker than the water slide film which allowed greater control when positioning.. I coated with a clear acrylic coating.

 

 

Edited June 22, 2022 by clockboy

[Kalanag]

Looks good! 

[Willow]

Great job well done, loved to have seen a video of you doing that you must be pleased with it.

[clockboy]

Sorry I do not have he equipment to make vids apart from my smartphone.. 

[Tmuir]

That came up quite nicely, well done.