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Restoration Techniques - Polishing, Refinishing, Bluing, Rust, etc..

Watch hand silvering

steve1811uk

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March 24 in Restoration Techniques - Polishing, Refinishing, Bluing, Rust, etc..

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My first attempt at silvering of watch hands. First I rubbed the hands back to the brass with 7000 grit paper. Then I polished a bit with pegwood and 1 micron diamond paste. Cleaned in solvent (Essence of Renata is what I have handy). Then used silvering powder as directed from Priory polishes (eBay). Finished of with a brush stroke of lacquer to avoid tarnishing. I think they look quite good, a nice satin effect.

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Excellent result, well done. Have you got a before photo?

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Hi Richard, here's one. I had tried to polish the minute hand and gone back to the brass and it looked terrible especially in daylight.

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Huge difference, well done again.

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