Aged lume/relume win

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Feeling quite pleased with myself - two new things tried today, both of which turned out pretty decent...

Thing one was that I had an old dial that had three missing lume markers, presumably after a water ingress (water mark on dial). The remaining markers were nice and aged, so wanted to match that as best I could. Cracked out my daughter's acrylics and set about adding to my usual lume mix (clear acrylic matte and lume powder)... Voila! 

Bonus points for guessing which are mine!

Thing two was that I had a new hand arrive for the W10 - I've never been happy with the match on the hour hand (and still have slight issues with both) but these are the best i can do. One was bright white, the other a very pale green tinge... I wanted to try and get both looking similar to the markers, and rather than reluming went for the coffee method, baking them at 180c for intervals of 5 minutes face down on the granules. The whiter of the two was also soaked in black coffee before baking. Not perfect, but better I think?

Toying with the idea of having a crack at those scratches but really I should leave that alone... Might have a play on a test dial just to see... maybe! 

[RichardHarris123]

1, 10 and 11?

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34 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

1, 10 and 11?

It's good but it's not quite right! (I see why you went that way, they're the least patina'd/closest to original colour of the lot. 

Better photo I hear you say? Lume shot? Sure thing!