Some responses seem pretty harsh. I appreciate your rational replys. I agree that I wouldn't use a power buffer on an expensive watch or a soft metal. I would also be concerned with possible damage to the watch by heat transfer during polishing. In most cases I would hand polish with a simichrome polish paste. For bigger jobs on the band your video was great, thanks. To prevent heat transfer to the "works" you can take the band off first.
Il faut ligoter cet homme pour l'empêcher de massacrer les montres ! lol
Je n'imaginais même pas qu'il soit possible de torturer à ce point une montre. C'est du sadisme à l'état pur à moins qu'il s'agisse d'un tutoriel pour dévoiler ce qu'il ne faut jamais faire.
If you really wanted to dstroy your Rolex watch this tutorial is perfect.
Serious dude, this kind of thing is ok for cheapo watches like your Fossil, this technique would DESTROY the finish/value of any high quality watch, you are very irresponsible putting yourself out as an expert to people who might actually copy you and ruin their expensive watches. Especially anything Gold or Silver .... A SS Rolex watch that has been machine polished like this will lose about 25% of its value
Which is why I said NOT to do this on an expensive watch. I also never stated that I was an expert at anything. Did you even watch the video? If you can afford a rolex / omega / ect you can afford to send it back to the factory for calibration and cleaning. This is for bored dudes with $100 watches.
@GadgetsNGear , Well NO you did not say anything about using your "technique" on expensive watches, in fact you were stupid enough to initially introduce your Fossil watch as a Rolex, that says just about it all......an idiot coaching bored dudes.
you are getting heat and scratches because you are not using enough polish, too much pressure and too many RPMs....the heat bye the way in itself will ruin most mechanical watches, just in case the bored dudes want to protect their $100 watches.
Calling it a rolex was a joke. It was supposed to be funny as it is obviously not a rolex.....
I have used this on several automatics and not had a single issue with calibration change, or any damage.
Perhaps you should go to the trouble of making a video and uploading it, to show me how YOU mirror polish stainless steel. Instead of criticism, you could teach. I think we would all benefit from that.
I was unable to find any rockwell hardness rating for Platinum because it is not often used in tooling. However on the Moh's Scale of hardness (used by jewelers) Platinum and steel both fall in 4-4.5 range with heat treated steel coming in between 7-8 (the higher the number the harder the material).
@TheInformalstyle Yeah absolutely, This process will shine any sold metal surface.
As far as the Ipod goes you might be careful, if the metal part on the outside is just a chrome coating then you can actually rub it all the way off with this process, also be aware that any important information (serial numbers ect) will be gone.
If the case is solid stainless steel this would work great. I lost my ipod or i would try it out for you.
The compound is a jewelers polishing compound made by ryobi. You COULD just use a rag and acheive the same results, however keep in mind that that wheel does probably about 3 full legnth strokes per rotation, it does about 3600 rotations per minute, and it probably takes about 10 minutes to get a watch looking really good.
So if you would like to rub really hard 108,000 times (approxamatly) with a rag and some compound, feel free. Let us know how it works!!
This is going to help a lot of people to get their watches to new appearance again. Thanks for your friendly help, I really appreciate it. You're great doing tutorials.
Some responses seem pretty harsh. I appreciate your rational replys. I agree that I wouldn't use a power buffer on an expensive watch or a soft metal. I would also be concerned with possible damage to the watch by heat transfer during polishing. In most cases I would hand polish with a simichrome polish paste. For bigger jobs on the band your video was great, thanks. To prevent heat transfer to the "works" you can take the band off first.
lnMyHumbleOpinion 3 weeks ago
lol, i think to title mean somethink another : D
BTW POLACY PRZEJMUJĄ TEN FILMIK !
PolishDebil 2 months ago
if i want my watch polished i go to the shop
guns248 3 months ago
how can i get scratches of a stain less steal watch?
martin111mv 4 months ago
Il faut ligoter cet homme pour l'empêcher de massacrer les montres ! lol
Je n'imaginais même pas qu'il soit possible de torturer à ce point une montre. C'est du sadisme à l'état pur à moins qu'il s'agisse d'un tutoriel pour dévoiler ce qu'il ne faut jamais faire.
PloukZero 5 months ago
If you really wanted to dstroy your Rolex watch this tutorial is perfect.
Serious dude, this kind of thing is ok for cheapo watches like your Fossil, this technique would DESTROY the finish/value of any high quality watch, you are very irresponsible putting yourself out as an expert to people who might actually copy you and ruin their expensive watches. Especially anything Gold or Silver .... A SS Rolex watch that has been machine polished like this will lose about 25% of its value
dublinlad33 6 months ago
@dublinlad33
Which is why I said NOT to do this on an expensive watch. I also never stated that I was an expert at anything. Did you even watch the video? If you can afford a rolex / omega / ect you can afford to send it back to the factory for calibration and cleaning. This is for bored dudes with $100 watches.
GadgetsNGear 6 months ago 2
@GadgetsNGear , Well NO you did not say anything about using your "technique" on expensive watches, in fact you were stupid enough to initially introduce your Fossil watch as a Rolex, that says just about it all......an idiot coaching bored dudes.
you are getting heat and scratches because you are not using enough polish, too much pressure and too many RPMs....the heat bye the way in itself will ruin most mechanical watches, just in case the bored dudes want to protect their $100 watches.
dublinlad33 6 months ago
@dublinlad33
Calling it a rolex was a joke. It was supposed to be funny as it is obviously not a rolex.....
I have used this on several automatics and not had a single issue with calibration change, or any damage.
Perhaps you should go to the trouble of making a video and uploading it, to show me how YOU mirror polish stainless steel. Instead of criticism, you could teach. I think we would all benefit from that.
GadgetsNGear 6 months ago
You idiot, platinum is the hardest metal among the ones you mentioned--definitely harder than stainless steel!!
haomiaoliu 6 months ago
@haomiaoliu
I was unable to find any rockwell hardness rating for Platinum because it is not often used in tooling. However on the Moh's Scale of hardness (used by jewelers) Platinum and steel both fall in 4-4.5 range with heat treated steel coming in between 7-8 (the higher the number the harder the material).
GadgetsNGear 6 months ago
Hi! how can I repair scratches in brushed stainless steel watches?
calzapapa 10 months ago
Could this be used to remove scratches from the metal back of an iPod classic too?
TheInformalstyle 1 year ago
@TheInformalstyle Yeah absolutely, This process will shine any sold metal surface.
As far as the Ipod goes you might be careful, if the metal part on the outside is just a chrome coating then you can actually rub it all the way off with this process, also be aware that any important information (serial numbers ect) will be gone.
If the case is solid stainless steel this would work great. I lost my ipod or i would try it out for you.
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kristincoyn 1 year ago
HI
Cd you please tell me, where i can buy the compound RYOBI or you can give me
the complete name of the RYOBI.
TANKS
feraja18 1 year ago
@feraja18 Home Depot carries 'em ryobi is the whole name.
GadgetsNGear 1 year ago
2:46 haha I love how you just throw your Rolex
aljaesson 1 year ago
@aljaesson ha ha, I really wish that it was a Rolex. Just a crappy fossil I'm afraid.
GadgetsNGear 1 year ago
@GadgetsNGear haha oops, i didn't notice when you corrected yourself. my bad
aljaesson 1 year ago
red jewelers rouge works pretty well
inkey2 1 year ago
Is it possible to polish plastics? Such as grills... For example on a car... More specifically SUV's, like, oh I don't know, a Mitsubishi Montero?
Yashimura1 2 years ago
Normal plastics.... yes. plastics on a Montero? NO! THEY ARE WAY TOO HEAVY DUTY!!!
GadgetsNGear 2 years ago
what kind of coumpound is hat? and can I use a microfiber cloth by hand or is that too time consuming?
cellophane331 1 year ago
@cellophane331
The compound is a jewelers polishing compound made by ryobi. You COULD just use a rag and acheive the same results, however keep in mind that that wheel does probably about 3 full legnth strokes per rotation, it does about 3600 rotations per minute, and it probably takes about 10 minutes to get a watch looking really good.
So if you would like to rub really hard 108,000 times (approxamatly) with a rag and some compound, feel free. Let us know how it works!!
-Blake
GadgetsNGear 1 year ago
You look like you're good with your hands!
trixiesnow1 2 years ago
This is going to help a lot of people to get their watches to new appearance again. Thanks for your friendly help, I really appreciate it. You're great doing tutorials.
josemo1 2 years ago 2