Samurai Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Thinking of getting some black lume put on a few of my watches that have black hands/markers. Any idea where I can buy this? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 The new AP silver theme has black lume on dial and hands,i think every modder here could do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 The silver theme being sold here doesn't have any lume. I confirmed with Josh. My question is more on where can I buy this lume from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWG Technical Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 The only supplier I know that sells black lume is RC Tritec. www.rctritec.ch Here's an example of the lume in use... Be forewarned, this is the most hateful lume to apply...remember playing on the beach as a kid, and making sand castles, this lume is the consistancy of the wet sand, it doesn't flow, and is very difficult to put down and achieve a nice finish, as you can see in my pics, it's ok, but certainly not some of my best workmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Ah.. The Stealth surfaces once again! What more can I say, amazing work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWG Technical Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Ah.. The Stealth surfaces once again! There will probably be a sequel to the Stealth, "Stealth II, return of the black lume...", since I have another case with PVD ready to be put together... I'll probably do it up over the holiday season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 There will probably be a sequel to the Stealth, "Stealth II, return of the black lume...", since I have another case with PVD ready to be put together... I'll probably do it up over the holiday season. Now that will be really sweet, for sure! Looking forward to your sequel, R! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member X Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Sweeeet, will look forward to the pics! re: the OP, you can use the graphite trick on normal lume. Take a pencil and grind the 'lead' against something so it ends up as powder. Then you can just mix it in with the lume to get a darker lume that still glows quite well I believe softer pencils are darker, but generally the more 'lead' you add the darker it will be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Thanks Zigmeister. This is super cool. If u find it difficult to work with, I'll probably have the lume all over my face before I can get a drop of it on the dial I'll probably have to send it your way soon, if you would be up to it sir. Btw... Is there a red lume as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Also can't wait to see what "Stealth II" will look like. Hey R, Do you think you could replicate the "Black Pearl?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWG Technical Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 @ Samurai Let me know if I can help you out. Lume comes in about every colour of the rainbow, the only issue is cost, having to buy 1 gram for a special project gets expensive... @ Vlydog I think the black lume with the gloss binder would produce that look faithfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 shoot I may just havta get my flyback PVD and black lumed..that is mui macho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 I can never seem to find an order form on the site, is it best to send an enquiry through the request form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Sweeeet, will look forward to the pics! re: the OP, you can use the graphite trick on normal lume. Take a pencil and grind the 'lead' against something so it ends up as powder. Then you can just mix it in with the lume to get a darker lume that still glows quite well I believe softer pencils are darker, but generally the more 'lead' you add the darker it will be! Yup, you can buy graphite powder, but just rubbing a pencil against a piece of sandpaper works just fine - and its cheaper. You don't need to spend a lot of money on exotic lume powders, graphite added to regular lume is as good as anything out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member X Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Thanks John! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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