supermanx Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 This is the outcome after an hour in the bath: This is a good shot that shows the differance lighting makes on the appearance of the ti: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swdivad Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 That's beautiful! Did you completely disassemble the bracelet? That must have been quite a job. Was the bath Oxyclean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wan Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Did the bath darken the titanium a bit and what exactly did you use?.........it looks soooo nice!!!......was there a big diffrence from before and after?....Thanks, Wan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikellem Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Very nice results! Tell us how you got this results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usil Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 To get a consistent color, a chemical prep is probably needed. An acid treament should be used to remove all oils from manufacture and human oils as well. Don't know what kind of acid to use but you might try acetic acid. Maybe an ammonia bath then acetic acid to dissolve everything and get down to base metal so the chemical reaction starts every where at the same time. Chemical preps are used before plating too. I have done this with gun blue chemicals on steel. The metal needed to be preped first then warm solution used to turn the steel gun metal blue. Nice project. I like the results. Usil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermanx Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Saw original post - still not brave enough to try this with my beloved (and discontinued) 192. Is it the photos or has your bezel turned brushed from shiney? I brushed all the ss, because I like the look better, gen is brushed tantilium (ti on rep) and polish tantilium (ss on rep). oxydized and brushed give it a more consistant appearance in my opinion. I havent even been able to find a decent picture of a 192 gen anywhere but the panerai website and panaristi reference, and both leave some question as to the "actual" appearance. Usil i did a full clean with dishsoap and a toothbrush before dipping using gloves after washing, was worried about oils from my fingers inhibiting the oxi. Acid would probably work better but too daring for my blood. An hour in the oxyclean will not harm the ss, but I recommend disassembling the links because the oxy can't get into the crevises as easily and your bracelet will be very dry and stiff with dried oxy in every crack. It would be very difficult to clean all the oxy out without breaking down everything. And if I decide I dont like it or would be better for resale back to original you can polish the oxidation away with a cape cod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Heres the Gen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermanx Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Very nice results! Tell us how you got this results? I used oxyclean, boiled water put the oxyclean in slowly (to fast and the reaction will quickly overflow your pan)... Had to completely disassemble the watch and band. Made sure to remove the tachymeter ring its sticky taped on. Then throw the parts in the bath and let it continue to boil stirring ever 5-10 minutes. I checked the pieces after every 30 minutes to ensure they were consistant color. After the first 30 minutes it was a bail hay color, after another 30 i started getting a blued dark grey. I didn't like the bail color so I dipped it longer. The blued color is not consistant but with a touch of 3 in 1 oil it turns the ti a perfect consistant dark grey with just a hint of blue if you look at certain angles in certain light. I have one original link i'll see if I can take a comparision shot. The differance is huge though, before the ti was barely destinguishable from brushed ss in appearance. Basically i stole the instructions from others here and on the dark side, i am not the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitmic Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Wow, that's nice. VERY NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchwatcher Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 looks great... almost a gun-metal blue gray. i didn't realize you could take all the links apart in that bracelet... was it just the Ti links that went into the bath? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Saw original post - still not brave enough to try this with my beloved (and discontinued) 192. Is it the photos or has your bezel turned brushed from shiney? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermanx Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Heres the Gen Wow nice pic, except for the perfect crown guard and awesome blue hands I like mine better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 The hands do look awesome! They dont seem to be as shiny as the reps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 (edited) Heres a pic of the whole 192 kit... And this is a rare image of the gen 192 with the sub-second marks just like our reps. Bet you thought that was a mistake! Edited September 28, 2006 by andreww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 And this is a rare image of the gen 192 with the sub-second marks just like our reps. Bet you thought that was a mistake! Very interesting indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qweasd Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Very interesting indeed wow gen 192 pam ~~~!~!~!~!~! absolutely expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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