Aging a "Pepsi" insert in 90sec

[CptTripps]

I got a few generic inserts to play with. Lets see if I can do 40yrs of aging in under 2min.

Step 1: Buy an insert.

Step 2: Buy drain cleaner.

Step 3: Find a plastic dish and add 1/4" of aforementioned cleaner.

Step 4: Grab a kabob skewer or something WOODEN to pull the insert.

Step 5: Be careful not to touch the insert with your fingers. Grease=bad. Plop the insert into the cleaner and watch it. At about 45sec, you'll see it start to change. At 60sec...PULL IT OUT WITH THE WOODEN STICK.

Step 6: Run it under hot water for 30sec.

Step 7: Run it under cold water for 60sec.

Here's what you get!

Viola!

[CptTripps]

Here's what it would look like on on gen 1675

(Just placed it over the other one.)

[BigBuys]

Now drip some hydrochloric acid on it in ultra small drops and let them run.  Flush with lots of water after varying the time of each drop.  Baking soda is your friend.

 

 

 

 

Second thought, submerce the bezel up to the color change line and dampen the intensity of the red.

Edited July 25, 2013 by BigBuys

[CptTripps]

Now...do I have the stones to do it to my gen insert?

...not yet.

(But I sure won't be buying an "aged" insert any time soon.)

[CptTripps]

Second thought, submerse the bezel up to the color change line and dampen the intensity of the red.

Thought about that. I may do it tomorrow. Just to see.

I have another 1675 on the way, so I'm going to load this one up on that watch to see what it looks like. Should be cool.

[martijnp]

40 ages in two minutes and it looks good! Cool to see how you did that. Thanks for sharing

[CptTripps]

Unfortunately, I forgot that I'd already shaved the one insert to fit a rep case, so when I tried to put it on a gen bezel today, it was loose. Bummer.

I'm going to do it to the other insert later today. Then, double-dip the red section to see if that has a better effect on it. I'm also going to wax the back, so it doesn't fade at the same rate. Genuinely faded inserts aren't faded on the back. ;-)

This is going to look real cool on a Pan-Am dial that I have. Should make for a bad-ass watch!

[fraggle42]

I'm going to get my rep Sub and throw it on the motorway at lunchtime.

By the time I find it again at 3 in the morning it should have a lovely aged look

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