dandsoo Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 HelloI've recently acquired a Daytona dial for 7750 but the sub dials are a bit shiny for my taste. How can I modify them to look a little less shiny?Can I use coffee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwongnz Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Coffee, they are polished metal. The only trick I know people use coffee or tea for is to add patina on lumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandsoo Posted November 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 I was thinking maybe I could get the sub dials to be a little brown....like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwongnz Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 The Cali dial shown has lume on it, so u can stain it. The daytona dial is polished steel so I'm not sure how you can stain steel with coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCM21_88 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 I had a similar situation with my dial, had those same shinny silver subdials, I used a matte varnish spray paint. Coated the whole dial with two light layers of the varnish them once that was dry I then tried that coffee stain trick strictly on the subdials, I also replaced the coronet with a gen coronet. It's not perfect but I am certainly happy with the dial compared to how it looked when I first purchased it Sent from my !Phone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revere Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 I wonder if you could try powdered graphite, careful application with a qtip or swab? It's available at most hobby shops as powdered graphite is actually a lubricant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 I had a similar situation with my dial, had those same shinny silver subdials, I used a matte varnish spray paint. Coated the whole dial with two light layers of the varnish them once that was dry I then tried that coffee stain trick strictly on the subdials, I also replaced the coronet with a gen coronet. It's not perfect but I am certainly happy with the dial compared to how it looked when I first purchased it Sent from my !Phone using TapatalkWhere did you get the gen coronets? How much are they approximately?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCM21_88 Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Where did you get the gen coronets? How much are they approximately? Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI believe I grabbed them off of the bay for like 30 a piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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