what2 Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Got my 5508 from Paul today and have read the various methods of aging dials - coffee, tea, coke, baking and urine come to mind. I have tried coffee and coke on seiko dials to age them, but not urine or baking... I guess with the pee I would have to use the first one in the morning as that has the right color. Any definative results as to the best method? I had paul send me an extra dial and hands so I can experiment a bit, or in case I screw up the first ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesThailand Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 What I tried was using coffee (highly diluted) and then let it dry and expose the dial to sunlight for a day or so alternatively I use smoke from burned incense havent tried the urine approach ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightight Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 I use wood dye soluble in alcohol (methylated spirits/denatured alcohol). It is completely controllable, you can mix the colour you require and dilute to taste then try it out on paper. It also does not have the tendency to bead as water based dyes, etc, do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what2 Posted April 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 thanks, I will give it a shot, bleached the insert last night.... one point I will raise for those trying this at home... check the paint, I left it in for a couple of minutes and nothing seemed to be happening, then a couple more and finally noticed a slight tint to the bleach, thought this is going to take for ever. Just to check I took the insert out and slid my finger across it and my finger turned black. In other words the paint was coming off in the bleach, but basically just turning to liquid black and not "moving" if that makes sense. Going to run the case through the washing machine as well when I get a chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightight Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 thanks, I will give it a shot, bleached the insert last night.... one point I will raise for those trying this at home... check the paint, I left it in for a couple of minutes and nothing seemed to be happening, then a couple more and finally noticed a slight tint to the bleach, thought this is going to take for ever. Just to check I took the insert out and slid my finger across it and my finger turned black. In other words the paint was coming off in the bleach, but basically just turning to liquid black and not "moving" if that makes sense. Going to run the case through the washing machine as well when I get a chance Yes I got caught on the bleach the first time like that! I now have a virtually unuseable insert. Good luck with the rest of the aging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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