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I had that relatively expensive Swatch as the first present from my fiancee (now my wife, and the mother of our 2 children 
) on my birthday...
I often do not use watches... A cell phone can do a better job (for less cost), and that Swatch thing was way expensive for me
However, she always wanted to see me wearing it, and I had to obey
One day, it was dropped and I got those stupid scratches on the surface:
This one at the top left corner is really ugly and deeeeep (could easily fit my nail there):
As the professional detailer I'm trying to be, I decided to put an end to this mess
So, first of all...
Started with sanding the cleaned surface with 1500grit sanding paper
Actually all I needed was like 1/10th of a unigrit sanding sheet (almost zero cost)
The trick was to sand in the direction perpendicular to the scratch direction until the scratch disappears (until there's no place to fit my nail, or to even feel a scratch was there)
So if the scratch is horizontal you should sand vertically, and vice versa
This is how it looked like after 1500grit sanding:
Next, I continued sanding with a finer grit (2500 grit), in the other direction (in the scratch direction)
Kept doing that until reaching a smooth surface
Actually I was pretty afraid to spoil that lens on the date dial, however, my rule of thumb was: No risk... never fun
This is how it looked like after 2500 grit sanding:
Next I had to buff this mess, and restore my flawless gloss
So I used the 6.5 inches foam polishing pad, along with #83
Please dont ask me if #105 will do, or if the foam compound will do... I believe all combinations will work... It's just that I already had a good stock of the classic #8x series
PlastX should be the right thing to use, but if you already have some compound/polish combinations, and the skills/courage to do it... Then all logical combinations should work (dont take my word forgranted, everything you do is done at your own risk)
So, used the rotary buffer @ speed 2, as shown in next pic:
The result was very good... but not as perfect as I wanted it to be
So I moved down in the scale
Now with #80, and again, a foam polishing pad
Now this is what we call a crystal clear finish:
And to restore that "New watch" shine
I used NXT all metal polish, for polishing the metal bracelet
Here's how the final result looked like:
So
Seems that Meguiar's stuff got much more to do than what's advertised
Sounds cool ?
Want to try it on your grandpa's Rolex ?
Well... do it at your own risk
) on my birthday...I often do not use watches... A cell phone can do a better job (for less cost), and that Swatch thing was way expensive for me
However, she always wanted to see me wearing it, and I had to obey
One day, it was dropped and I got those stupid scratches on the surface:
This one at the top left corner is really ugly and deeeeep (could easily fit my nail there):
As the professional detailer I'm trying to be, I decided to put an end to this mess
So, first of all...
Started with sanding the cleaned surface with 1500grit sanding paper
Actually all I needed was like 1/10th of a unigrit sanding sheet (almost zero cost)
The trick was to sand in the direction perpendicular to the scratch direction until the scratch disappears (until there's no place to fit my nail, or to even feel a scratch was there)
So if the scratch is horizontal you should sand vertically, and vice versa
This is how it looked like after 1500grit sanding:
Next, I continued sanding with a finer grit (2500 grit), in the other direction (in the scratch direction)
Kept doing that until reaching a smooth surface
Actually I was pretty afraid to spoil that lens on the date dial, however, my rule of thumb was: No risk... never fun
This is how it looked like after 2500 grit sanding:
Next I had to buff this mess, and restore my flawless gloss
So I used the 6.5 inches foam polishing pad, along with #83
Please dont ask me if #105 will do, or if the foam compound will do... I believe all combinations will work... It's just that I already had a good stock of the classic #8x series
PlastX should be the right thing to use, but if you already have some compound/polish combinations, and the skills/courage to do it... Then all logical combinations should work (dont take my word forgranted, everything you do is done at your own risk)
So, used the rotary buffer @ speed 2, as shown in next pic:
The result was very good... but not as perfect as I wanted it to be
So I moved down in the scale
Now with #80, and again, a foam polishing pad
Now this is what we call a crystal clear finish:
And to restore that "New watch" shine
I used NXT all metal polish, for polishing the metal bracelet
Here's how the final result looked like:
So
Seems that Meguiar's stuff got much more to do than what's advertised
Sounds cool ?
Want to try it on your grandpa's Rolex ?
Well... do it at your own risk
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