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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by toxicavenger » Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:13 pm

This was the first one he did for me
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Seiko PADI mod

Post by BBK357 » Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:53 am

toxicavenger wrote:This was the first one he did for me
That is perfect.
What kind of sapphire? Double dome or the big bubble ?


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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by toxicavenger » Mon Apr 15, 2019 7:32 am

BBK357 wrote:
Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:53 am
toxicavenger wrote:This was the first one he did for me
That is perfect.
What kind of sapphire? Double dome or the big bubble ?


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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by sierra11b » Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:01 pm

So here is it on the new 82D All American "AA" Olongapo which arrived today as well. Love it.

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Post by hoppyjr » Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:21 pm

New old school. :clap:

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Post by sierra11b » Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:31 pm

Yep

I shared the pics with Jaffy Jurado and he thought it was a crystal mod 6306... I told him to check the dial for the Prospex "X"

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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by toxicavenger » Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:47 pm

sierra11b wrote:
Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:01 pm
So here is it on the new 82D All American "AA" Olongapo which arrived today as well. Love it.
That looks really cool.

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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by BBK357 » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:00 pm

Nice


What crystal is that? CT double dome?


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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by CarloDWC » Thu Apr 18, 2019 10:46 am

Can't really get into the patina thing, however I do like the PADI. Here is mine, really nice dial.

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Post by sierra11b » Thu Apr 18, 2019 10:57 am

BBK357 wrote:
Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:00 pm
Nice


What crystal is that? CT double dome?


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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by Torrid » Fri May 17, 2019 3:26 pm

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Got a quick photo of his finished mod. Asked it be a bit lighter than normal.

Can't wait to get it!

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I can’t believe I missed this until now. I love the look. I’ve been thinking of attempting the bleach bezel myself. Your lume aging looks much better than most I’ve seen, much more natural looking.

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Post by Torrid » Sun May 19, 2019 4:50 pm

Took a swing at this today. Wasn’t as quick or dramatic as I thought. The fading on my bezel isn’t super apparent in low light, but it did kill some of the gloss and matches the dial better. It shows the most fade near the minute dots. I thought I would have had problems with it ghosting out extremely fast, but it took a long time to get to this using full strength straight Clorox bleach.

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Post by toxicavenger » Sun May 19, 2019 8:51 pm

^^Nice. Try putting it in a ziplock bag with the bleach on top of insert.

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Post by BacoNoir » Sun May 19, 2019 8:54 pm

Nice! I missed the original thread, but the aged Luke on these is nicely done with a light touch.
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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by sierra11b » Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:47 am

Another one from Rane. I asked this one be a shade darker. I might give the bezel a 5 second dance in acid once it arrives just to give it a slight fade without the black going into the blue/purplish color.

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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by Joeprez » Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:58 am

Torrid wrote:Took a swing at this today. Wasn’t as quick or dramatic as I thought. The fading on my bezel isn’t super apparent in low light, but it did kill some of the gloss and matches the dial better. It shows the most fade near the minute dots. I thought I would have had problems with it ghosting out extremely fast, but it took a long time to get to this using full strength straight Clorox bleach.

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That looks nice. Did you apply the clorox straight to the bezel using the qtip?


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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by Torrid » Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:05 am

Joeprez wrote:
Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:58 am
Torrid wrote:Took a swing at this today. Wasn’t as quick or dramatic as I thought. The fading on my bezel isn’t super apparent in low light, but it did kill some of the gloss and matches the dial better. It shows the most fade near the minute dots. I thought I would have had problems with it ghosting out extremely fast, but it took a long time to get to this using full strength straight Clorox bleach.

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That looks nice. Did you apply the clorox straight to the bezel using the qtip?


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I mostly used them to clean off the bleach after soaking, but I tried that a couple of times. For the most part soaking the whole bezel in a small bowl of bleach was probably the most effective. I’m not sure applying bleach would be as even.

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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by sierra11b » Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:16 am

I use the same stuff for my titanium etching - whink rust remover. First I clean with toothbrush and alcohol wearing gloves.

Takes about 45seconds to get to that level so you need windex to stop the process and then water to rinse immediately. Never touch the whink as it’s hydroflouric acid based.

I think bleach works faster on older Seiko bezels. I remember leaving the srp777 bezel in straight bleach for two hours without a change.

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Re: Seiko PADI mod

Post by Torrid » Sun Jun 09, 2019 11:08 am

sierra11b wrote:
Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:16 am
I use the same stuff for my titanium etching - whink rust remover. First I clean with toothbrush and alcohol wearing gloves.

Takes about 45seconds to get to that level so you need windex to stop the process and then water to rinse immediately. Never touch the whink as it’s hydroflouric acid based.

I think bleach works faster on older Seiko bezels. I remember leaving the srp777 bezel in straight bleach for two hours without a change.
Yeah this modern bezel took awhile to show any change. I think most of it was due to rubbing the bleach with the q tips which sped it up a bit.

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