Polished my Bluesy with Cape Cod tonight

[doboy007]

Originally Posted by Mystro

Worrying about taking too much metal off with a Cape Cod cloth is like not painting your room because it makes it slightly smaller to live in.

This is awesome.

[GSJ]

Looks fantastic!!

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[DJRikki]

Well done.

Ive fixed up a lot of watches with it and as long as you dont grind away like a maniac you do fine

[ALF61]

LIKE NEW!!! what a nice Bluesy.

[superstarmar]

Originally Posted by ALF61

LIKE NEW!!! what a nice Bluesy.

Yeap !!!! Beautiful, nice work ...

[GSJ]

Originally Posted by dmhines

I use them on my Milgauss Bezel .. that thing is a scratch magnet ...

Got any pics of it? I want to use It on DJ bezel but only half the bezel needs doing


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[gringtito514]

Nice work with the Cape Cod cloth!!! Will need to buy some and store away!

[WJGESQ]

Originally Posted by Formulansx

This stuff is awesome! It took out the entire years worth of wear, micro scratches, and general dullness of the gold and stainless in about 1 hour of work including masking the brushed sections. I wasn’t entirely happy with the rush job polish Beckertime did on the watch when I got it. Lots of directional scratches in the polish on the sides of the bracelet links and some on the case. All of those are gone and it looks better than when I got it. I used a dry silver polish cloth on the top of the bezel to polish the gold though to avoid wetting the bezel insert with mineral spirits. Also avoided polishing the brushed sides of the bezel. I re brushed those last year after finding some spots had been hit during the original lazy polish job.

This Cape Cod polish is interesting. It appears to be an abrasive cloth with a mineral spirit base. I don’t think there’s any “compound” left exactly after polish. Just residual petroleum distillates to remove with soap and water after a final polish with their buffing cloth. Really cool and very easy to use! I like it!

Nice work.

[darkside7]

Originally Posted by Formulansx

This stuff is awesome! It took out the entire years worth of wear, micro scratches, and general dullness of the gold and stainless in about 1 hour of work including masking the brushed sections. I wasn’t entirely happy with the rush job polish Beckertime did on the watch when I got it. Lots of directional scratches in the polish on the sides of the bracelet links and some on the case. All of those are gone and it looks better than when I got it. I used a dry silver polish cloth on the top of the bezel to polish the gold though to avoid wetting the bezel insert with mineral spirits. Also avoided polishing the brushed sides of the bezel. I re brushed those last year after finding some spots had been hit during the original lazy polish job.

This Cape Cod polish is interesting. It appears to be an abrasive cloth with a mineral spirit base. I don’t think there’s any “compound” left exactly after polish. Just residual petroleum distillates to remove with soap and water after a final polish with their buffing cloth. Really cool and very easy to use! I like it!

I like it

[DARK_KNIGHT]

@FORMULANSX great job on the polish. #Ballin.


I could never do it, no matter how easy, I am always the guy that it never works out for.

[Rolexgal2017]

You should show the before pictures!

[D O C]

The brushed velvet looks great too. Did you do anything for the brushed velvet links?

[jvd99]

Originally Posted by Devildog

Looks great

I'd happily do the same and such products are great for this, but be prepared for hoards of posters "berating" you for "ruining" your watch by polishing it and removing too much material, etc, etc ....blah...blah...blah...

Yes, I've heard if you polish a Rolex more than three times it will disappear completely

[scarlet knight]

Looks great! I don’t have the guts to play with my Rolexes. Will wait till service.

[77T]

I am glad for all who like to abolish the polish and equally happy for those who want their Rolex pretty.

So no love/hate towards either camp.

But if you wear it, and it suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, you can proudly say...it’s a watch, not costume jewelry!!!


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[kingSubTT]

Either use cape cod or get brushed bracelets. Scratched pcls look like crap.

[Rashid.bk]

Originally Posted by Formulansx

Beautiful watch and your results are amazing. I would have believed it if you said it came back from RSC. Thank you for sharing your details. I'm now a believer.

Originally Posted by Mystro

Worrying about taking too much metal off with a Cape Cod cloth is like not painting your room because it makes it slightly smaller to live in.

As an obsessed wis this is the best thing I've heard on TRF. It's hilarious but so true. Thank you for putting things in perspective.

We've become so obsessed with not polishing from seeing the horrible results of pawn shops or non professional sellers trying to hide usage or wear on a vintage watch. We've seen rounded lugs/crown guards/cases heavily diminished by heavy hands and scrupulous sellers in the past when the vintage market began taking off.

That type of polishing is not reflected in this thread unless you use a power tool or do this to your watch like it's brushing his teeth, fist thing in the morning and right before bed, it's not a child, it's a mini metal machine.

I do my brushed bracelet and clasp with a scotch guard pad about once a year, feels like looking at a new watch.

[Carry The Interest]

Looks great! Gives me comfort as I have been considering picking up a Cape Cod cloth to do some light touch up on a few of my watches. I've never used it before and have always been worried I'd be in the "overkill" department with regards to usage.

[jimcameron]

Looks terrific.

[Coffes4closers]

Do you guys just follow the instructions on the cape cod tin? I never feel like I get good results with the cape cod. Do you primarily polish with the pink cloth or the dry white one? Circular movements? Any insight would be much appreciated!

[joli160]

I did it in the early stages of Rolex ownership. Now I don’t bother anymore. All the scratches blend in nicely.

[m j b]

Originally Posted by Mystro

Worrying about taking too much metal off with a Cape Cod cloth is like not painting your room because it makes it slightly smaller to live in.

I used to polish my bluesy about once every other month. Just a few minutes (not hours) with the CC, it took me longer to mask off the brushed sections and somehow the watch survived!

[TRM]

Originally Posted by peterpl

A cape cod will never round the metal or take off too much metal unless you are using a dremel to it or something. Its almost impossible to do with your bare hands.

Using your fingers and cape cod you can get amazing results with ZERO damage to your watch. Its a very simple thing to use.

peterpl, you are absolutely correct. Someone would have to work really hard to take off too much metal or round the edges using a Cape Cod cloth. Light scratches can simply be removed with a light rub and the results are pretty good.

[mobster600]

Good job, looks great

[sutats]

Originally Posted by mtgjr

That's actually a really clever analogy.

Not really. One is reversible while the other isn't. You can't add material back on your watch but you can sand the walls back down again for repainting.

A better analogy would be not scrubbing ones bathtub because.

[Bobby T]

Originally Posted by Formulansx

This stuff is awesome! It took out the entire years worth of wear, micro scratches, and general dullness of the gold and stainless in about 1 hour of work including masking the brushed sections. I wasn’t entirely happy with the rush job polish Beckertime did on the watch when I got it. Lots of directional scratches in the polish on the sides of the bracelet links and some on the case. All of those are gone and it looks better than when I got it. I used a dry silver polish cloth on the top of the bezel to polish the gold though to avoid wetting the bezel insert with mineral spirits. Also avoided polishing the brushed sides of the bezel. I re brushed those last year after finding some spots had been hit during the original lazy polish job.

This Cape Cod polish is interesting. It appears to be an abrasive cloth with a mineral spirit base. I don’t think there’s any “compound” left exactly after polish. Just residual petroleum distillates to remove with soap and water after a final polish with their buffing cloth. Really cool and very easy to use! I like it!

You did a great job The folks on TRF who are "afraid" to use this great product are the same ones who are "afraid" to wear a Rolex in a shower or swimming pool Not people you would want to be hunkered down in a bunker with!!!!

[Jace]

I am somewhat chagrined by everyone who is afraid to touch up a watch. Cape cod cloths work great. I have used them for years on Pateks, AP, Lange, Blancpain, JLC and even...Rolex.

The Rolex finish is really simple and very forgiving. Too much polish will dull the matte but even that can be touched up with a matte refinishing stone or brush.

If you want hard, try touching up an AP royal oak perpetual. That’s really temperamental.


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[Jace]

Originally Posted by Coffes4closers

Do you guys just follow the instructions on the cape cod tin? I never feel like I get good results with the cape cod. Do you primarily polish with the pink cloth or the dry white one? Circular movements? Any insight would be much appreciated!

The pink cloth is the polishing cloth and the white is to wipe it off.


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[Byrdguy]

Nice job, the watch looks great. Gorgeous Blusey.

[hai.tranhr]

Can you share us how did you work so well with CC as yours


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