Rose gold coating

altoronto · Post by **altoronto** » September 12th, 2020, 1:49 pm

Hey watch-meisters! How complicated is it to take off a rose gold coating, whether to scrape off or to take off with some chemical solution?

Thank you in advance!

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Post by **hako** » September 12th, 2020, 3:15 pm

Probably this thread is going to help you:

vieuuwtopic.php?f=8&t=5489

Post by **straps68** » September 12th, 2020, 5:50 pm

hako wrote: ↑September 12th, 2020, 3:15 pm Probably this thread is going to help you:

vieuuwtopic.php?f=8&t=5489

I think you meant to type this

:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5489

Gold should be a lot easier to take off than DLC.

djolemag · Post by **djolemag** » September 12th, 2020, 6:19 pm

Jewelers do that much better with chemical process. Before they perform gold plating, they usually strip old gold layers so they can match the uniform color of new gold layer...
Ask locally first if someone is doing that.

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altoronto · Post by **altoronto** » September 12th, 2020, 7:57 pm

Thanks for the tips guys!

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Post by **Yoda** » September 13th, 2020, 2:01 am

Most plating facilities can do this.

wwwEvgeny · Post by **wwwEvgeny** » September 13th, 2020, 3:43 am

altoronto wrote: ↑September 12th, 2020, 1:49 pm Hey watch-meisters! How complicated is it to take off a rose gold coating, whether to scrape off or to take off with some chemical solution?

Thank you in advance!

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To answer this question, need to know, what is your final goal?
What is your base metal?
As said here earlier, for me, would be safer to send it with sandpaper, but you need to be skilled, to do it with Closer to factory results... gold is very corrosive resistant, electrochemical method will eat base metal faster. So I would sand first it then polished.

altoronto · Post by **altoronto** » September 13th, 2020, 8:23 am

wwwEvgeny wrote:
altoronto wrote: ↑September 12th, 2020, 1:49 pm Hey watch-meisters! How complicated is it to take off a rose gold coating, whether to scrape off or to take off with some chemical solution?

Thank you in advance!

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To answer this question, need to know, what is your final goal?
What is your base metal?
As said here earlier, for me, would be safer to send it with sandpaper, but you need to be skilled, to do it with Closer to factory results... gold is very corrosive resistant, electrochemical method will eat base metal faster. So I would sand first it then polished.

It’s a rep watch with a rose/gold coating, which I don’t like much and thinking to scrape it off to get to SS look.

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wwwEvgeny · Post by **wwwEvgeny** » September 13th, 2020, 8:30 am

rep watches usually no body plate with gold. make sure its not ceramic plating. mostly is PVD

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altoronto · Post by **altoronto** » September 13th, 2020, 8:42 am

wwwEvgeny wrote:rep watches usually no body plate with gold. make sure its not ceramic plating. mostly is PVD

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Yep, I think so too. Thanks!

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