HELP. my rolex is yellowing.....

[Pauss]

For those who is familiar with Cape Cod Cloth. it happens when i was cleaning my WG daytona this afternoon with Cape Cod Cloth in the basel area and the side case of watch. and after i rinse the solution off with warm soapy water and wipe it until dry, suddenly i realize that the WG surface is yellowing.
is this normal and happened often? what should i do about it? any help or suggestion? arghhhhhhhhh

[frostie]

Something is definetely wrong but i am not an expert when it comes to polishing

Can you post some pics ?

Welcome to TRF

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Welcome to TRF!

Ordinary WG is Rhodium plated and the plating can wear off by use. The WG alloy that Rolex now uses is different, however, and should stay white.

I have seen a WG bezel on a older DJ 1601, though, where the YG showed underneath.

[Pauss]

its kinda hard to see with camera. but as an owner i know when something wrong with it. but i could be wrong :).
that's why i want to know if Rolex's WG can be polish with Cape Cod or not.

[EvEr34]

No cape cod on WG. I think it's even indicate on the packet

[Pauss]

i didn't see if they mention not to polish WG with it. well after i do research today ppl in ebay mention about it.

[frostie]

It doesn't mention white gold anywhere

[EvEr34]

You are right I just looked at my packets and it doesn't. My bad. here is the disclaimer on the Boston Watch Exchange website.....this is where i get mine. You'll find this disclaimer pretty much everywhere where cape cod is sold.


"Special Note on White Gold:
We don't recommend using Cape Cods on white gold watches as any polishing of a white gold surface could eventually result in the removal of the rhodium layer and produce slight color changes. Using Cape Cods on satin finish surfaces will eventually make the satin finish a high polish finish."

[scottschoe]

Originally Posted by EvEr34

You are right I just looked at my packets and it doesn't. My bad. here is the disclaimer on the Boston Watch Exchange website.....this is where i get mine. You'll find this disclaimer pretty much everywhere where cape cod is sold.


"Special Note on White Gold:
We don't recommend using Cape Cods on white gold watches as any polishing of a white gold surface could eventually result in the removal of the rhodium layer and produce slight color changes. Using Cape Cods on satin finish surfaces will eventually make the satin finish a high polish finish."

Ouch. Is something like that reversible at time of service? Yet another reason why I don't use cape cods.

[Pauss]

nt

[Norm]

While we're on the topic: Can I use a Cape Cod cloth on my polished gold links of my TT Blue Sub? The scratches are very fine and barely noticeable. Thanks in advance.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by Norm

While we're on the topic: Can I use a Cape Cod cloth on my polished gold links of my TT Blue Sub? The scratches are very fine and barely noticeable. Thanks in advance.

Indeed you can!

Click here.

[marshallr47]

Oh no! I wonder if it can be corrected. Sorry to hear that and good luck.

[frostie]

Yes cape cod cloth can be used at golden polished links

here is a tutorial : http://www.rolexreferencepage.com/articles/15.html

[Norm]

Thank you Bo and Velitsko.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

No problem. Seems we posted at the same time. There is another more detailed tutorial, at least with more pics anyway. Unfortunately, it's in German, but if you can live with a google translation, here is the other tutorial.

Better try out the cloth on another piece of polished metal to get the hang of it before polishing the actual watch.

[Norm]

Thanks again Bo. That's excellent. It seems like it may be better to live with the scratches for a little while and just polish it occasionally.

[oneillba]

Don't you just hate when you are trying to do something good for your watch and indavertently bung something up? I can't tell you how many times I've done that with one of my fine shotguns. Polishing the stocks or treating the barrels and somehow something happens and they fall over or I bang them into something and make things worse i.e a dent in the stock. I'm sure the same thing happens with cars and other things people try to maintain and keep up. Oh well!

[Widows Son]

Originally Posted by oneillba

Don't you just hate when you are trying to do something good for your watch and indavertently bung something up? I can't tell you how many times I've done that with one of my fine shotguns. Polishing the stocks or treating the barrels and somehow something happens and they fall over or I bang them into something and make things worse i.e a dent in the stock. I'm sure the same thing happens with cars and other things people try to maintain and keep up. Oh well!

Keep your mitts off my Citori Sporting Clays!!!!!!

[Pauss]

o damn! that mean my feeling is right that my rolex is yellowing. any help or recommendation?

[tnt]

Originally Posted by Pauss

o damn! that mean my feeling is right that my rolex is yellowing. any help or recommendation?

it needs to have a very good repolish and recoat with the rhodium in order to get that white gold looking back. No other choice around.

[DRKBC]

Hi there,

18K white gold is not that white, we use to be in the jewellery business and always used 19k White gold as it is much whiter than 18k and is also very hard. Most white gold jewellery is not made with 19K and as such is often rhodium plated as you have read many times on this thread. Rhodium is a type of platinum,it is very white and bright and it can be applied to white gold in a very thin coating (flash plated) making the item look great initially but when it wears off ... well you get the idea. If that's the case here it would surprise me, I would think Rolex would be a little more of a what you see is what you get type of company, wouldn't you?

Dwayne

[Markg]

Originally Posted by tnt

it needs to have a very good repolish and recoat with the rhodium in order to get that white gold looking back. No other choice around.

i didnt think rolex used rhodium on its white gold.....

[CanuckRolex]

Originally Posted by Markg

i didnt think rolex used rhodium on its white gold.....

All white gold has a rhodium covering seeing white gold cannot hold a gloss for very long and is not very durable.

[Andad]

Originally Posted by CanuckRolex

All white gold has a rhodium covering seeing white gold cannot hold a gloss for very long and is not very durable.

You have made some firm statements.
I think if you check the facts, you are wrong and you should make the correction.

http://www.rolexreferencepage.com/Daydate/review.html

[Trurolexer]

So sorry to hear that. Hope you can fix it back to normal.

[gsgarbear2]

I have always thought that white gold is an ALLOY. Never heard of yellow gold with a plating. Maybe this was done many years ago, but not with Rolex. I would think their white gold would never yellow, no matter how much you polish it, it being an alloy.

[meloncap78]

What, if anything is on the market to polish a stainless sub? The polished case sides in particular. If I know there is a solution that takes away the fine line scratches and makes it look like new again without sending it out to someone then I won't worry so darn much about being as careful as I am with it.

[CanuckRolex]

White gold is a Rhodium plating over standard yellow gold.

Hence when you polish it, the yellow gold starts to show through.

[DRKBC]

Originally Posted by CanuckRolex

White gold is a Rhodium plating over standard yellow gold.

Hence when you polish it, the yellow gold starts to show through.

No it is not, white gold is gold, in the case of 18k 750 parts are pure gold and the other 250 parts are an alloy or alloys that have been used to produce the white gold color. Rhodium is a member of the platinum group. Rodium, Osmium, Iridium.