I have a Scratch question on my Explorer 1

[puges128]

I hit my Explorer against a painted wall and there is this weird residue stuck on the watch crystal now. It doesn't appear to be a scratch. Rubbing alcohol wont remove it?? Any ideas?

[gwozhog]

Cape codd cloth should do it.

[GradyPhilpott]

You might try acetone in the mean time.

WD 40 has solvent qualities, but it may not be good because of it's penetrating qualities, so use should be cautious, which is also true of the acetone and the Cape Cod cloth.

[puges128]

I can put the cape cod on the crystal?

[nim]

Cape cod polishes metal
Not sure about glass

[Tools]

Originally Posted by puges128

I hit my Explorer against a painted wall and there is this weird residue stuck on the watch crystal now. It doesn't appear to be a scratch. Rubbing alcohol wont remove it?? Any ideas?

Rubbing alcohol is not a paint thinner.. If it's just paint residue, Goo-gone or other paint removers should do the job just fine..

Cape cod shouldn't hurt your crystal either.. it is synthetic stone and very hard to scratch or polish with simple hand buffing clothes..

[Highland Ranger]

not sure what materials the rolex o-rings are made of but you might want to be careful not to let any of the above get near the crown - not all orings are the same and some elastomers don't like all liquids . . . .

[Jocke]

Originally Posted by puges128

I hit my Explorer against a painted wall and there is this weird residue stuck on the watch crystal now. It doesn't appear to be a scratch. Rubbing alcohol wont remove it?? Any ideas?

Alcohol will erase all scratches at least if you drink it.

Just try thinner.

[TORRE]

There is an extremely tough but flexible scraping tool readily available. it is guaranteed not to damage your watch even when applied with high pressure. it also has a very sensitive feed back mechanism. I refer to the humble thumbnail ( assuming you don't bite yours) .This is not meant to be a sarcastic posting. I too had an odd mark on my crystal and tried everything, toothpicks, the edge of a credit card, cottonbuds soaked in washingup liquid and various solvents. Nothing worked , humble thumbnail took it right off though I am not discounting the theory that the previous attempts had already loosened the blemish. Good luck.

[cparks555]

Originally Posted by TORRE

There is an extremely tough but flexible scraping tool readily available. it is guaranteed not to damage your watch even when applied with high pressure. it also has a very sensitive feed back mechanism. I refer to the humble thumbnail ( assuming you don't bite yours) .This is not meant to be a sarcastic posting. I too had an odd mark on my crystal and tried everything, toothpicks, the edge of a credit card, cottonbuds soaked in washingup liquid and various solvents. Nothing worked , humble thumbnail took it right off though I am not discounting the theory that the previous attempts had already loosened the blemish. Good luck.

I was about to suggest the same!

[Kingair]

Originally Posted by cparks555

I was about to suggest the same!

So if you own a Rolex . . . . don't bite your nails ;-)

HAGW

[hang10]

Happens to me all the time... Polywatch removes it nicely.

[mrbill2mrbill2]

I was in a dunk tank for charity and got paint on the cyclops. Tried all sorts of things. Finally, Windex aand a pocket Swiss Army knife and I was able to scrape it off with no damage.

[mmmmp]

Thumbnail works well on the synthetic saphire X-tal. Got a doozy of a paint 'scratch' on my Air King and the 'ol thumbnail worked perfectly. Finish w/a light Cape Cod polish and you're all set. Good luck!

[capote]

Originally Posted by Jocke

Alcohol will erase all scratches at least if you drink it.

Just try thinner.

And paint thinner will make every problem go away if you drink it

[z32turbo]

Double post

[z32turbo]

Originally Posted by Jocke

Alcohol will erase all scratches at least if you drink it. .