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OK,thanks, I did clean it well before treating it,but I also washed it off thoroughly afterward. I should maybe have let it soak in a while. I'll continue to play with it and see what happens, or I may just go natural with it,because I like it fine as is and it will get plenty of salt air and water next summer.
Jswing,
You def. "need" to be patient with the process...I am 2 days into mine and I am dunking both my Zenton (Brushed) and Benarus (Sand blasted) at the same time with the same amount of gel, same water temp.
The Benarus is getting darker quicker compared to the brushed. Brushed seems more stubborn than sand blasted. But still no where near Steve's color
Even though I cleaned both well I...I used a soft brush and dish soap, gloves etc..I still had finger print smudges after the patina around the Zenton Bezel...It looked horrible but erased them with wet baking soda...This worked well but lightened the entire area...So will need to dunk again and perhaps blend with light baking soda so the patina is more uniform. I plan to add more dishsoap and scrub more before the third dunk.
For clarification when I say dunk...I mean submerge the entire watch in patina gel for at least 5 hrs.
Tonite I plan for a 3rd dunk and during the weekend I plan to dunk overnight.
Hope that helps and photo's to come later....
/Amer