How to Remove Scratches from Mineral Crystal

[@4RMS7TRONG]

You can definitely see from the reflection that the crystal in the area you repaired is a bit thinner as the light bounces off different. However that's a great job and probably not noticeable to most people.

[@michaelbokrosh7374]

As the consumate glass pro in the country, there's always distortion. Especially with the dremel use. Ideally Use the flat for 3 times and then use the dremel tool to go around the perimeter of the outside of the problem circle and then just a small amount in the center to get it all out that will keave you less distortion in the end and less dimple. Welcome

[@Munchkin2000]

This guy has a certain charisma and charm that gets the message across in a unique way. You're a cool dude Pete!

[@ChillinwitWatches]

You must be talking about Random Rob! Lol, jk. I appreciate the kind words!!

[@aussie8114]

I used this on my mineral crystal and it worked great. I used your method, buying some felt polishing discs off EBay and putting it in my cordless drill, I don’t have a Dremel tool. I used the disc also for the finishing polish. I now have a perfect looking watch and it took no physical effort by using this method. This Lazy Dog is a happy puppy 🐶

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Sweeeet! Glad it worked out!

[@SirBlackieChan]

For you guys that wants to do this, make sure that you dont have an AR coating on the outside surface of the crystal

[@andyfrakes2623]

I just bought an older watch that’s hard to find, so I snagged one that has visible scuffing to the crystal - thanks to this video I’m not even worried about it. Time to bust out the Dremel! Thanks man!

[@jonpatterson7211]

I used the glass polish on my Seiko with a Hardlex crystal a week ago. Used a dremel with a hard felt buffer with the "repair" tube, and a softer felt buffer with the "polish" tube. Worked very well. Did it take the scratches completely out? No, but damn close, and they were BAD to start with. If I'd had a second application, I probably would have been able to do away with them completely. Definitely worth the $20 price tag, and I'd use it again.

[@unbiasedreviews5978]

Lots of people dislike this product but I believe that with more patience it'll do the job

[@beardsandbraid3189]

This is awesome. Not to be over critical, but i would just use the diamond paste on the whole face because it appears to have worn an indent in the crystal.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

It definitely removes material! I had to smooth out it after.

[@kevinseversonandhisvizslas8287]

I don’t think they include enough polishing paste for the whole face

[@MrBrightSide77]

You are a legend. This video helped me get scratch removed from 2 watches.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Sweet!!! Thanks for watching!

[@barrettwbenton]

So: Recently got hold of a 90s-era Seiko chronograph I really liked. Had the usual used-but-not-abused patina about it, including a few very-fine hairline scratches across the crystal, which didn't bother me much at all…until I smacked the watch against a granite countertop and put a much-more-noticeable scratch in it just days ago. (Obviously a pre-Hardlex crystal.) Seriously bummed-out, I scoured the online forums on what to do, which led me to this video. I'd heard of PolyWatch, but assumed it only applied to acrylic crystals, so my hopes went up when watching the video, and, as it turned out, I did have access to a Dremel tool, with the necessary bits. The PolyWatch kit arrived this evening, I set everything up as per Mr. Chillin's protocol, and - *holy sheep-dip* - the stuff works. I even went the extra mile of working on the pre-existing hairline scratches. I'd call the finished crystal 98% scratch-free, which is more than close-enough for me. High-five for the advice and demo!

[@ChillinwitWatches]

That awesome man, I'm so glad it worked for you!!!

[@AngryCalls]

I can’t believe all the negative comments! It was a great job and it looks fantastic! 🥳🥳🥳

[@arjunaugarow]

Thank you for taking the time to make this

[@camarocarl7130]

Chillin wit you da MAN! Great vid.

[@peternicholas3858]

Incredible how it came out so quick with the dremel. And incredible patience you have doing it by hand for so long.

[@sofajams662]

Excellent stuff, I’ve just bought a beat up G shock Gravitymaster with a scratched crystal. This kit is now on order along with some other replacement parts. Looks to do exactly what I’m after

[@everettmeadows5833]

Whoa! This is actually incredible!

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Pretty amazing huh?

[@captinsano443]

That's awesome, Pete! I bet I have at least a couple of scratches I could tackle with this. Thanks!

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Worked surprisingly well!

[@bryanb4308]

Diamond paste will cut through anything, even steel on the edge of knife blades. When I saw that it was diamond paste I was pretty certain it would work well. Nice video.

[@ForemanJF1]

Thanks! Good video, I'd skip the stick, well maybe spread it with the stick, then proceed to cotton dremel wheel for speed buffing out the scratch and larger watch in general. Hope this works on Casio GShick inorganic mineral glass (crystal). I don't think it's a sapphire.

[@simonrichard1764]

Finally a decent video about this polishing kit. So it works, just not in the way i expected. I was thought it will fill up the scratch but instead it removes a huge amount of glass from the top layer. Not a big problem, but in direct light we can see the bend on the glass :/ My 2 months old phone has some light scratches and i'm thinking about to get this kit. I still can't decide...

[@ChillinwitWatches]

100 💯 it can groove!

[@kato223]

I don't know if anyone tried it here, but with a dremmel and the buffing pad on it with the PolyWatch diamond paste, you can remove scratches from sapphire. I had one of my sapphire crystal watches scratch while traveling, not sure how it happened, so I replaced it, but kept the sapphire. Well, tonight I put the paste on it with the dremmel. It took about 3-5 minutes of buffing the scratch, and now it is gone completely. I do have to warn though that it can leave dibbits of where the scratch was.

[@Sheikah92]

I love how you presented your video. You got a sub :) [note: not a rolex.]

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Dang it, well it's best kind of sub I can get I suppose! Thank you!!!

[@12thsonofthelama86]

That Doxa is sweet!!

[@jeffreyarchambault9706]

Once again, Great Content and as usual another Spectacular Timepiece.✌️

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Thanks man!

[@aznrickross]

came for the product stayed for the nice watch man that watch is gorgeous.

[@piquetuk]

Ironically I was the one who told you about this product but I still haven't used mine while you've not only used it but made the film too! My scratch is much worse though & I don't have a Dremel.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

I couldn't remember who mentioned it, so thank you! I'll have to give ya a shout-out!

[@aussie8114]

You can use a drill instead of a Dremel. You can buy the felt polish discs on eBay. Included is the shaft.

[@CyclicCollective]

Excellent presentation; I will give this a try; many thanks.

[@dogone7262]

You can use it on the minor scratches on the metal too (quickly - metal grind paste is more optimal for "working the surface").

[@smflyboy]

Awesome! Great video thanks. I'm going to try it on my G-Shock with mineral glass. You should end your videos with an epic guitar solo!

[@JusttheWatch]

I gotta try this with my Nighthawk...

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Let me know how it turns out! Was actually a fun little project.

[@mrbacchus6127]

I'm gonna try it my current method is upgrade to sapphire when I get a scratch.

[@solideogloria9320]

for about 40 bucks you can buy both a 6 inch hard felt wheel with a 5/8 hole to fit your bench grinder, and a 6 inch stick of yellow rouge. though you should use a variable speed jewelry polishing motor its under $100. they are more precise, less vibration, 1/6 hp. and a 4 inch hard felt wheel with a pin hole. mask off your bezel an the watch case with painters tape, and polish your whole crystal evenly so you dont see the place you polished away, like i saw at 10:14 of your video. you can see the valley you polished away from certain angles. it will only take few more minutes to polish the whole crystal evenly on a bench grinder. then you will be set up to polish scratched crystals until you are 60, like i am. dont press too hard when polishing, light to medium pressure. also stop frequently so you dont heat up the crystal. or you can set up to change the crystal. crystals arent expensive. the press in the video is just $15. plus you need the other little hand tools to take the watch apart, but it really not difficult to take apart and re-assemble, just watch the videos first.

[@marko_g_korenski]

Thank u so much! It was really really helpful!

[@rallewerner5549]

Great job! 😷

[@long6051]

Excellent video! Learned a lot!

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Thanks man!!! 😁

[@benhardi2179]

Hi, what is your buffing wheel material when using Dremel? Is it wool?

[@mikesurratt1922]

Very helpful

[@dinner_workingsly]

You had me at the wrist check!

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Still one of my favorite watches!

[@edlopez5k]

Thanks, subscribed!

[@philipdecicco2096]

Hey great video - I have a badly scratched mineral crystal and was thinking the Dremel might be the way to go -- and found your video. I'll give it a try. By the way, love that watch -- what is it?

[@AliasEveWatches]

How does it look like without the finishing paste? I have diamond paste (not polywatch brand) at home but I don’t have any finishing paste. I was thinking of giving it another go on my mineral crystal with more elbow grease.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

It's had a very slight haze. Not frosted or anything so dramatic, but if you looked closely you could see it was not quite as clear as the rest.

[@mrgreen2769]

My Casio 9400 has chips on the entire screen, almost afraid to try that with the diamond paste.

[@jimmyschiel3863]

Did you set your bezel? My children have gotten so used to using theirs they drive their teachers nuts. Yet when the teachers need something timed the go to children are mine.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Haha, I didn't, occasionally grillingi use it tho!

[@ashgaming7045]

I have a tiny barely noticeable scratch on an expensive Swarovski statue and is there a way to buff out the scratch or should I not touch it? Its there Toucan and the top wing came like that as it was a display model and I noticed a tiny mark on top of the wing …. Any advice? Thanks

[@Zain792]

Thanks for great tips! Can I ask for the Dremel model number please thanks

[@royrice6656]

Hint: You can buy a new crystal for less than $10. Same price as the polish! 🤔😳

[@seanreed69]

great vid thank u

[@hemanthpaularigela4773]

Can this work on sapphire ?

[@roijaysonsanchez9694]

Does these pastes have similar properties with a diamond crystal paste?

[@ChillinwitWatches]

I'm fairly certain it's the same thing

[@roijaysonsanchez9694]

@@ChillinwitWatches can I start with a 2.5 micron with a buffing wheel then finish with a 0.5 micron diamond paste?

[@roijaysonsanchez9694]

@@ChillinwitWatches bro I just have the same scratch with my gshock. I really bugs the hell out of me.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

@@roijaysonsanchez9694 I'm not familiar enough to know, they don't tell you exactly what micron the 2 pastes are.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

@@roijaysonsanchez9694 it'll drive ya nuts! Lol

[@KKE1978]

When you used the dremel tool, which attachment wheel did you use?

[@ChillinwitWatches]

I used a cotton buffing wheel

[@KKE1978]

@@ChillinwitWatches thank you

[@RBEmerson]

I dunno... The scratch is definitely not "in your face". OTOH, there's a smooth-shouldered groove in its place. I guess comes down to "is a slight dimple OK or not". IMHO :)

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Yea I had to go back and smooth it out, shouldn't have taped off such a small area but I was following the directions at first. It was quite nice after smoothing tho! My lesson learned....I don't wanna deal with any of it! Lol, no more mineral if I can avoid it.

[@RBEmerson]

@@ChillinwitWatches Quick work around... don't scratch the crystal! LOL

[@aussie8114]

@@ChillinwitWatches I found this also but you can use the finishing paste to even things out to the UNMASKED glass. Or maybe after doing the repair to the masked area you could remask it a bit further out then use the repair paste to feather out the first section for about 10 seconds. The deeper the scratch the more of an issue in feathering out the repair I guess.

[@ryanl3545]

hi man, does it work with sapphire crystal?

[@ChillinwitWatches]

I don't think so, too hard

[@hellobenny]

I think this would work without the diamond paste and dremel polishing only.

[@boston961]

Could you use this on the Hamilton pilot pioneer mechanical mineral glass ? .. I really hope you can lol

[@ChillinwitWatches]

If it's mineral glass, then yes!

[@boston961]

@@ChillinwitWatches ok brilliant , thank you

[@mrbacchus6127]

I would likely have bought that watch but for the mineral glass. Bought a 38mm khaki auto instead.

[@BenjermanKulandaisamy]

Does this work for cell phones

[@aaronkoh7749]

Not sure if my eyes were playing tricks. Seems that it has overbuffed a bit, convexing the glass surface.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Sure did!!! Had to go back and flatten it out.

[@glowworker]

Any advice removing external AR coating from a mineral crystal? Drives me insane when companies put AR on the outside of a crystal!

[@ChillinwitWatches]

It's a strange choice to put ar on the outside. I've personally never done it, but I heard poly watch is great for that purpose.

[@davidlloydjones752]

I think it's akin to what they use to fix cracks in car windscreens!.

[@rage8kage]

So more of a filler glue/epoxy

[@davidlloydjones752]

@@rage8kage indeed

[@aussie8114]

No that’s a different process.

[@neverknowinglyunders]

Awesome video, I will have to get some and try on Seiko’s Hardlex. I managed to scratch the crystal on my Shogun the first day I got it 😢.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Sounds like something I would do! Amazingly I don't have a scratched hardlex here that I could test it out on for you.

[@enriquesalinasv.7907]

Would be interesting see the results in hardlex crystal... Asking for a friend ;)

[@deltabravo8175]

Craig Rodgers Please let us know if it works on your hardlex. Thanks

[@mrbacchus6127]

Wonder if it works on hardlex also?

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Definitely should as that's mineral!

[@tjwright]

from hardlex vs. standard mineral tests I've seen there's really no difference between the two. I think hardlex is marketing hype... so I'd imagine it would work the same on either.

[@fatmacesur5672]

Not for hardlex

[@fruitcake4t]

and if you don't have a dremel??

[@chief2036]

1. The stick method will work. Just take much longer. 2. Buy a Dremel, they're incredibly affordable and versatile. 3. You can use similar attachments on a regular drill, just much more cumbersome to use. 4. Good luck.

[@stavros_katsopr]

Damn, i missed the 707 flight (subs No) but wtf i'm in subsCriers now 😂. I've watched some of your vids lately and really dig your way of viewing the whole subject of watch madness of these times. Plus, I trust people with "smiling" eyes that are chillin'wit'anything... 😏. Last is this modding/diy lust we both share i guess. Thanks for the content/ info. We'll keep in touch. Salutes from Crete island, Greece mate (where it's still fockin hot..!). Take care. PS Most of your t-shirts are cool IMO but your sneakers are quite plain... tad short of colour/ vividness... 😋 PS2 Oh yes, i love teasing, sarcasm (include myself too LOL) and humor. Without them, there is no laugh, hence no life... Beware! HAHAHAHAHA

[@cosolote]

I can clearly see the indent left from the dremel but for an everyday watch it is OK, don't do this on an collector's watch. Good Video though

[@davidlloydjones752]

My bad!. It's totally different.

[@KillingTimeWithNorman]

Great vid! I'm going for an older Movado w/ scuffed mineral. That's why I'm here, and this is super helpful!

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Sweet, do it!!!

[@chrislopez-r4m]

never see the scratch

[@runcoweezrun8143]

TITLE SHOULD BE: How To Gather and Construct The Apparatus To Clean a Tiny Scratch from a Watch Cost of Apparatus: $150.00 Cost of Watch: $33.95 😁

[@cajetano2011]

scratch gone and and nice dent is born ^^ ,u should have done the whole glass

[@thackythac]

So replace a scratch with a dent essentially.

[@VictorR06061974]

You just ruined the glass, now it has a dimple where you applied the dremmel. It is clearly seen in the light

[@Smartzenegger]

I can see you made a dent in your mineral crystal.

[@markfrost2707]

id sand paper those scratches right out....2500...3000,,,5000 grit

[@yoinkhaha]

From personal experience- don’t buy this product. All but the faintest scratches will clearly remain after treatment… just accept that mineral crystals are for scratch-up beaters.