pip
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Post by pip on Aug 16, 2021 3:30:50 GMT -8
Opened a barrel from a 6601 last night to find what appears to be the looted Iraqi oil reserves. Unsurprisingly it had leaked out of the barrel onto the back of the plates. Luckily it hadn’t migrated any further, but it would have been a matter of time until the dial was affected. And it was only luck that the watch stopped due to balance issues and got sent to me. Yuck!   |
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inboost
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Post by inboost on Aug 16, 2021 4:00:23 GMT -8
Wow pip, looks like it could have been another Exxon Valdez in the making! Glad you managed to contain the spill. I'd be interested to know how you roceed as of course I've had quite a run-in with mainsprings as of late  |
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pip
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Post by pip on Aug 16, 2021 6:13:14 GMT -8
Wow pip, looks like it could have been another Exxon Valdez in the making! Glad you managed to contain the spill. I'd be interested to know how you roceed as of course I've had quite a run-in with mainsprings as of late Spring taken out; barrel, cap, arbour and spring all cleaned; and now re-oiled (8317 braking grease on barrel wall and a hint of 8201 on the spring) and wound back in. No photos I’m afraid, I very often forget to take them when I get stuck into rebuilds. Bad Dobby! |
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Post by meanoldmanning on Aug 16, 2021 7:52:13 GMT -8
What a mess. That’s the result I expect whenever someone posts a photo of a freshly cleaned barrel and mainspring with big drops of oil on the coil.
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inboost
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Post by inboost on Aug 16, 2021 8:25:18 GMT -8
Spring taken out; barrel, cap, arbour and spring all cleaned; and now re-oiled (8317 braking grease on barrel wall and a hint of 8201 on the spring) and wound back in. No photos I’m afraid, I very often forget to take them when I get stuck into rebuilds. Bad Dobby! No problemo - I've seen enough of the insides of a barrel and the outside of a mainspring to last me a few rebuilds  |
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pip
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Post by pip on Aug 16, 2021 8:47:46 GMT -8
What a mess. That’s the result I expect whenever someone posts a photo of a freshly cleaned barrel and mainspring with big drops of oil on the coil. The method I use now (and I can't remember who I pinched the idea from, but I love it, so props to whoever it was) is to clean the MS using paper followed by one of the various lovely toxic and flammable mixes, then grease it with the appropriate Moebius goop, and finally clean it off again with watchmaker's paper but no chemicals this time. That way it leaves a small film of oil before you rewind it and put it into the barrel. |
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Post by victor on Aug 16, 2021 9:31:48 GMT -8
That's essentially the method used for cleaning the barrel of a gun. You swab it with the flammable stuff, then you dry swab it (repeat as necessary to get clean), then you swab down the barrel with oil, and then dry swab it. The idea is to leave just a thin film of protection, not goops of the stuff, when you're done. Done religiously after every use, you have no rust or corrosion and can hand down that fowling piece for generations.
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cobrajet25
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Post by cobrajet25 on Aug 16, 2021 22:24:02 GMT -8
Ooof. Looks like the oil actually struck you!  |
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