Hydro Oil conversion

[sl8763]

Yeah, I would not expect a resin G to get as hot to the touch as a metal car. Give it a try with a metal-cased one on bracelet Trust me, those get hot even up here in CT.

[tfar]

True that! Another advantage for the G design in this case.

OT: How is atomic reception in Connecticut? The reception maps make it look as if it could get sketchy there. Lovely state by the way, have driven through there in 1993 on a New England trip with my mom.

Till

[sl8763]

Thanks! I've always wanted to visit Texas, I have a few friends from Houston. Atomic reception up here is generally okay, but definitely hit or miss depending on one's building. In my current home, I find it difficult sometimes to get a sync - but my previous apartment was a few blocks away and had no problems!

The amusing thing is that I tend to have G-Shocks scattered around my place randomly, and now and then I'll pick one up and see that it's gotten a strong sync. So then I'll try putting all my atomics in that same spot to see if they'll all do it. And some nights it will be the perfect location and they'll all link up, other times none of them will. So who knows

My main gripe with my current place is not so much the atomic sync but the lack of direct sunlight. Too many trees around - hard to sun my watches

[tfar]

OT: Yes, many factors in signal reception as we've seen. I have my solars in two places. One is the window sill in the smoking room and one is a desk in the office. Smoking room gets more sun, so that's where I usually keep them. It looks a bit strange to have half a dozen watches sitting on the sill but I don't care. They are never on anything else but H.

Go to Houston one day. It's not really the most charming city but has some great museums and restaurants.

Back on hydro mods now. :)

I found some sources that sell 2oz bottles of 1000cSt oil for around $6. I guess I need three bottles or so if I want to submerge the watch in a bowl big enough to have some room so I can still grab the watch. Will wear latex gloves as to not contaminate the oil.

Till

[sappyg]

ok.... i just tried it!

if there is a well stocked hobby store near you check them out. i picked up a 2 oz. bottle of 80 wt. 1000cst for $3.50.

i don't think submerging the muddy will be fun when it comes time to screw the back together and smuck around with the additional case cover. plus, i had to take mine apart 3 times for various reason. trust me.... that was a PITA. this stuff is slicker than snot.

all i can say is make sure the module is well seated into the case before you seal it back up. if you definately picked the right muddy for the conversion. mine is the g9000 and now has 2 bubbles. one at the day date and one for the time display. you will only have 1 bubble. they do appear to be getting smaller even as i write this

[tfar]

WOW! Exciting news. Tell me more please. How did it go? Should a hobby store like Jo Ann work? I have no idea about hobby stores here. What are names of hobby store chains? So 1000Cst is still rather liquid I gather from your comment?

Did you submerge or how did you do it? Did you heat the oil? If so to what temperature? How big are the bubbles? Shouldn't the bubbles get bigger as the watch cools down? This is supposing you did heat the oil.

PICTURES!

Till

[sappyg]

i got this at a local mom and pop hobby store (well stocked) you name it they got it.



it was thicker than i thought it would be. since i had no reference for heating or desired temp i microwaved it on high 10 seconds at a time for roughly 30 seconds. i may not have got it warm enough.... i'm just not sure.

i did not submerge the watch.... i just filled it on my work bench.



as you will see from the pics the bubbles were quite large right after closing up the case.



they started to get smaller even before my eyes.... now i only have the one bubble and it's as small than a pen head ATM. which leads me to believe that 1. i did'nt have the oil heated to the correct temp. or 2. my 1st bubbles were not big enough.



i don't think submersion is the best way to do this. i'm starting to think that i may need to open up the muddy and remove some of the oil.

[arlee]

cool pics sappyg your Mudman should be renamed the Oilman

[freeman]

Sappyg that's impressive. Could you explain how you obtained the bubbles ? did you use a syringe ?

[sappyg]

Sappyg that's impressive. Could you explain how you obtained the bubbles ? did you use a syringe ?

thank you freeman,
it's kinda odd how the bubble gets there. i did not use a syringe. i tried to follow along with ferrolano's post as best i could. even after 1st filling up the back of the crystal and inserting the module and filling that too i'm amazed that there was still enough air still in the case to cause the bubbles. for all i know there could be others in or around the module.