Oops... cleaning primer overspray off the Speedmaster

So, I actually wear my watches instead of rubbing them with a diaper, let's get that out of the way. . I'm not totally abusive, I would normally take off my watch before doing something like painting. But this time it slipped my mind.

I got a fair amount of grey primer over spray on the watch by turning a part on its hanger as I was priming, and decided to follow the first rule of recovering from most **** ups, which is, first, don't do something to make it worse. That's good advice for detailing cars too. Know what you can't do and don't do that.

Anyway, I took off the watch and put it in a drawer to avoid temptation to mess with it.

A few weeks have gone by, brainstorming what to do, and I decided to try some of those alcohol wipes that nurses use to swab your skin before they give you a shot, because the cloth is soft and the alcohol won't eat the stainless steel case, the ??printed bezel, or the hesalite (plastic!) crystal. It took a good 5 minutes of soft rubbing, and 5 of the pads, but it came clean with no ill effects.

The pics below are about halfway through the process and 95% through the process. I ran out of pads, will have to finish it tonight.

Hope this hint from Heloise helps somebody else someday!
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Haven't heard that antique in a while! LOL

 

You win!!! Haha