How to clean watch parts - Part 1of3 - The basics
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2021
- How to clean watch parts, a tutorial for watchmakers (hobby watchmakers)
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Used products for low budget watch cleaning:
* Wasbenzine, benzine, lighter fluid, refined petrol
* Isopropyl alcohol IPA 99.9%
* Jar with lid
* Sable hair Brush
Thank you Kalle, as always it's the good advices, in a condensed and comprehensible form.
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I love the cat in the background ^^.
I make an effort not to comment on UA-cam, so please take this to heart, sir: I deeply appreciate this series. I might become a watchmaker because of it. Please continue this series! Much respect ^.^
That is so nice to hear, thank you so much Kyle!
Just curious, why "make an effort not to comment on UA-cam?" Do you not enjoy or need to express yourself? Just wondering. Cheers!
Thank you so much for going to the trouble of making these videos Kalle. You did some great research and didn't upload anything until you were satisfied with your findings.
You are a true teacher, passionate and wanting to share your knowledge of all aspects of watchmaking which is indispensable to all your students/fans/followers.
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Recently discovered the channel and absolutely love it, so helpful and very informative! Thank you very much! Would be awesome to have some higher resolution video as well so we can see things a little clearer :)
Very tricky to find one's way around cleaning watch parts. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Thank you!
Hope you enjoyed it German!
Bedankt! Geweldige video.
Simple and condensed. Thx!
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Thank you Kalle! I have been waiting for this series since you announced a few weeks ago you would be making this. I will watch later when I have some time.
Hope you'll enjoy it Paul!
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Always so interesting ! Love the live but those informative capsule or video are my favorite part and of course the teacher make a huge difference, thank you Mr. Kalle !!
thank you so much for your continuing support Alain!
Awesome content and advice. Now if I could only figure out why I lose parts on my bench…. Ugh!!
Thank you Kalle for, at last, making it so clear that a part time watchmaker does not need expensive watch cleaning machines and fluids to have first class results. For over twelve years I have been cleaning parts with naphtha and rinsing with IPA with no problems, but this must be done under a microscope to ensure the parts are perfectly clean
cleaning machines?
Get a drum of diesel...and finish it with the devilish liquid...
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Been waiting for this, thank you Kalle. One of the cleaning steps I think is the hardest is the last rinsing (bath) with IPA. In my latest UA-cam video I show some of my cleaning. It goes like this, Rodico on parts and pegwood, some brushing with benzine on tip of brush. Then a benzine bath of all parts, then dry. Then comes IPA, IPA will be diluted with water from the air, so it needs to be fresh IPA (my 6 month IPA works for now). IPA bath of all parts (not balance and pallet fork, but can take a very quick bath, seconds), then dry parts. The last IPA bath NEEDS to be new IPA directly from the bottle on the same day cleaning. Bath parts in IPA, jewel parts is good to bath one by one because they need (what I noticed but I'm not sure) to be immediately dried with blower on coffee paper, if drying is to slow water from the air is condensed on part or if the IPA has to much water in it so it doesn't evaporate on the part. This might also occur if the part is in the last IPA bath for to long, maybe the part gets to cold and water condenses on it. I really don't know but the last IPA bath is hard, what I've seen with my ~x50 microscope is that jewel can get a residue on them. I've looked live and seen water just condense on it (or maybe water from IPA itself left behind from the evaporated alcohol). So this step needs to be repeated some times. Alot of text but that's my way and what I noticed. Looking forward for next episode and to learn more, have a good day! :)
Greatly appreciate your time and sharing your experience and knowledge. I'm just starting this hobby/trade and learned many great things by watching your channel.
Thank you.. FYI WashBenzine products in USA is called mineral spirits or white spirits.
This is such a stellar channel. I appreciate the expert guidance. There is really nothing else out there like it and I wish you all the success. I will make sure to stop by if I’m ever in the Netherlands
There is always coffee waiting ;o)
Great video. Thanks. My guess is it's not talked about among watchmakers because they do it as a job and use all the professional cleaning fluids and machines and have no problem paying for it. Now comes social media and the first few who filmed servicing a movement and it became an interesting proposition. I'm sure to many seasoned watchmakers dismay, social media has made into a desirable hobby. The issue with new home hobbyist then becomes cost and justification to buy all the proper cleaning fluids and equipment, which is where, fortunately, or unfortunately, hobbyists are seeking lower cost alternatives. It seems like naphtha, 99% IPA and hexane for shellac parts are about as inexpensive as one can go.
Horosolv is an amazingly efficient (but somewhat expensive) petrochemical solvent for cleaning watch parts.
I think naphtha in the UK is also called "panel wipe".
Yes I started watching this. My confusion at your other video is probably my fault. Cheers.
Thank you again Kalle for an interesting and important video. As far as benzene is concerned here in the US, I think you may be interested in the quotation from the American Cancer Society: IARC classifies benzene as “carcinogenic to humans,” based on sufficient evidence that benzene causes acute myeloid leukemia (AML). IARC also notes that benzene exposure has been linked with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), multiple myeloma, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In addition, naphtha often contains benzene.
Benzine, not benzene. Benzine is still hazardous, but less so than Benzene.
(Chronic) inhalation of benzine can be hazardous to health.
Thank you for this video. I’m practicing on old Seiko movements to disassemble and assemble, learning to use my tools correctly. I was afraid that IPA would dissolve shellac so I invested in a bottle of One Dip. However it’s good to know lighter fluid will work too.
I’m still yet to service a watch successfully. The other day I opened a mainspring barrel, removed and cleaned the spring, and attempted to refit it. I failed. Breaking the spring. Whoops. That’s why I bought all these scrap movements.
Maybe another thing to keep in mind are modern low end Chinese mechanical watches and movements, they can be super cheap. The best thing about them is that they're an endlessly replenishable resource, they'll make as many as you can buy, not the case with old stuff.
People make a cheap 3D printed mainspring winder now, you can buy it, print it yourself at makerspace or public library, or have a printservice make one for you. You aren't supposed to install the spring by hand. It's a community work in progress though, not quite perfected, so it might break some yucky old springs yet.
What about small parts in a small jar with cleaning fluid and then set in a water bath in an ultrasonic cleaner
How do I become a watchmaker. I’m very interested in becoming one. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
Excellent video as always! Personally i almost always clean the watch parts by hand with a brush in a cup of benzine. And then i run them through my cleaning machine. This way the old oil, dirt, debris are mostly removed by brushing them by hand and then running the parts through the cleaning machine. This way my cleaning machine solutions last longer too which saves me money as well as having a cleaner end result.
No problem with working like that Sarkis, thank you for your comment!
3:44 What do you think of using Toluene instead benzene?
Hello my friend, how are you always grateful for your content, I have a question about alcohol and it leaves stains on the metal or maybe they sold me the wrong one
Try to buy more pure alcohol, the high number (closer to 100%) leaves less residue. All the best! Kalle
Thank you for this teaching. What is watchmaker fuel? (: Great, learned a lot from you. Can I use a toothbrush and soapy warm water for the case or bracelet?
The IPA is what damaged my pallet fork because it attacked the shellac and the Ultrasonic cleaner helped rip the shellac apart ( I should point out that the pallet fork was already damaged and I had a replacement, so I had nothing to loose, got to find the limit)
Live and learn John, easy mistake to make and yes it happened to me as well some time ago ;o)
@@ChronoglideWatchmaking at least we get to warn others.........unless they made the mistake first then stumbled upon your video 😆
HELP! I am looking for the same style of glassware (top and bottom) he uses to wash the parts in. Would anyone happen to know what this piece of glassware is called as well as a US company that may sell this same item. Many thanks!
How do you find replacement parts?
What about something called "one dip"? Does that work?
I can't remember if you mentioned it but I think *shellite* is another name for something very similar i.e. degreaser that can be also used as lighter fluid.
Interesting!
shellite is one australian word for Naptha i.e. american lighter fluid.
im trying to perfect my oiling on the anker pallet, but everytime i have to clean them again to try again, our teacher says we have to put them into the watch part cleaning machine (elma machine), whats the best alternative for me in this situation?
edit: i dont want to use the elma machine because it takes 30 min each time you use the machine
Would Zippo fluid be considered as a ''lighter fluid''?
I would say so. Zippo was just an added name from the Co. which is still lighter fluid.
Sir please i need to know what is the chemical you use to clean on rusty parts
evaporust in the US.
Benzene and Benzine are different chemicals. The one your referring to is Benzine.
I've just changed it in the description, Thank you so much!!
I prefer diesel.
Is anyone living in SoCal that would be interested in teaching watchmaking? I have my own tools and watches.
Can I use white spirit?
I just throw my watches in the dishwasher along with the plates, silverware, etc. Does a great job and kills two birds with one stone.
Do we remove jewels when doing a hand cleaning?
And how thorough do we need to be in the disassembly (for example do we need to remove the click and click spring from the barrel bridge before cleaning in our chosen solution)?
@chronoglide watchmakers
You don't have to remove the jewels (except the shocksystem). Click and clickspring depends on the construction. Some of them can stay in.
@@ChronoglideWatchmaking now the shock system refers to the jewel at the pivot point of the hairspring correct?
Hopefully this video will be helpful.
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