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    How to prevent earstem coating from fading

    How about putting a clear nail polish only on the tip? Will it ruin the value? It really looks flawless and i want to keep.it that way while wearing them
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    How to prevent earstem coating from fading

    Hi i have a 24k xx, and its in pretty good shape, my question is how would you guys prevent the tip of the earstems from fading when you wear it, is there a hack of some sort on how to prevent this
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    Oakley Philippines Network

    does anyone here knows how to disassemble a nosebridge of a juliet, i will try to refinish my juliet kaso d ako marunong magkalas ng rivets, thanks in advance huys
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    Oakley Philippines Network

    Please add me in sir
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    Free Deuce Coupe Oakley Frogskins Giveaway!

    i'm from Quezon City, Philippines, any xmetals would be great but i particularly love juliets, i logged in as jr aino on facebook.
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    Custom Polished Romeo 1

    okay, if i were to polish any of my frame i would first soak my frame in a light paint stripper, to strip the old finish, then wash it in a dish washing solution, then i'll sand it lightly with 320 then 600 grit sandpaper, then I'll use car rubbing compound, then finishing of with a finer car...
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    Painting Frames- Questions

    Heavily textured plastics like dashboards are pain in the a$$ to repair, if a dashboards is seriously cracked i often tell the customer to abandon the texture and sand it to a smooth surface or to replace a new one, i often sand it first, apply primer, spray some basecoat, then the desired color...
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    Custom Polished Romeo 1

    Yeah me too, i have my own ideas on how to polish xmetals but i'm curious about the process the TS used
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    Painting Frames- Questions

    hi I haven't painted any of my frames yet, but i have painted and repair various car parts as my family owns a car repair shop, one experience i must share is that when painting plastics you MUST sand it first with very fine sandpaper, yes you will introduce scratches, but that same scratches...
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    Electroplating Juliet Frames

    yes i know, i am planning to dip the titanium frame into pant stripping solution such as stripsol, to take off the rest of the carbon then send the bare titanium frame to plating, well if nickel then gold would be the process will it be too thick to even fit the pieces together? well if no...
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    Fakes Lately

    there aqre some good fakes that you can actually unscrew the orbitals and actually separate it to remove/replace the lens, i'm from the philippines and I've seen alot of this fakes. take a look at this site for example, not only did they offer aftermarket lens but replica frames as well Home -...
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    Electroplating Juliet Frames

    My concern is that if it doesn't work, could I still strip the plating and start all over again, i don't want to permanently ruin my frame. . .
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    Fakes Lately

    I've seen a couple of this fakes and you could tell the moment you touch it that it's a fake, the orbital gaskets, the stems, the rubbers and even the paint job gives it away, for example the xx 24k's are electroplated instead of powder coated, but from a distance i would say it's a good copy
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    Electroplating Juliet Frames

    Hi i'm new here i have a spare carbon black juliet frame that's badly beaten up, almost 20% of the whole frame are pretty washed up and faded badly acould see the titanium inside, one day i came accross this local jeweller and asked him if he could worked on my frame, he said it's his first time...
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