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Postby quigly » Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:05 pm

So after a countless number of times pulling me 1911 out of its holster, I noticed one of the dots on the rear sight has darkened and almost worn off completely. I have been wanting to paint them all for a while with brighter colors to be more noticeable, so this seems like an appropriate time to do so. So my question is this, what kind of paint should I use? I was planing on using some model car paint, but didn't know if that would be durable enough. So im just wondering what you guys that have done this before can lend some insight into this.
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Postby Miracle » Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:02 pm

use phosphorescent paint so it glows :D

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Postby quigly » Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:08 pm

Lol. I'm going to do more like red rear and a light green front.
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Postby DJ » Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:29 pm

Check out this place, they sell luminous paint specifically for this
http://www.brownells.com/
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Postby Steve » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:06 pm

White out works pretty well for a field-expedient (temporary) fix. Nail polish works pretty well for a longer period.
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Postby Switchback » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:17 pm

I know for a fact that cableas' sells sight paint (glow in the dark and a few colors). I'd try there.
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Postby Cap n pickles » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:09 pm

Glow in the dark Fingernail polish.
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Postby Miracle » Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:10 am

Switchback wrote:I know for a fact that cableas' sells sight paint (glow in the dark and a few colors). I'd try there.


lol check out my link above 8)
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Postby Switchback » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:58 pm

Miracle wrote:
Switchback wrote:I know for a fact that cableas' sells sight paint (glow in the dark and a few colors). I'd try there.


lol check out my link above 8)


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whoops. It works though, this is certainly the stuff to get.

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