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06-08-2017, 11:42 AM
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Sight Paint
Anyone have any recommendations on what kind of paint I could use for the sights?
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06-08-2017, 12:40 PM
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You can use Testors, but I would suggest you don't. You will lose the front sight under bright conditions if it is any color other than black. Your best sight picture is accomplished with black sights against a light background. That is why target shooters use a 6 o'clock hold.
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06-08-2017, 12:45 PM
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I used Bic White-Out correction fluid . It's a flat white lacquer.
Clean the sight with acetone or lacquer thinner.
If you want a color other than white , use it as your base coat, the color will appear brighter.
I painted mine white , the store didn't have any sight paint so I went shooting with white and found it worked just fine and have never got around to color coating. The stuff stays on well, I've never had to reapply . I did put a Bic Correction fluid pen in my bag ...just in case.
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06-08-2017, 01:24 PM
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Any flat paint, but the old tried and true method to blacken sights is soot from a candle. Works perfectly, but not permanent.
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06-08-2017, 02:41 PM
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Any flat paint, but the old tried and true method to blacken sights is soot from a candle. Works perfectly, but not permanent.
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If you own a cutting torch set-up you can barely crack the acetylene, light the torch, and you will get black soot. And as patrickd stated, it's not permanent.
We would do this on certain pipes to use our wrap-around on it to make a good cut mark.
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I use white enamel fingernail polish coated with either a fluoresent orange or fluorescent yellow fingernail polish. $1 bottle at Dollar General. Works as well for me as inserts. Clean up with acetone or fingernail polish remover (same thing!)
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06-08-2017, 02:57 PM
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I used Bic White-Out correction fluid . It's a flat white lacquer... The stuff stays on well, I've never had to reapply . I did put a Bic Correction fluid pen in my bag ...just in case.
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Same here:
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06-08-2017, 03:06 PM
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I use the very best finger nail polish my daughter or wife thinks I can afford.
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Go to Wal-Mart Crafts department..they have fluorescent oranges, greens, yellows in a dabber pen for like a $1.98..easy to dab on and dries fast......
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I did my 640 front sight in red with automotive touch up paint. Put on two coats about 3 months ago and it's still looks great. I also took a cold blue pen and blacked out the rear fixed sights.
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06-09-2017, 02:42 AM
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I've used Testors model paint from Hobby Lobby. Gloss white and a glossy orange both. About $3.50 for a small bottle. If you don't like it, paint thinner will take it back off. Bought it to color fill the slide on my Shield, then ended up doing the front ramp on my 1911 Target as well as touching up the rear notch on my Beretta 85 and using the orange for the front dot on that same handgun. The orange front made a difference on the little Beretta 380 as it has that stupid center line rear paint that runs together with the front dot when both are the same color.
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06-09-2017, 04:43 AM
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Just one of many ways to do it
Painting the front sight
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06-09-2017, 09:10 AM
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Your best sight picture is accomplished with black sights against a light background. That is why target shooters use a 6 o'clock hold.
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That may be part of why, but not the main reason. It is much more precise to aim at the bottom edge of a circle than to aim for the center. It gives a better visual cue for eliminating both elevation and windage error, and that's true regardless of whether the circle is black on a white background or vice versa.
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Someone makes a replacement front blade for the AR 15 that has a white ramp on two sides............................................................
XS sights......
$31.50 at Brownells ...... 006-111-080WB
or with Tritium $64 006-000-103WB
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I tried these when I was using iron sights. Work well, and not too expensive.
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the farm store in town has " Sight Paint" in a package of either 3 or 4 colors .. can't remember which .. orange, white, florissant green, and red I think .. under 10 bucks ..
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06-10-2017, 04:26 AM
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20/20 Concepts shooting accessories
I use their patchworm kits on my rimfires FWIW.
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I also use Testors. But the real trick is; after the Testors is completely dry, cover it with a coat of "Hard-Nails" clear nail polish. The stuff is resistant to oils, solvents, etc. It is so durable, my wife won't use it on her nails 'cause she can't remove it.
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'Blackening sights' with soot from a candle or smoke pot is a time-honored tradition at Marine Corps rifle ranges
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