Color Fill Suggestions (HELP!)

[SteveGers]

there are about 30 threads that mention color fill, but none really brakes down how everyone did it. I am a new owner and REALLY like the idea of the white lettering. I've heard crayons, I've heard some kind of nail polish, I've heard crayon with nail polish coat.... What i am really hoping to find is some people (more than one, and more than one method )who've done it, how it came out, and (probably most important) how its held up through usage (i did not buy this to be a safe queen, shes my all day saturday plinker!!)
Thanks in advance guys and gals. And thanks for all the info I've already sapped out of here been crawling over the forum for days, you guys are great!.

 

[Mike1161]

I used the white crayon method. It was rather simple. Rub the crayon over the places you want to color, filling in the area. Rub in the short direction of the groves, filling them in. This might take a few tries to completely fill in the groves. Between fills I just wiped the area with a soft clean rag.

I did this 3 months ago and use the 15-22 at least once a week. To date I have not had to touch up any spots.

Happy with the results and the look.

 

[Hudgehog]

I used the white crayon method. It was rather simple. Rub the crayon over the places you want to color, filling in the area. Rub in the short direction of the groves, filling them in. This might take a few tries to completely fill in the groves. Between fills I just wiped the area with a soft clean rag.

Plus 1 for the crayon method, I did it about 4 or five months ago and it still looks good. I used a hair dryer to heat the slide up enough to evenly melt the crayon into the voids.

 

[SteveGers]

forgot to post this, just for reference, got 3 extra snw mags, plus a plinker tactical (that i returned directly after i loaded it, was not happy with it, could not load more than 31 rounds into it) got a center point 4-16x42 scope. and in the future, ive got planned a bipod and 45 degree angle offsets for the iron sites so i can re mount them.

 

[SteveGers]

thanks guys! great info and fast! i was already thinking that was the way to go.

 

[CSMALLO]

+1 for the Crayon method. I bought one of the FDE versions of the 15-22. Filled in the lettering with a tannish colored Crayon, except for the "Fire", I used red for those. My 8 yo daughter helped me. She thought it was cool to color on a rifle.

 

[SteveGers]

i am not happy with the way the fire select indicator came out, i am going to get some nailpolish today at wally world (non acetone) and do a better fill, not the letters, but the actual "knob" that points on the ejector side. other than that, THRILLED. Thanks guys! great advice again from this forum i don't think it will be long before i am stripping it and accenting with white, someone here has a "storm trooper" one that i just love!!!

 

[CrazyFingers]

Crayon only for 3 years, still looks like the day I applied it.
Your mileage may vary.

 

[shawn mccarver]

Kiwi white shoe polish. Color fill is not to my liking, and I would never do it, but shooters around here used to use that to fill in the lettering and roll marks on their revolvers. Again, I would not do it by any method or means, but that is one method that seems to work.