hemiram
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I have the Bright Sight paint set. It seems to stick onto/into the sights on several guns I've used it on very well. For the price, it's hard to go wrong with it.
Bright Sights Paint
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Deanimator
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I use a base coat of gloss white enamel from a paint marker, followed with gloss orange Testor's enamel modeling paint. Works great and is cheap.
hemiram
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I did about a half dozen of my guns over the last few days with the Bright Sights kit. I can't believe the improvement on some of them. I used the high viz orange most of the 6 colors and since the amount used is so tiny, it looks like it would take doing hundreds of guns to really put a dent in the vial of it. I would imagine that it will probably dry out long before it's gone. Or, I will be gone before I run out.
walnut1704
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I must be the only guy who likes to black out my sights. I use Sharpies and...
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t.../sight-insert-kits/sight-black-prod57188.aspx
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t.../sight-insert-kits/sight-black-prod57188.aspx
Decoy80
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I'm getting older ang have poor eyesight in comparasion to say 15 years ago. Why dont one of you folks make us older folks some fancy led light sights? I may have to try for myself some of the ideas posted. Thanks for the read.
Delford
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I used my friends glow paint (don't know the brand) on my P345 as the paint had dulled. Now it glows at night and makes sight alignment even in daytime a lot better. It took two tries to get it to stay but no problems since.
wally
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No you aren't. I paint over with flat black any dots or bars on the rear sight, but these old eyeballs need all the help they can get finding that out of focus blob that is the front sight.
Just joined the forum. This is my first post.
I have tried the nail polish and the Glo-On, never been quite satisfied. I did come up with a solution that I like. I used "Rust-Oleum Specialty Fluorescent Green Fade Resistant Enamel Spray Paint," $4.48 at Lowes. (NFI) It can be applied directly, but the directions say an undercoat of white primer makes the color pop. So I did that with a white Rust-Oleum primer I got for about the same price. As you can see, my masking and painting skills are lacking, but it was my first try. What it lacks in elegance, it makes up for in function.The sight really pops out. I did this on another gun by spraying a puddle of the paint onto a paper plate and applying the paint to the sight with a Q-tip. That worked better. I have enough paint in that can to do dozens of guns and I can easily touch them up if it chips.
I have tried the nail polish and the Glo-On, never been quite satisfied. I did come up with a solution that I like. I used "Rust-Oleum Specialty Fluorescent Green Fade Resistant Enamel Spray Paint," $4.48 at Lowes. (NFI) It can be applied directly, but the directions say an undercoat of white primer makes the color pop. So I did that with a white Rust-Oleum primer I got for about the same price. As you can see, my masking and painting skills are lacking, but it was my first try. What it lacks in elegance, it makes up for in function.The sight really pops out. I did this on another gun by spraying a puddle of the paint onto a paper plate and applying the paint to the sight with a Q-tip. That worked better. I have enough paint in that can to do dozens of guns and I can easily touch them up if it chips.
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