Glow-in-the-dark nail polish for sights

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I actually bought some glow in the dark polish at a yard sale a while ago, haven't tried it yet but for ten cents a bottle I didn't think it was too big a risk.
 
It is the economical choice. One little jar will last you for several years, even with touch ups.
 
reddog81 said:
I’m pretty sure any product like that needs to be exposed to light a couple minutes before hand for it to work. I don’t think it’ll have much effect in most situations.
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That's always kind of been my thought process. If it's dark enough to need it, chances are it won't have had enough light to glow.

In any event, I've always used Testors Fluorescent model paint. I like to use the orange for the front and yellow for the back for contrast.
 
used some, not particularly effect as a good in the dark. Florescent orange I got still makes the sights more visible.
 
I added a Trijicon front sight to my SP101. When it's dark I can see the front sight just fine but not the rear sight. That got me to thinking... what's the point of having glow in the dark sights if you can't see your target? I like the design and shape of the Trijicon front sight compared to the original, but it isn't very bright in the daylight when "I CAN" see my target. So I put a dab of lure paint on it and it is now a useful sight. I wrote it off as a "lesson learned".
 
WheelGunMan said:
That got me to thinking... what's the point of having glow in the dark sights if you can't see your target?
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I read somewhere, and I think it's pretty accurate, that most defensive shootings will be in a situation where you will be point shooting anyway. That's not to say sights don't matter, but in a true defensive situation chances are most people won't even be paying attention to their sights. That applies to both well lit and dark situations.
 
BigBL87 said:
I read somewhere, and I think it's pretty accurate, that most defensive shootings will be in a situation where you will be point shooting anyway. That's not to say sights don't matter, but in a true defensive situation chances are most people won't even be paying attention to their sights. That applies to both well lit and dark situations.
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Agree. I'm a proponent of seeing what I'm shooting at. If it's dark and there's shooting going on... I'm going to utilize that cover of darkness to distant myself from said gunfight.
 
I have used fluorescent model paint on my front sights for years. I recently acquired a handgun with my first set of night sights. If I am shooting from the bench at my local range , which has a roof over it , I need to shine a flashlight on the front sight while I am reloading , otherwise the "night sight" is less visible than my old fluorescent standby.

Glow in the dark? What a pia.
 
Thanks for posting the link, cluttonfred, that was considerate!

I tested the viability of phosphorescent paint on gunsights many years ago ... on a "nightstand gun".

I would place the handgun underneath the nightstand lamp that would be on for at least 30 minutes prior to turning it off and going to sleep.

So long as I did nothing to ruin my night vision (which I found to be difficult), the GITD paint did surprisingly well (admittedly my expectations were low), actually usable for quite a few hours following full "loading".

The fact that the sights looked like crap in the daylight with that stuff on them persuaded me to cancel the project, remove the GITD paint and replace it with something in eye-catching fluorescent on top of a white base.

For me (other folks' circumstances my differ) ... I found the GITD paint to be of great potential use on a nightstand gun in lining up sights in deep darkness ... BUT ... except in very rare circumstances, I am not about to shoot any-thing/-one if I cannot see & positively ID my target.

As my sister parrots back to me periodically, "I own every bullet that I shoot" ... she has certainly learned that critical concept. :)
 
I use ordinary flourecent orange nail polish on my handgun front sights. Easy to apply and easy to remove.

I always put one coat of white polish on the sight before using the orange.

That said, for a few bucks at Target I just might try the glow polish.
 
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I tired paint and nail polish and it worked for about 10min and would get very dirty. I would just spend $100 on night sights.
 
This was a concern on my bedside gun for awhile. It was an HK45 with luminescent sights. They charged up well, but since then I've bought a VP9 with night sights and added a weapon light.

Better solution IMO. I did put fluorescent paint on my SP101's front sight. It helps, but I only carry that gun on the trail mostly in day light.
 
Any bright paint is going to do better over a white base as Starter posted above.
 
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