Has anyone experimented worth C3 or BGW9 SuperLume watch paint for firearms use?

[daniel craig]

You can buy the classic watch lume (no not the radioactive kind so chill out) that glows for 7-9ish hours after being charged in the light, in small quantities.

I was considering getting some fora firearm I have but I don't want to go through the purchase and trial process before seeing if someone else already has.

 

[Meeks36]

You can buy the classic watch lume (no not the radioactive kind so chill out) that glows for 7-9ish hours after being charged in the light, in small quantities.

I was considering getting some fora firearm I have but I don't want to go through the purchase and trial process before seeing if someone else already has.

Interesting concept. From my knowledge base you wouldn’t want to strip the gun of the bluing or whatever. Then paint it. You need DTM paint for that direct to metal. Or it want stick properly. But it’s been years since i’ve painted anything more then the transmissions, axels, and connecting rods at work. When painting caterpillar at work we have to prime it the. do final coat. The primer being DTM. Good luck and post some pics. Should be a cool design.

 

[JmacD]

I was wondering the same thing awhile back. The idea was to apply it VERY carefully to some 1911 sights for night use. Like the touch up sight pens… I’m curious as well…

 

[Jim Watson]

I can see why you are asking, rather than trying, that stuff is expensive.

I have not found a Luminova watch dial to glow long enough or bright enough to be of much use.
There was once a notion of a UV LED in a holster to keep luminous paint energized.

 

[Anchorite]

I second Jim’s post above. Buddy of mine has tried that trick with a ramped revolver sight and found that it not only didn’t work well, but was very fragile and easily chipped off.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

I have a Yugo M70AB2 rifle with flip-up three-dot Tritium night sights that had long lost their glow.
I (El Cheapo) degreased the dots and filled them with brite white enamel paint.
Useless in no light but they pick up better in low light than black metal sights do.
I had toyed with the idea of luminious fillers but they all seemed too expensive, too fragile and would require hours of exposure to light after flipping up to retain any useful glow. I am open to news of a successful solution.