Front sight paint??

[Malamute]

My friend, VCD's "Hot Tamale" is what got me to Walmart, where I ultimately found "Traffic Cone" orange. You gotstobe a confident dude to walk up to the Walmart person and ask for "Hot Tamale" nail polish, and when she asks if it is for your wife, say "no."

I got some slight hesitation from the two wal mart girls that were helping me find a color I liked. When I expained it was for pistol sights, they seemed to get into the search.

[Byron]

+1 on fingernail polish. You can get some really gaudy colors, and a a lot of them have metallic sheen or glitter.

Are you having luck with the metallic ones or the glitter?

I'm also curious what people have found with the metallic/glitter polishes. I've only ever used neon colors, but have definitely pondered whether the extra shine from the metallic/glitter polishes would be helpful or harmful.

[ARonBoard]

I've seen people in the thread experiencing issues with the paint holding up. Would a white base coat alleviate this? Amazon has a neon orange and white testers available individually.

[Malamute]

The white base coat just helps the finish color to be brighter.

The holding up issue was the reason I went with nail polish rather than paint. I think nail polish is harder/tougher than paint in general.

[David B.]

Testors florescent orange over white base. Holds up real well.



God Bless,
David

[JMS]

Coat of flat white Testor's, followed by two light coats of a fluorescent orange airbrush paint (Createx) that I stumbled across in a Michael's craft store. It's proven more durable than any other I've tried, so far.

[rsa-otc]

I think the metallic nail polish is the way to go myself. Over a white base coat it really pops even in overcast light. By using this with a totally blacked out rear sight I can clean our advanced Q course using my everyday glasses even though I can't get a focus on the front sight with out dedicated shooting glasses. It's hell to get old.

[abu fitna]

Maybe she has better eyesight at that spot also.

Should look round from straight behind it though,....shouldnt it?

Her eyesight is no doubt better, as tested. And I always thought it looked round looking through the sights, until she pointed out the ever so slight imperfection... now I can't unsee it (although I still dont notice it on the instances installed on various Glocks)

[Chuck Haggard]

A friend of mine has gotten into Duracoating guns for people. Recently he found, after doing a snub for a bud, that clear coat over the orange front sight paint makes it hold up much more gooder.

I might have to experiment with that idea.

[Casual Friday]

"Torrid Orange" by Americana. I lightly scuffed the front sight with sandpaper and applied a coat of white self etching primer which helps the primer adhere to the metal better than regular primer. Then I put 3 coats of orange, one coat per night with 24 hours to dry between applications, and after it was good and dry, I took a razor blade and cut out around the tritium vial. A year later and no touch ups have been needed. This picture is right after trimming around the tritium last January or so.