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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.
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.
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.
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.
Scott
Only Hits Count - The Faster the Hit the more it Counts!!!!!!; DELIVER THE SHOT!
Stephen Hillier - "An amateur practices until he can do it right, a professional practices until he can't do it wrong."
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.
"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.