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The only genuinely PF approved slide engraving fillers are blood, sweat and tears! (All kidding aside, I get it, if you have the need to see the markings more quick and easily or if it's something that just floats your boat.)
Thank you for your input. Using a splintered toothpick sounds a good idea to keep the mess to a minimum. Having fingernail polish or some sort of coloring device comes in handy to identify various things. These days everything comes in matte black, and with so much black, it's hard to identify things quickly.
I heard that if you use a Dremel to deepen the roll marks it’ll hold color better.
I wasnt interested in the general markings, but I filled the sight markings on the A2 rear sight so i could see them better. The target shooters do it. I was having trouble seeing the range numbers and other marks so filled them with white, they pop nicely in lower light levels now. Most of my AR shooting is 300-600+ yards, I like being able to set my sights to the range Im shooting.
Sort of like this, but I also filled all the markings on the range wheel and windage knob.
I cleaned with acetone, blobbed it all over with the nail polish brush, and after a minute or so, before its really set up, clean up with a qtip with acetone. I screwed it up a few times before getting the hang of it but its easy to redo with the acetone.
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