 TX_Vette 
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Posted: 8/9/2012 12:52:34 PM
[Last Edit: 8/9/2012 12:53:47 PM by TX_Vette]
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Posted: 8/9/2012 8:03:52 PM
[Last Edit: 8/9/2012 8:07:19 PM by foursixty]
Go to Walmart and pick you up a paint pen in the automotive section. The ones used for fixing rock pecks in your car. The paint is very durable and it should come with both a brush, and a fine pen point. The numbers are relatively small so keep a damp cloth handy. If you get outside of the lines immediately wipe the paint, because that shit is tough as hell to get off. Take your time and it should turn out great.
I've used this same technique for color-filling lettering and such. The automotive paint in these pens is a lot harder to work with than nail polish or something similar, but it's far superior in looks and durability. Here's the kind I use....(ignore the color, just illustrating the product)... 
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Posted: 8/9/2012 9:34:23 PM
[Last Edit: 8/9/2012 9:36:09 PM by k80clay]
Tape over numbers.
Paint Sight. Get white nail polish. Paint over entire number band with white nail polish. Get a cleaning patch - something thin but absorbent - soak in nail polish remover - squeeze excess out and wrap around edge of credit card. Paint needs to be a little dry, but not completely dry for this to work. Might want to do a little bit at a time. Wipe excess paint off the "High" portion of the number band. Paint should stay down in the lower portions where the numbers are etched. Done. The reason I say tape over the whole number band is 1) All it's going to do is make a mess if you try to remove paint off of a painted surface 2) The numbers are not etched very deep, and if you fill them in with the base paint you can't screen the numbers with white paint, and 3)the numbers will look so good, and the rest of the sight will look so good that the little portion around the numbers that is not freshly painted won't be noticed. |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 9:37:42 PM
Or you could just hit the parts you need with some cold blue and call it Miller Time.
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Posted: 8/9/2012 11:41:52 PM
Thanks y'all. I may try a mix of using both the auto paint and the nail polish techniques, I have one of those pens for the vette, and the car is white, so I already have the right color and everything. But I think the credit card and a little enamel thinner would help clean up outside the lines very well.
However, im curious about the cold blue method. That's the stuff you can buy in the little bottle right. I think I've seen it under the name perma-blue? If I went that route how would that make the numbers stand out? Or would it not make them stand out but rather make the whole thing look so good it wouldn't matter if the numbers stood out? |
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Posted: 8/10/2012 4:12:33 PM
Well, what are you talking about with the sight? Does it look like somebody sandblasted it all shiny and all, or is it just a little worn on the high spots and corners?
I've used these before. Makes it easy to touch up corners, etc. It's not incredibly durable or anything like that, but it will get you by. What I'm saying is that with springs, apertures, flip up this, and painted numbers and all, I think you're asking for more work that it's worth. It's metal, so I'd just touch up with the cold blue, or buy a new-ish looking one off the EE and sell yours to recoup some $$$. You're talking about a $20 difference (assuming $55 for a "new-ish" looking one and the $35 you could probably sell yours for). IM me, I may have the one that you're looking for. |
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