Posted: 5/1/2026 2:58:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: HankZudd][Edited]
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i know i could use fingernail polish on front sight blade, but anything better? gun is Taurus .357 w/4" bbl. rear sight is adjustable w/black blade. would probably put a red/pink dot on sides of that blade |
| I used Testors Enamel Orange Flourescent Paint on my Tisas Tank Commander's front sight. Four or five light coats did a pretty good job. |
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Originally Posted By MoonDancer: I used Testors Enamel Orange Flourescent Paint on my Tisas Tank Commander's front sight. Four or five light coats did a pretty good job. I degrease the surface of the sight thoroughly, usually with lacquer thinner and a Q-tip since I have it out to clean the paint brush anyway (Isopropyl alcohol works good as a degreaser too). I then paint some white Tamiya fine surface primer on. Two coats. It dries very quickly. As a primer it sticks really well to metal, and the white gives it a nice base color (any white primer intended for use on metal should work fine). Then I paint on two or three coats of Testors fluorescent model paint. I usually use orange, sometimes bright green. Wipe off the sides and any runover with a q-tip dampened with lacquer thinner. Let it dry overnight. Using this method, the paint last a long time as long as you keep solvents away from it while cleaning (though a little CLP doesn't seem to bother it). Flat paint works better. Though if you only have gloss, you can press on it with a light finger touch when the final coat is just skinning over (say 15 or 20min of drying on a warm day) and that will take most of the gloss off. You can speed up the drying process with a heat gun or hair dryer. |