Sight paint

Nail polish holds up very well.

Go to the H/W store and get some appliance touch up (white) . Use this as a base coat. When dry! Color with with your favorite nail polish.(I mean wifes favorite....Just gets some)I used a blaze orange for 99cent a bottle @ the drug store . Both will remove with Brake clean, but not afected by normal cleaning . Good luck ROFI

P.S. Some hobby stores have glow in the dark paint again, to make your own night sights

I bought the brightest orange I could find at Wal Mart for my Ruger 22/45. After 25,000 rounds & 15 months it still shines after Gun Scrubber & Hoppes #9 usage.

Don't laugh....

I keep a white crayola crayon in my range bag
for the white dots on my millits. The dots are actually sunken so I take the crayon and rub across them. Then I take my thumb and sort of push it in. It's like grouting tile.
Looks really good and my sights are always bright white.

Tony G.

I've used Brite Site. It did not hold up for long at all so I would not recommend it. The nail polish sounds like it would do great.

Originally posted by TomP:
OK...Thanks Tony

Thanks all, I think I'm gonna try the Ghost Glow Any thoughts?
My wifes nail polish is mostly red based, nothing good for sights. May get some to try on one gun.

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I used it on my SA UC hicap. Took a few tries to figure out the best application method. Mine had recessed holes for the dots:

I braced the gun so that it would stand vertically on it's muzzle (unloaded of course). Using a toothpick, I'd dab enough paint in to halfway fill the hole. Let it set overnight to cure then repeated the application the next morning.

I actually ended up with a raised bump of sightpaint doing it this way and the longer curing time made it hold up much longer - looked pretty good really. I don't generally apply solvents/oils to the sights when I clean and the paint was still in place when I sold the pistol the following year.

Good luck,

Mac

Get some flourescent (model) paint from a hobby shop. It's the brightest stuff around. Works great.

I used model paint, it stays put with most cleaners but comes right off when sprayed with brake cleaner.

The crayon trick works really well, if the sights have dimples in them. The one thing to watch out for is heat -- fire the gun fast and a bunch, and the crayon will melt and the dot will run out of your front sight! For a more controlled, slow-fire range session, it works great.

I just got some Gold model paint (.99 cents at Walmart) and used it for a dot on a front sight. So far so good, and it is really bright in sunlight.

I've used white and green BrighSights paint, but I really don't care for the green. It just isn't bright at all. The white is OK, but I can't tell any difference in it compared to model paint or fingernail polish.

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Byron Simpson