Luminous paint ???

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Not sure if this is the right section to post this but I figured someone here has come up with this problem. I have a fixed front sight that disappears against a dark backdrop. I was thinking some white nail polish then this idea of luminous paint popped up. Anyone have any thoughts ?
 
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Not sure if this is the right section to post this but I figured someone here has come up with this problem. I have a fixed front sight that disappears against a dark backdrop. I was thinking some white nail polish then this idea of luminous paint popped up. Anyone have any thoughts ?
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I'm curious to see how you make out. It's a perfect inexpensive fix for any norc project, I was thinking the same thing a while back for a norc pistol. Wound up selling it. I was planning to use flourescent yellow street type paint or pretty much anything in a can. Mask off the sites and spray it after with some high heat engine clear. This stuff alows you to bake the paint in and it will cure harder. I paint and bake small truck parts with this all the time works great and bake on a rad heater and your set.
 
I bought the fluorescent orange paint from a hobby shop once to paint a old speedometer needle in an old car and it worked just great for that. Can't see why it wouldn't work for a gun sight.

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The luminous paint only works in near dark conditions. You can't see it glow at all during daylight hours or even in fairly weak light such as found in some indoor ranges. So it simply won't stand out against a dark background in any reasonable lighting setting.

The bright flourescent paints are the way to go. Or for pistols the light gathering fiber optic sights. Even in fairly dim conditions they stand out nicely I've found.
 
I think I'll try the florescent paint. I was looking at some luminous paints and it looks like they are sort of neutral in daylight and turn different colors in the dark. :cheers:
 
I've heard a white base under what ever fluorescent color you choose is supposed to make the top color brighter.
Nail polish seems like a durable paint that also comes in fluorescent and white....
 
BCRider said:
The luminous paint only works in near dark conditions. You can't see it glow at all during daylight hours or even in fairly weak light such as found in some indoor ranges. So it simply won't stand out against a dark background in any reasonable lighting setting.
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No different than night sights except for maybe TFO's
 
I just got some of this stuff... glow-on.com/index.html . I haven't put it on anything yet, but it looks like what you want.

I tried the hobby shop route, but the biggest place in town had nothing and seemed puzzled by the very concept...
 
I picked up a bottle of cheap nail polish from the dollar store today, it's a florescent orange. Felt a bit odd buying nail polish. :redface: I'm going to give it a white under base coat like Can-down suggested. Thanks for all the tips. I think I'm going to pick up some of that luminous paints for fishing lures. It all helps. :cheers:
 
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No different than night sights except for maybe TFO's
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Not sure what a TFO is...

Yes, in the end it would not be much different than the tritium night sights. Some of the better phosphorescent paints can be very easy to see in the dark or near dark conditions.

The only downside is that the phosphorescent paints need to be "charge" or "excited" by exposure to bright light for some amount of time before they'll glow in the dark for a while. So the use of such paint on sights is questionable.
 
I did this on a S&W revolver sight, and it worked fantastic. I did the back edge of the front sight in day-glo orange (over a base of white primer), with a thin white outline around the notch on the rear sight. Even in bright conditions, the intense colour difference makes the sights much easier to use when shooting at a black target. With luminous paint it should work even better.
 
I know for weapon paint, try dura coat, it worked on my lar-15 mag in tac black and a charging handle I had to mill a bit, awesome stuff. Havnt used glow paints before
 
Curry's art shop also carries acrylic glow in the dark paint. Haven't tried it to say how good it is. I might pick up a small tub to try.
 
I have used glow-on on my M&P9 and I like how it turned out plus its easy to remove if you mess up or dont like it. I can post pics of it during the day and at night, the charging works best with a LED flashlight I found
 
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