Anybody re-paint their sights???

[BOSS351]

I have an older CZ that the painted dots are really dirty/oily and want to re-paint them. I'm sure somebody here has done that and would like some advice on prep and which paint to use. Thanks.

 

[Guate_shooter]

http://www.kgcoatings.com/protective-coatings/site-kote/

 

[SpeedRacer]

Nail polish. Lots of colors and easily removed.

 

[Guate_shooter]

The bad thing with nail polish is that it leaves like a clear coat on top of the actual color and its hard to find one that actually POPS out and says HERE I am, I like the KG colors a little better they are VERY bright for what they are and aplication is super easy with that tip.

At the same time nail polish is $3 for the expensive stuff at Wally World and KG is about $11 once you add shipping

 

[Leadfoot]

Ive had good luck with the touch up paint you can get from Auto Zone or most chain auto parts stores (the bottles with the brush inside). A myriad of different colors. Pick your favorite. It's cheap, easily obtainable and durable.

 

[SpeedRacer]

The bad thing with nail polish is that it leaves like a clear coat on top of the actual color and its hard to find one that actually POPS out and says HERE I am, I like the KG colors a little better they are VERY bright for what they are and aplication is super easy with that tip.

At the same time nail polish is $3 for the expensive stuff at Wally World and KG is about $11 once you add shipping

True, now that I think about it I was actually thinking of Testor's model paint I've had great luck with. And they sell some VERY bright colors.

 

[BOSS351]

Might try the testers paint method first. What do you do for prep work? Clean with lacquer thinner, or enamel reducer? Degreaser only? After the cleaning, do you just brush it into the dot mark and let it sit and then remove any extra (if there is any) with a swab and thinner? Maybe I'm getting too technical here. I'm used to dealing with prepping for auto-paint so please excuse me if I'm looking into this too much.Thanks Guate shooter for the KG site.

 

[Guate_shooter]

Usually bore cleaner EATS the .... out of regular white dots, thats why they dont last long when people clean their slide with it, bad thing is they do tend to leave a small film, best degreaser I have found is Alcohol clean it a couple of times and wear gloves PLzzzzzzzzzz, then apply what you need and should be good.

 

[BOSS351]

10-4. I pretty much use gloves whenever I"m cleaning my guns and lubing them up. I'm guessing your talking isopropyl?

 

[Guate_shooter]

The white stuff hehe, walmart not the one to get drunk with hehehehehehehehee

 

[herohog]

Instead of a brush, use a toothpick to apply the paint in the dot recesses. MUCH better control!

 

[BOSS351]

Good idea Speedy! If I got time I'm gpnna try to do it tomorrow.

 

[Baldrik78]

I use acrylic model paint. It's water based, so it's easy to correct mistakes and clean up. Several of my old sights are wearing fresh coats of Games Workshop's "Skull White"

 

[Metryshooter]

I repainted my sights years ago with some bright paint I found at Wal-mart and a toothpick.

 

[LACamper]

I've used testors before. Works fine. I had a nice gloss white and a safety orange...

 

[keroseneburner]

The little bottles of Dupli-Color touch up paint at Wally World have a ball-point end on them. It makes putting the paint where you want it pretty easy. It comes in any color you could want, also.

 

[TonyT]

I use fluorescent orange model acrylic paint applied with a toothpick.

 

[BOSS351]

ok just did mine using the touch up paint from O'Reillys with the ball tip pen. My dots are pretty small so had to use a toothpick, as mentioned a number of times, and it worked out great!! Thanks a bunch guys for all of the help. We'll see how this auto paint holds....me being a Ford dude had to settle for the Ford Oxford White color (same color as on police cars and fleets!!).