front sight paint

[atlas]

Is there anything special about making the front sight bright white again?

I have thought about White-Out but maybe there is something specially made this purpose?

Thanks for any help.

[Franksremote]

Is there anything special about making the front sight bright white again? I have an XD45 and after a couple hundred rounds the front dot is dark grey. Actuallly the whole front 3/4" of the slide and frame gets all dirty. The slide and frame clean up fine but the dot does not do so well. It makes it a little less easy to aim for me.

How can I get it to clean up better or what can I repaint it with? I have thought about White-Out but maybe there is something specially made this purpose?

Thanks for any help.

I bought sight paint years ago called "Bright Sights" out of Lake Oswego, OR and they work really well. I haven't had to repaint the front blade on my pistol using it.

[halifax]

I bought sight paint years ago called "Bright Sights" out of Lake Oswego, OR and they work really well. I haven't had to repaint the front blade on my pistol using it.

http://www.brightsights.com/index.shtml

That's pretty cool. I got a few old sights that can use a fresh paint job.

[blkA4alb]

Just use a cue tip.

[railroader]

Testors model paint at walmart and a tooth pick to apply it works well. Mark

[Franksremote]

Testors model paint at walmart and a tooth pick to apply it works well. Mark

Ditto on the toothpick. I just used the flat side to apply. Dries flat and glossy.

[taloft]

Usually the dots sit in a concave dimple that can be difficult to clean with a standard wipedown. Q-tip with a bit of....blkA4alb beat me to it.

[xrMike]

I use White Out on my 1911. I have to reapply it on the front site every 3 range trips or so (the dots on the rear site last longer -- less powder smoke back there). Before I apply it I use a dental pick to get most of the old stuff out of the hole, then I put a dab of white out in the hole, let it dry, and carefully scrape off the stuff around the outside edge of the hole. This gives me a brilliant white perfectly round dot again.

[Aluisious]

I use White Out on my 1911. I have to reapply it on the front site every 3 range trips or so (the dots on the rear site last longer -- less powder smoke back there). Before I apply it I use a dental pick to get most of the old stuff out of the hole, then I put a dab of white out in the hole, let it dry, and carefully scrape off the stuff around the outside edge of the hole. This gives me a brilliant white perfectly round dot again.

LoL...I'm glad I wasn't the first hick to suggest white out.

It works, /shrug

Personally I just scrub like nuts, because no amount of paint is ever going to make that tritium glow again

[Blue]

Testors model paint at walmart and a tooth pick to apply it works well. Mark

I've done that but you need to re-apply every now and then. But, it works and its cheap

[tankerman]

I use my wife's nail polish, works great. White, red, orange, I have used all three at one time or another depending on the sight. It comes off if you want it to also. By the way the orange and red were used on black front sights that are difficult to see at some indoor ranges.

[triaged]

I'm too cheap to use model paint :P
I used one of those grease pencils that use a string and unwrapping paper to "sharpen".