High Visibility Paint Sight Dots?

[Royal Oaks]

I've given up on getting my tritium sights redone on Beretta 92FS and plan to alternatively try one of the many high visibility paints out there. Hard to know which is best. I want green rear and orange front. Anyone used any paints with good and lasting results? I am not thinking of the glow ones because I don't keep my weapon under a light all the time.

[john323]

99 cent store nail polish

[CWL]

Testors model paint. Insignia yellow.
I've used it on a couple of white front sights to make them more visible.

add: If you are going to be applying over glass of tritium, you'll need to prime it with white or gray paint first for best effect. Haven't tried it, but you can probably use White Out

[bugsy714]

99 cent store nail polish

This and Walmart lots of obnoxious bright fluorescent colors to choose from and easy to remove laterJust clean the area with acetone first and then apply liberally in several coats sometimes it helps to start with a white nail polish then move up to the neon stuff


Dictated but not read, voice typing plus bad eyes equals typos

[SkyHawk]

Birchwood Casey is what I use. It really pops and lasts. Made to withstand cleaning etc.

Everything you need here

https://www.amazon.com/Birchwood-Casey-Super-Bright-Green/dp/B00JSAE234/

The 'red' is really like HiVis orange.

Paint the sights white, let cure for 24hrs. Then apply the color you want over the white.

If I am doing dots, I typically apply the paint to a waxed paper plate or anything similar, then dip a toothpick into it and transfer it to the sight. I have used this over burned out tritium dots and it works great.

[SharedShots]

The watch industry has already figured this out.

The paint to get is superluminova or equivalent. Glowinc.com sells it. They also have lots of info on the subject. Like many activities we tend to think it needs to be specially made for guns when other markets have already figured it out.

The paint from glowinc will last from sun down to sun up. Charge it for a short time (less than a minute) with white light or hit it with a UV light for 1-2 seconds, thats it and it glows all night long.

Tritium vials are easily available for about $30 in various colors. Use the T100 type either flat or circular tubes that fit your sight.

[Royal Oaks]

glowinc

Have you used these paints? Water based is ok? What color best over my white tritiums? White? As far as vials I do see them but nothing saying "T100" as a size?