Painting revolver front post (Updated w/ pics)

[philadelphia patriot]

I just acquired a new Taurus 85, steel frame, "blued" revolver. I love it thus far, but I want to paint the front post serrations to make aiming easier.

Anyways, should I use model paint or nail polish? I'm going to try white first. I think that will be the easiest for me to aim with. If not, I'm going to paint blaze orange over the white.

If I go the nail polish route, any brand recommendations? I don't want it to look cheap. Also I know to clean the front sight using rubbing alcohol first.

Thanks!

Edit: See post #15 for pics

[gummy jones]

http://forum.pafoa.org/showthread.php?t=49279

[philadelphia patriot]

http://forum.pafoa.org/showthread.php?t=49279

Thanks, but still didn't really contain much info about painting it.

[Swamp Fox]

I used orange modeling paint on two of my revolvers. It seems to be holding up quite well.

[gummy jones]

Thanks, but still didn't really contain much info about painting it.

Yea it just had some other ideas I thought you may be interested in. Wanted to subscribe to see how yours turns out

Make sure you throw some pics up in dis

[Noah_Zark]

I use off-white / almond appliance touch-up paint. It is solvent-borne and cures very hard. Clean with acetone and a Q-tip first.

http://www.amazon.com/Sheffield-1438...paint+touch+up

Noah

[hss.strat]

I've used red, orange or white nail polish in the past. Works great, holds up really well and whenever you decide you're done with it just wipe it off with some nail polish remover.

[philadelphia patriot]

Thank you all for your input. I think I'm going to try the off white first then the blaze orange if I need some color.

Aside from that, I'm very impressed with my $240 taurus 85. It's even the new model with the matte black finish and rubber bull grips.

[Brick]

Noah's stuff sounds very good. I especially like his degreaser! Just be sure you don't use the "oily nail polisher remover" get the stuff that says 100% acetone!

Also if you want really long lasting stuff take a look at CS Coatings Jig and Lure Paint! The stuff seems to last forever! The downside is cost and you must buy the white and the special solvent in addition to your choice of final color, the white is used as a primer, undercoat.

You might even consider Testors' model airplane enamel.

[philadelphia patriot]

I'm going to post pics when I am done (probably later this week). I picked up "vintage white" and "pure orange" multi-surface satin acrylic paint. I cleaned the area with a 91% rubbing alcohol soaked Q-tip. I just put my 2nd coat of vintage white on. I'm going to put on one more coat of vintage white later tonight, and tomorrow I am going to put on 2-3 coats of pure orange. Just painting the serrations white has helped aiming [while dry firing] a lot easier. After the coats of pure orange dry, then I'm going to put some nail polish sealer on it, and it should be good to go!

Thank you for everybody's advice! Again I'll post pics of the final results once everything is done and dry.