I want to put paint on my revolver's sights to make it easier to see. They're currently flat black ramp sights that can be difficult even in bright daylight depending on my target.



What kind of paint should I put on it? I was thinking just go to the hobby shop to see what kind of Testors they have in stock and using that. Or should I get a fluorescent paint pen?



I kinda don't want to shell out the cash for a fiber optic front sight and I don't think I would like the way it looks.

Fluorescent paint will look like shit, just paint it white. Use model paint, paint pens will look splotchy

>>57999414 (OP)

This worked well enough for any cheap gun. Just clean the metal beforehand https://www.glow-on.com/

Dab it with acetone and it gets smoother 

Also having red to catch your eye is a big help over white paint

>>57999414 (OP)

Get some Europium powder:

>https://unitednuclear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=1079

it's extremely effective. And then you can add it to epoxy or varnish or whatever you want for a given application and make your own glow product, using more or less as desired. Don't pay some big markup to get some worse glow stuff diluted.

Also it's just plain cool stuff. Europium is an actual element, so it's not some protein or something it lasts ages, super temperature resistant too, good for up to 1200 degrees. In principle you could do a meme gun paint job with it, a glow cerakote even right on a barrel or suppressor and it'd be fine (be a chad with an open carried bright neon green 30 hour glowing deagel for your self-defense).

>>57999414 (OP)

Glow in the dark nail polish. Not kidding

I like red

That particular company doesn't make red, though they do offer white, orange, violet, aqua and blue:

>https://unitednuclear.com/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=101_45

Though I think I saw some place that did red. Europium(III) sulfate glows red or at least pink so I assume it's possible. Or someone could probably chain violet/blue into red with nanodots.

Or get a genetically engineered glow in the dark cat and then train him to help you get your gun.

>>57999414 (OP)

>the hobby shop

uh anon i don't think they sell radioactive tritium or europium at the hobby shop. Normal fluorescent paint will only glow for a few minutes after charging in light

>>57999414 (OP)

I put Testors fluorescent orange on my Taurus. It's not like I'll be doing any precision shooting with a 2" snub anyway.

>>57999414 (OP)

just use radium, king

it also tastes good

>It's not like I'll be doing any precision shooting with a 2" snub anyway.

Or any Taurus for that matter

>>57999414 (OP)

Go to a nail salon and look at their wall of nail polishes and then go online and buy a couple that look like they'll fit your needs and try them out. They're cheap and you can always remove them with a little acetone and reapply. They make all kinds of really unnaturally bright/lumed ones especially fluoro green and orange. Europium powder is based though

I always use safety yellow and orange, both high vis to the eye, and if one color washes out the other won't.

Did the same on the front dot on a glock. It was a huge improvement
