Gun Sight Paint.

My personal experience has not been good with any of the glow in the dark paints I have tried. Others may have had good luck but I just replace my sights will illuminated ones now.

Never used glow in the dark on gun sights. Most paints would be too dim to see well. I use bright orange fingernail polish on the front sight of my GI style 1911.

I have used " Site-Glow" and "Glow-On" brands of glow in the dark paint. Both work really good for the price. Glow-On is currently on my EDC Sig P229R, it will glow long into the night after being only exposed to the bedroom light. I wake up in the middle of the night in a pitch black room and still see the sights glowing.

Never used glow in the dark on gun sights. Most paints would be too dim to see well. I use bright orange fingernail polish on the front sight

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Ditto, discovered Sally Beauty supply carries a line of super bright "neon" colored nail polish called "Finger Paints". I really like the neon green -- much better than a purpose made "gun sight paint" set I'd bought years ago.

The glow in the dark paints don't really create a glow, they "charge up" in light and glow dimly for a while after the lights go out. Generally the glow doesn't last long enough to be useful as a "night sight".

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I have used " Site-Glow" and "Glow-On" brands of glow in the dark paint. Both work really good for the price.

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I've never heard of or used these brands, maybe they've improved since I got my sight paint kit.

Wally, to be honest I have used many different paints and these are the only ones I will even mention. They actually do well in after light exposure. Most I have used are just junk. I still think buying night sights are the best option and worth the money.

As soon as I am able to get around (kidney stones) I will take some photos of my P229 and P220 with the two types of paint. Until then here is the only photo of the paint I have. It is the Glow-On brand on my HK MR556 front sight. This is taken in a normally lit living room. It will glow faintly (but visible) for a few hours after a good exposure to light. Direct sunlight makes it really bright for a longer time.

'Glow in the dark' paint cannot be radioactive enough to glow in the dark without previous exposure to light to charge it for a short while.
That's due to regulations involving consumer products from the Atomic Energy Commission.

And I know of no handgun holsters with a light inside them to keep the paint charged for when you really need it!

If you need night sights?
Then you need real Tritium Night Sights that produces visible light from radioactive isotope decay over the 12.5 year half-life of the Tritium radioactive isotope.

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I use glow in the dark paint on a number of my handguns. Specifically, I use V10 from Glow Inc. Make sure your sight has a good base coat of bright white or neon green. Use a small brush meant for model vehicles to dap it on your sight sparingly. Use a couple of coats and let dry in between. When exposed to a bright light source for a few seconds, they will glow for few minutes and up to 10 minutes, depending on your light source.

To the naysayers, that may tell you to get "real" night sights...not all guns have night sights available to them. Secondly, if used on a home defense gun, you will very likely have a flashlight accompanying the gun. Just shine the flashlight on the sight for a few seconds and it will give you an easy to see set of sights.

Back in the day, I used to keep a low wattage UV light in my nightstand drawer where my house gun resided. Even a $5 UV LED flashlight using rechargeable batteries will work. Let me tell ya, the sights glowed for hours after being removed from the drawer. Just an idea for ya.

I tried paint and stick on dots, none lasted more than 20 minutes, you want night sites, you need to get the real thing, I change out my own, my Glock 30 is on the 3d set.

I have tritium sights on my defensive handguns so I haven't had a need for the paint in that application. But, I have been curious for a while about how well this paint works and how long the glow lasts so I finally purchased some to play with. I used an 1/8" drill bit to create a recess in each button to fill with the paint. The paint charges very quickly with my flashlight and continues to glow strong enough to see all night in my dark bedroom. It does get very faint compared to the initial glow, but can still be seen easily in the dark. It works as advertised and can be used to enhance your abilities in the dark. Glow-On Original is what I used for this project.

Listen to Onward Allusion's post, I forgot to touch base on that. My Sig standard contrast or "pumpkin on a post" sights have a great white base to apply the glow paint to. If your sights are blued or black, use a white model paint or enamel paint as a base to make the glow paint stand out.

Thanks Onward, I forgot to mention that..

And if you DO have tritium night sights, it pays to paint the blade around the lamp for daytime visibility. I like a red-orange from Model Master.

25 years ago I put some Testor's orange model paint on the front sight of my S&W Model 60. It's still on there, despite daily carry for a number of years.

It's not fancy of expensive, but it seems to have worked just fine.