lostbird
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I'm looking for the best method for protecting my Tritium Night Sights with White Outline from cleaning solvents and degreasers while cleaning. When I clean the slide I brush a liberal amount of Hoppe's or other solvents on the slide and let it sit for awhile. Then I go back and blow out the carbon and powder residue with a pressurized can of Gun Scrubber or brake cleaning fluid. This is fast and simple and works well. Since the Tritium is encapsulated I don't worry too much about it, but more concerned about protecting the painted on white outline portion of the sight. I've already ruined one sight which prompted this post. I'm as careful as possible to keep solvents and cleaners away from the sight in the first place, but it is inevitable that it will get saturated. If you use this cleaning method for cleaning your slide how do you protect it from any adverse effects of the solvents and degreasers while cleaning? Do you not even think or worry about it? Any recommendation such as sealing the sight with epoxy, clear finger nail polish or airplane modeling dope. I've also considered wrapping the slide around the sight area with a wide rubber band or maybe even Electrical tape while cleaning. Any suggestions or thoughts regarding this would be very much appreciated. Thanks.