Painted my LCP II front sight

[Brubz]

Haven't given up on trying to sight my Ruger LCP II. I painted the front sight with Krylon white acrylic paint.seemed to help. Have any of you guys tried this? Or maybe something better?

 

[InTheField]

I did about the same on my LCP II. I put florescent orange over a base coat of white enamel. It shows up way better than the "night" sights on my LCP Max do right up to almost complete darkness.

 

[deadeye dick]

A must for any LCP or Keltek.

 

[JTQ]

I put florescent orange over a base coat of white enamel.

Color over a white base coat seems to be a popular and effective recommendation. If you can't find sight paint, many folks use nail polish

 

[jak67429]

I use finger nail polish. bright white under coat and florescent orange on top. easy to use easy to touch up, and if you don't like it a little acetone it will come right off.

 

[unclenunzie]

White as a base, neon green, then a clear coat. Cheap and effective.

 

[Brubz]

I used Krylon white as my base have florescent orange on order. Will clear nail polish work as clearcoat?

 

[murf]

the rear sight on my lcpII is painted white as well.

luck,

murf

 

[e rex]

Everyone's eyes are different, I use yellow on my front sight. I just happen to see it better.

 

[KYamateur]

Orange nail polish has been on my GP100 front sight for over 10 years and hasn’t needed to be reapplied yet. You just have to make sure to degrease it well before applying and do light strokes and build it up. I use paint thinner/ mineral spirits to degrease it, and then tape off the area I didn’t want to be orange . You have to pull the tape off quickly though before it hardens. I’ve done this on several guns over the years.

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

Never had an LCP, but I put a white big dot XS tritium front on both of my LCRs. Worked good for me in low light, but paint seems a good option too.

 

[trackskippy]

I used Krylon white as my base have florescent orange on order. Will clear nail polish work as clearcoat?

It may, and it may not, youll have to try and see.

Mixing things like enamels and lacquers can be a bad thing and one may cause trouble with the other. I ran into that with a paint job on a gun where I used enamels for the paint job, and then sprayed it with a clear flat overcoat that turned out to be a lacquer. What happened was, it just made the whole gun sticky, and the paints never cured properly.

I use enamel nail polishes for my front sights that dont have night sights. I also use them over the inserts on my S&W revolvers that have them, as its brighter and stands out better than the flat they use. Gloss white as a base, followed by fluorescent orange. I havent found it necessary to clear-coat them, but whatever floats your boat.

The color is off in the pics for some reason, in person. they are actually "bright" orange.

 

[Brubz]

It may, and it may not, youll have to try and see.

Mixing things like enamels and lacquers can be a bad thing and one may cause trouble with the other. I ran into that with a paint job on a gun where I used enamels for the paint job, and then sprayed it with a clear flat overcoat that turned out to be a lacquer. What happened was, it just made the whole gun sticky, and the paints never cured properly.

I use enamel nail polishes for my front sights that dont have night sights. I also use them over the inserts on my S&W revolvers that have them, as its brighter and stands out better than the flat they use. Gloss white as a base, followed by fluorescent orange. I havent found it necessary to clear-coat them, but whatever floats your boat.

The color is off in the pics for some reason, in person. they are actually "bright" orange.

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Ok thanks. I'll try it without the clearcoat. I can always repaint and then clearcoat if I need to.

 

[American_Fusilier]

I use nail polish as well, I've painted a lot of my front sights.

 

[Steven_Seagull]

I use Europium, specifically because it will glow in the dark and it flows bright fwiw.
Good for pistols that do not have aftermarket sight support or the sights are fixed.
Is off-white during the day but glows bright green when charged at night.
They make orange which may work better during the day, but my eyesight is good enough that the off white works for me.

 

[Tallball]

Almost all of my handguns that I shoot often have a bit of red nail polish on the front sight. I apply a quick coat straight onto the sight and it lasts for years.

 

[Riomouse911]

Almost all of my fixed sighted revolvers, along both LCP’s (1 and 2) and a couple of other micro autos, have the Testors white/blaze orange front sight treatment.

Before I painted them the sights on all of these guns were, for all intents and purposes, practically useless unless the lighting was perfect.

Stay safe.

 

[Brubz]

Almost all of my fixed sighted revolvers, along both LCP’s (1 and 2) and a couple of other micro autos, have the Testors white/blaze orange front sight treatment.

Before I painted them the sights on all of these guns were, for all intents and purposes, practically useless unless the lighting was perfect.

Stay safe.

Same with the S&W M&P Bodyguard. The front sight is useless without paint

 

[Riomouse911]

I pulled the LCP’s and LC9 out and took this photo of the sights. I must say the LCP has sights smaller than the pimples on a fast food cook. At least the LCP II has a bit more front and rear sight to use.



Stay safe.

 

[PO2Hammer]

Blaze orange over white fingernail polish on a broad and tall front sight on my Glock 17L
Wide fills the wide notch fixed rear and tall gets filed down to match POI to POA.

 

[Eugen]

I use Testor's model paint (bright neonish orange) in the tiny glass containers and a toothpick. This paint is nice and thick. Nothing fancy, but it works for me.