I Took the Plunge

[Booshie]

Wow, that looks great. The white definitely makes the lettering pop out at you.
As far as other colors go, I'd say a cherry or firetruck red would look great, maybe even mixed with some white?

 

[cedartop]

I don't think I like it, but, you did a really great job on it. You must have a fair amount more patience than me.

 

[Plinkuh]

I don't think I like it, but, you did a really great job on it. You must have a fair amount more patience than me.

Thank...you?

 

[Wild Deuce]

Looks good.

An interesting option that I tried was a white china marker. It's extremely durable and hardly needs to be touched up though it is easily and quickly removed with an old toothbrush. I was take-it-or-leave-it about lettering the gun but really wanted it on the magazines.

 

[Plinkuh]

Looks good.

An interesting option that I tried was a white china marker. It's extremely durable and hardly needs to be touched up though it is easily and quickly removed with an old toothbrush. I was take-it-or-leave-it about lettering the gun but really wanted it on the magazines.

Is the ink water soluble?

 

[SideArmed]

Basically, I just globbed it on there the first 2 coats. Only cover the areas you want filled in, don't just paint the entire side of the slide with the finger nail polish. After I had done the second coat, I put the brush in a vertical orientation and pushed color into the stamping (so yes, like grout work). Do you like it Sir?

Yes i think it looks really good. I was just wondering how you go about doing it. Thanks

 

[elevensecondv6]

Looks good to me !!

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

If any of you like I could do a video on it?

I would appreciate and watch it since I'm thinking about doing it myself. Please do!

 

[MtnBiker6510]

Looks great

 

[Plinkuh]

I would appreciate and watch it since I'm thinking about doing it myself. Please do!

I'll just add another coat to what's existing so you guys can see how easy it is. You obviously won't see the before and after but you guys will get the gist of it.

 

[Wild Deuce]

Is the ink water soluble?

It's not ink. It's very much like a crayon ... waxy (come to think of it, I wonder if a crayon might work?). Went to the Walmart craft section and picked up a white china marker. Cleaned the slide. Dried it. Went back and forth over the lettering with the marker and wiped off the excess with a dry napkin. Done. It stays in there pretty good. I have had the gun out in the rain and have dropped the mags in muddy puddles without effect. I am sure that immersion would start to degrade the wax. If it needs to be touched up, it literally takes a second or two. It holds up pretty good during cleaning too.

To remove it, a simple spray of Outer's Nitro Solvent and 30 seconds of scrubbing with a toothbrush gets it out.

 

[Plinkuh]

It's not ink. It's very much like a crayon ... waxy (come to think of it, I wonder if a crayon might work?). Went to the Walmart craft section and picked up a white china marker. Cleaned the slide. Dried it. Went back and forth over the lettering with the marker and wiped off the excess with a dry napkin. Done. It stays in there pretty good. I have had the gun out in the rain and have dropped the mags in muddy puddles without effect. I am sure that immersion would start to degrade the wax. If it needs to be touched up, it literally takes a second or two. It holds up pretty good during cleaning too.

To remove it, a simple spray of Outer's Nitro Solvent and 30 seconds of scrubbing with a toothbrush gets it out.

Thought of doing this, but wax will melt when heated (obviously). I wanted something I didn't have to keep re-applying.

 

[BERGYMON]

+1

 

[Wild Deuce]

Thought of doing this, but wax will melt when heated (obviously). I wanted something I didn't have to keep re-applying.

Hmmm, never thought of that. However, before I threw paint on the whole thing, it was an EDC as well as a match gun. It would spend endless days in a holster throughout the summer. Took it to many a match ... including many hot days with round counts over a hundred. Never had an issue with the lettering.

All I would say to anyone contemplating doing the lettering, give the china marker a try. It will let you see what the gun will look like with less than three minutes of your time. If you want to make it permanent, you can go ahead with the nail polish. However, if you wait until the china marker starts to wear off before you do the polish, you might find yourself waiting for quite a while.

 

[Plinkuh]

Hmmm, never thought of that. However, before I threw paint on the whole thing, it was an EDC as well as a match gun. It would spend endless days in a holster throughout the summer. Took it to many a match ... including many hot days with round counts over a hundred. Never had an issue with the lettering.

All I would say to anyone contemplating doing the lettering, give the china marker a try. It will let you see what the gun will look like with less than three minutes of your time. If you want to make it permanent, you can go ahead with the nail polish. However, if you wait until the china marker starts to wear off before you do the polish, you might find yourself waiting for quite a while.

One coat of polish only took 5 minutes, it's not taxing at all. You really can't mess it up. I say take the plunge like I did and do it right.

 

[Greeper]

Do the vid...I'd like to do that to my Glock.

 

[Plinkuh]

Do the vid...I'd like to do that to my Glock.

I have a small video posting to YouTube as we speak. It's only of me doing a few of the numbers on a 33rd mag, but the process is the same as the slide.

 

[Plinkuh]

Do the vid...I'd like to do that to my Glock.

Videos posted up in the OP.

 

[Plinkuh]

Have my videos been watched? LOL...

 

[Greeper]

Have my videos been watched? LOL...

Just watched 'em. Looks like this will be my next project once I get home...