Color fill ar15

[chef larry]

I also thought about making the logo red same as fire stamp, and the rest of the lettering white like the safe stamp....or maybe a lighter shade of grey.

Yellow looks good also.

 

[Tombs]

On my Glock, I use a white crayon to color over the writing, then buff over it with a cloth to rub off what isnt in the channels.

Ive seen the same thing done with nail polish. you paint over the lines with the polish, then when dry, you rub over it with acetone based remover and remove what isnt in the grooves.

I like the crayon best... its not very durable, but easy to fix. and I would think if I ever wanted to go back to all black would be easier to remove than paint.

I used nail polish on a glock, even filling the microscopic logos on the right side of the slide and the barrel proofs/markings.

Been quite a few years now and it hasn't worn off anywhere. Even the tiny logos are still completely in tact and bright.

 

[Caleb]

Yellow looks good also.

I'm trying stay with low contrasting colors, though I prefer red logo on my rfile vs yellow....however, yellow on an all black ar15 looks nice

 

[chef larry]

I'm trying stay with low contrasting colors, though I prefer red logo on my rfile vs yellow....however, yellow on an all black ar15 looks nice

 

[Ricnzak]

Rustolem has a color in the camo line than is close to FDE. I remember a few threads on here with step by step with picture directions.

 

[Caleb]

I got testors flat white, flat black, and flat red....I may go with a darker red for the logo. How much thinner do you guys use? What do you use to wipe off the paint(qtip, towel, etc.)?

 

[Caleb]

Man, nobody said this a time consuming process....meh

 

[atvdave]

I used Hoope's #9 solvent to remove the excess paint, and I thinned the paint with Testors enamel thinner so it would flow in the print more evenly. It takes a lot of clean cloths patched to get all the paint off, so just be a little bit patience.

Man, nobody said this a time consuming process....meh

I did....

 

[Caleb]

I did....

Overlooked it... :P

Before:

After(so far):

 

[Caleb]

Atvdave....does hopps #9 work better then acetone-free nail polish remover?

 

[atvdave]

That I do not know, but when I used the testoes thinner it also took the paint out of the lettering. I seen on a youtube video & another gun site of people using the hopps #9. It's a little less harsh but takes longer to get the paint off.

Your pic's don't look bad, just need to clean up around the lettering.

edit... also I did a polymer lower so I wanted to use something safe.

 

[Caleb]

Hopps #9 took was was taking me 2+ hrs, and condensed it to 5 mins

 

[Caleb]

 

[Caleb]

 

[mike4sigs]

Looks good, Caleb

 

[Caleb]

Looks good, Caleb

Thank you

 

[RobbyMaQ]

Looks good except for the huge glob of black over the serial #

I did mine in crayon first, to make sure I liked the color... After liking the color, I cleaned it out and did testors.

 

[Caleb]

Looks good except for the huge glob of black over the serial #

I did mine in crayon first, to make sure I liked the color... After liking the color, I cleaned it out and did testors.

I wasn't sure about the solid read for the logo as I thought it would "pop" too much...but it turned out nicely.

I wonder if using remember oil will affect the testors paint...

 

[atvdave]

Looks good and clean. Nice job.

 

[Caleb]

Looks good and clean. Nice job.

Thank you