Paint recommendations for lower

[BruceGAR]

Hi All,
I have just finished my DMR using a Spikes Templar lower. I would like to color in the shield and Latin words for safe, fire, etc. Could anyone kindly recommend what type of paint to use. Permanent is nice but given the use of cleaning solvents I can live with touching up when needed. My wife is an oil painter so fortunately I have many small and tiny brushes to choose from.

Thanks in advance

[cop1211]

testors model paint.

[Mr. Goodtimes]

I don’t color fill my lowers but Sherwin Williams with the egg shell sheen has always worked really well for me on my walls at home. It seems to get into the small cracks as well. Granted those aren’t Latin words engraved on a lower but it’s also pretty similar.

Not to de rail your thread but do you speak Latin? I’d be confused AF if I had a lower like that lol, I’d never know which was fire and which was safe.


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[MistWolf]

Lacquer Stik- http://www.markal.com/solid-paint-markers/lacquer-stik/
https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/general-gunsmith-tools/engraving-tools-supplies/inlay-color-fill-sticks/lacquer-stik--prod7778.aspx
http://www.markal.com/assets/1/21/DimRegular/laquerstik_app.jpg

[GH41]

I use my brother's fingernail polish.

[AndyLate]

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[Vegas]

Had to look up at the browser address bar...

[AndyLate]

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[Dionysusigma]

Seconding Testors model paint - it's pretty durable, fouling and oil residue cleans off easily, isn't a pain to work with, is cheap and easy to find, and simple to redo if you don't get it just right.

Degrease and clean really well beforehand with acetone, and mask off engravings that you either don't want painted, or painted a different color. Use a toothpick whittled to a really fine point to "flow" the paint into the grooves. Some will go where it isn't supposed to: if it's down in the wrong groove, scrub it out with an acetone-soaked q-tip. If it's up on the top surface, allow it to dry, then lightly buff with a paper towel and either CLP or regular motor oil until the only paint left is down in the groove where it's supposed to be.

I personally don't consider this to be a cosmetic, nonsensical question, as do this with all of my SAFE/FIRE or pictogram selector engravings. Hell, we do this with aircraft gauges and instruments all the time, even though the pilot is "supposed to know" his aircraft's operational limits without them.

https://i.imgur.com/7A1AUly.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/s8JB15N.jpg

[MistWolf]

I've done a lot of filling in engravings. Lacquer Stiks are not only the approved method, they are the easiest and nearest method. But, if you guys wanna keep finding the hardest, messiest way to get the task done, it's your money it's your gun.

[themonk]

Lacquer Stiks are not only the approved method, they are the easiest and nearest method.

This is absolutely correct

[CLee0509]

I'm not a fan of color filled engravings any more, but years ago I used crayons. Seemed to work fine. I used red for fire, white for safe. I used olive color on a Glock once too.