customized the Ruger a tad today

[dwcopple]

Did some colorfill after liking the looks of some of the AR's and XD's/Glocks I saw it done on. Used some of the wife's white nail polish with hardener(?) and some alcohol prep wipes to pre clean the slide. Brush on, wipe off excess with a piece of coffee filter wrapped tight around the end of a gift card. Fold up a piece of coffee filter soaked in NON-ACETONE nail polish remover to form a pad and lightly wipe back and forth until residue is gone. All that is left is the paint in the engravings. Literally took about 5 mins for both sides. I like it. And I've read that it is very durable too.

 

[dwcopple]

The patches were used to dry the alcohol wipe before painting.

 

[simple_gifts]

OT: I don't get it; I've seen Ruger with AZ markings and somewhere I read they are made in NH. Curious some are marked with the factory of origin and others the corporate hq.

Southport is a section of Fairfield; home of Angela Bower.

 

[Texan4Life]

Looks great!

 

[dwcopple]

Originally Posted By: Texan4Life
Looks great!
Thanks!

 

[Colt45ws]

Nice! I like to do this too.
I used some paint in little jars from WM. I forget what it was called now. I used a toothpick to dab it into the grooves on my USP and my old AR. I used ATF to clean the excess.

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

 

[supton]

Nice finishing touches! Hmm, I'm looking at my new 10/22 and am starting to wonder...

It appears they have a manufacturing location in Arizona, gauging by the job listing here: http://www.ruger.com/casting/Employment.html Newport is but one of their facilities by the looks of it.

 

[dwcopple]

Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
Nice! I like to do this too.
I used some paint in little jars from WM. I forget what it was called now. I used a toothpick to dab it into the grooves on my USP and my old AR. I used ATF to clean the excess.

Nice!

 

[UncleS2]

Looks good, I think. Nice job on both guns.

White on black or blue steel- I wonder if- Hmm... maybe black paint(or Halloween Nail polish?? Do they still have that?) on a stainless: Ruger 10/22, or Single six, or S&W Kit gun? The S&W logo might look pretty good that way.

 

[dwcopple]

Black nail polish should be quite common. They need to supply the "goth" crowd you know...Black on stainless looks dang nice.

 

[Robenstein]

I used this once and it worked great.

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=7778/Product/LACQUER-STIK-reg-

 

[Shannow]

It's the little "detail" work that can be so satisfying at times.

Looks good.

 

[dwcopple]

squeezed off 50 rds today at the range. Paint held up fine. Gun worked flawlessly. Was slinging Federal 115 gr stuff.