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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:17 am
by Nicole Hamilton
Steve Swartz wrote:Also-Nicole- who makes the carbide gizmo you are referring to?
It's the
Ray-Vin Super Smoker from
Ray-Vin.com, priced at $35.
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:43 am
by bubba_zenetti
I second that super smoker. Nicole was kind enough to smoke my sights and that thing laid out some pretty nice blackness. As a matter of fact, the smoke soot is still on my pistol and it has been 2 nights.
That is a nice unit. Looks pretty smooth. A must have to add to the shooters paraphanellia bag :)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:42 pm
by Steve Swartz
Thanks!
Steve
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:21 pm
by Fred
Steve Swartz wrote: It is called the "Super Black Touch-Up Pen" and has the phrase "Flat Black" on the barrel of the pen. It came in a "Net Weight 1/3 Fl Oz (10 ml)" size.
Steve
Steve,
I thought that was probably the one you meant, and it's one of the products that did not work well for me. What I found was that it did not cover bare metal (e.g. the worn top corners of a front sight) evenly, and left streaky patches. That's true, at least, of my sample. Since you raised the topic again, I pulled it out and did a little testing to confirm my memory.
Then I tried something new: I first applied a coat of another ink/paint that did cover well and is very black. I used a Sharpie Industrial pen, but probably any similar indelible one would do. While this is deep black, it does reflect light. However, the B-C flat black goes on very evenly over the Sharpie ink, and removes the reflectivity. Seems to work well, even in direct light.
This is all probably over-kill, but it might help someone.
FredB