Lost a white Dot

[PaulR]

Brandy new Shield.
Lost the center white dot, it's kind of recessed in there.
Is there a preferred paint and / or application method for getting another one in there?

Thanks
Paul

 

[Royal]

Lost a dot on my M&P 2 weeks after purchasing it and sent the slide back to S&W with a bag of new Trijicon HD's and they installed them gratis. I considered it a blessing.

...or you can drop some white nail polish in with a tooth pick.

 

[finest]

I used my daughter's neon green on the front sight on my M&P, it really stands out now.

 

[PaulR]

The thought crossed my mind to send it back but I figured I may be waiting 6 months for its return.

white nail polish is preferred eh?

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[yanici]

Believe it or not, but a lot of people with that problem on the S&W Forum just used a toothpick to drop some white-out, correction fluid, into the sight hole. Supposed to work fine.

 

[PaulR]

I used my daughter's neon green on the front sight on my M&P, it really stands out now.

neon green, hmmmmm

 

[Berkshire Guy]

Testers fluorescent model paint worked for me

 

[Glockguy19]

Same happened on my shield. Used a white tipped pen to blot in the hole. Has held good for 3 weeks now.

 

[S&WMan]

I use the small white appliance touch-up paint found at the home centers.

 

[OnTheRoad]

Same happened to mine. Dropped it off at S&W, a week later it was back in my hands good as new with a spare mag for my troubles.

 

[MoAmmoPlease]

Two dots dropped out of my shield as well. Toothpick and testers florescent white paint worked for a while but has turned yellow.....
Why can't S&W fix this. It's been happening for quite awhile now to quite a few knuckleheads..

 

[Robert J]

I bought a kit from Bright Sights, it is 7 paint colors and a cleaner. The white stays very true to color and no solvent has had any impact on durability. More in each bottle than you would ever need and 5 years later the paint is still good in the bottles. My experience has been good with the product. Never tried the luminous paint from them.

 

[SIGPRO 226]

White out fine tip marker

 

[AlwaysBeClosing]

Happened to me too

 

[Len-2A Training]

Testers fluorescent model paint worked for me

This is what Greg Derr uses in gunsmithing. He puts down a white base and then the color of choice over that. Looks great and stays on for years.

I bought a kit from Bright Sights, it is 7 paint colors and a cleaner. The white stays very true to color and no solvent has had any impact on durability. More in each bottle than you would ever need and 5 years later the paint is still good in the bottles. My experience has been good with the product. Never tried the luminous paint from them.

This is what I did when I bought an H&K USPc that some moron had picked out all 3 white dots. Did it once back about 2000 and it still works today!

 

[PaulR]

Wow. I guess its an epidemic. Its funny because I didn't want to look like an ass, so before posting I got in there with a paperclip to see if it was just dirty with gun powder or something, nope, it was really gone.

Thanks for the ideas everyone.
Being a bean counter, I'll go with the white out, plenty of that around here, I never make mistakes, lol.

 

[Neriski3]

Since it's brand new you could send it back. I did the same as everyone else, dabbed some white nail polish in there.

 

[45collector]

Another vote for bright white nail polish. Seems to hold up a lot better than white-out type products.

 

[KMM696]

White automotive touch-up paint works, too. I used to have a white truck, once.

 

[Kisspik002]

new sights or white nail polish HAHA

 

[falcon123]

I'm a wannabe gangsta so I put a little diamond in mine.

 

[380usta]

Used a white out pen on my sig when those wore out.