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CPES · 06-29-2007, 03:55 PM

I had the same thing happen to me. Give your slide a couple days for the fingernail polish to completely dry, then try again. Mine ended up coming off. Also maybe try a different brand of nail polish remover.

This stuff is wierd, but it DOES come off...

**RaiderNations** · 06-29-2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ldsjohn316

I have a problem with my week old XD .45acp

I got some white fingernail polish and some acetone based polish remover last night I was maybe a tad slopy with the polish cause I was sure it woudl come off....

I covered all the engravings in 3 coats of polish, then took some cleaning patches soaked in remover, and gently rubbed off the excess.. it came out looking awesome, the engravings look great... BUT....

the metal around the engravings are slightly gray compared to the black around it seams that the fingernail polish remover + polish has sunk into the metal a bit... I dont know if that sounds odd but its how it looks

I scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed and can't get the areas where I "slopped" to go black.. I soaked the front of the slide in fingernail polish remover and it had no affect on the color, and this firearm is very new the factory date is may 2007 so I know its using the new finish

anyone know how to get rid oif this ghosting effect?, I almost am thinking about taking a diluted fingernail polsih and rubbing the whole slide, I would rather the whole slide be one color than have part slightly gray and part black

Try a black Sharpie Marker.

ldsjohn316 · 06-29-2007, 07:01 PM

okay after a bit of time to breath and calm down, and stop freaking out that I might have destroyed my first gun...

I decided to try again

it came almost all off this time, so I figure im going to wait another day or two and try again.

the engraving looks nice though

CPES · 06-29-2007, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ldsjohn316

okay after a bit of time to breath and calm down, and stop freaking out that I might have destroyed my first gun...

I decided to try again

it came almost all off this time, so I figure im going to wait another day or two and try again.

the engraving looks nice though

Awesome man, glad you got it figured out.

Celcius · 06-30-2007, 11:47 AM

Anyone have pics up of a bi-tone with the engravings colored in, just want to see what it looks like, the guns i've seen on here so far have been as Borat says "VERY NICE!" Lots of good ideas.

medicstimpy · 07-01-2007, 06:33 AM

Testors Model Paints didn't work so good.

Maybe it's my technique. I'll try again, but it's hard to get the excess off while leaving paint in the engravings.

If not, I go to my niece's house and borrow a couple of crayons.

Jay_eS_Iye · 07-01-2007, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay_eS_Iye

I wish I would have gone the nail polish way myself. I went the China Marker route and found out that its really hard to get the rest of the residue off the slide itself. Anyone else gone this route that has a tip?

Ok, I do NOT recommend China Markers. It looked great, still had trouble getting the residue off but I figured I'd work on it later. Took it out a week or so after doing it and fired about 100 or so rounds through it and the white started melting out and now I have a smoking/flaming outline around the lettering... almost cool looking but not. So I'm going to try and get it all out and go the nail polish way.

CPES · 07-01-2007, 11:33 PM

Yeah, the nail polish seems to be one of the best permanent-type solutions for the time being, aside from using an actual lacquer stick.

Guncrazy · 07-02-2007, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Celcius

Anyone have pics up of a bi-tone with the engravings colored in, just want to see what it looks like, the guns i've seen on here so far have been as Borat says "VERY NICE!" Lots of good ideas.

Here are just a couple of quick detail pics of my XD. I filled in the engraving with blue Testor's paint.

MrBeta · 07-02-2007, 07:38 PM

What are you using to get the china marker out. I did that to the serial # for all my firearms and didn't have any trouble getting the residue off..?
I filled the serial in on all my toys for inventory purposes. Shows up better in the pics.

06-29-2007, 03:55 PM	#131
CPES XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Castle Rock, CO Posts: 1,031	I had the same thing happen to me. Give your slide a couple days for the fingernail polish to completely dry, then try again. Mine ended up coming off. Also maybe try a different brand of nail polish remover. This stuff is wierd, but it DOES come off... __________________ We must carry arms because we value our lives and those of our loved ones, because we will not be dealt with by force or threat of force, and do not live at the pleasure and discretion of the lawless. - Jeff Snyder Sig P226 9mm Glock 22 Mossberg 500 20" Persuader 12 Gauge 5.56mm AR15-A3 (being built)

06-30-2007, 11:47 AM	#135
Celcius XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 114	Anyone have pics up of a bi-tone with the engravings colored in, just want to see what it looks like, the guns i've seen on here so far have been as Borat says "VERY NICE!" Lots of good ideas. __________________ "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour. " -George Washington - XD 45 ACP Bi-Tone - Ruger 10/22

07-01-2007, 06:33 AM	#136
medicstimpy XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Montreal, Quebecistan in the land of anti's... the dictatorship of Canada Posts: 421	Testors Model Paints didn't work so good. Maybe it's my technique. I'll try again, but it's hard to get the excess off while leaving paint in the engravings. If not, I go to my niece's house and borrow a couple of crayons. __________________ Springfield Armory: 1911 Loaded SS (x2), XD9-TAC & XD45-TAC AR-15: Armalite .223, RockRiverArms 9mm Ruger: Mark III, 10/22 S&W: 686 Tokarev: 1942 Soviet TT33, 1958 Hungarian TT-58 Tokagypt, 1954 .22 Polish Sportowy Norchinko: M14S (x2) Yugo: M48 Mauser, M59/66 SKS Desert Chicken 44Magnum Levers: Win '94 1962 (unfired) & 1958 in 30-30 Taurus: 455 Tracker... 45ACP wheel gun... WAY KEWL If GUNS kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat

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CPES XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Castle Rock, CO Posts: 1,031	Yeah, the nail polish seems to be one of the best permanent-type solutions for the time being, aside from using an actual lacquer stick. __________________ We must carry arms because we value our lives and those of our loved ones, because we will not be dealt with by force or threat of force, and do not live at the pleasure and discretion of the lawless. - Jeff Snyder Sig P226 9mm Glock 22 Mossberg 500 20" Persuader 12 Gauge 5.56mm AR15-A3 (being built)

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06-29-2007, 07:01 PM	#133
ldsjohn316 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 12	okay after a bit of time to breath and calm down, and stop freaking out that I might have destroyed my first gun... I decided to try again it came almost all off this time, so I figure im going to wait another day or two and try again. the engraving looks nice though

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MrBeta XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 298	What are you using to get the china marker out. I did that to the serial # for all my firearms and didn't have any trouble getting the residue off..? I filled the serial in on all my toys for inventory purposes. Shows up better in the pics.

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