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hiker-guy · 12-15-2006, 02:58 PM

This probably sounds a bit stupid but how does everyone else clean their front sight? I never had this problem with my XD-9 or any of my previous pistols. WWB from Wal-Mart leaves about an inch back from the muzzle very dirty on the slide and it accumulates down inside the groove over the white dot. I tried using a cotton swap q-tip but it didn't clean it. I also tried a small brush and it started to scrape the white paint off. So I'm open to suggestions. Thanks!

Chewie146 · 12-15-2006, 03:17 PM

I usually cram a Q-tip down there covered with solvent. If the sight gets scraped or dirty beyond repair, just get a little white-out on a small paint brush and apply it to your dot. When that gets too dirty, just scrape it out and apply another dot. That's what I've done.

sermon8r · 12-15-2006, 03:20 PM

Show it to your Wife and tell her you Need some Night sights that dont get dirty.......HEE HEE

Chewie146 · 12-15-2006, 03:22 PM

In that case I recommend XS Sights.

hiker-guy · 12-15-2006, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sermon8r

Show it to your Wife and tell her you Need some Night sights that dont get dirty.......HEE HEE

She has already to agreed to getting me new sights for my b-day. I just have to wait until then and figure out what I want. As you can see from my signature I already have more weapons so she said she gets the next one. We are going to get her a rifle. What a terrible thing...she insists on getting another firearm for herself first.

GW45NUT · 12-15-2006, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by hiker-guy

She has already to agreed to getting me new sights for my b-day. I just have to wait until then and figure out what I want. As you can see from my signature I already have more weapons so she said she gets the next one. We are going to get her a rifle. What a terrible thing...she insists on getting another firearm for herself first.

Oh! Poor baby, has a wife that wants her gun first.

I can't even get my wife to carry one.

Well I suppose it is for better or worse.

Good for you!

**PackerfanXD** · 12-15-2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewie146

...When that gets too dirty, just scrape it out and apply another dot. That's what I've done.

Yup, that's what i do. I use neon orange model paint on the front and bright white on the rear.

damionchung · 12-17-2006, 06:16 PM

i had the same problem so i went and bought the gunscrubber by birchwood and spray the sight and it got clean it will be that easy just put the straw right in the sight but make sure you remove the slide from the gun first because if the scrubber touches any polymer it will damage it if not clean immediately it will leave a white stain and we don't want that.

**NC Dave** · 12-17-2006, 06:26 PM

Break-free Powder Blast will clean them nicely. I've had mine pretty fouled from an afternoon of shooting and a quick spray cleans them right back to a crisp white.

12-15-2006, 02:58 PM	#1
hiker-guy XDTalk Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 61	Cleaning your sights This probably sounds a bit stupid but how does everyone else clean their front sight? I never had this problem with my XD-9 or any of my previous pistols. WWB from Wal-Mart leaves about an inch back from the muzzle very dirty on the slide and it accumulates down inside the groove over the white dot. I tried using a cotton swap q-tip but it didn't clean it. I also tried a small brush and it started to scrape the white paint off. So I'm open to suggestions. Thanks! __________________ Hiker Guy "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke

12-15-2006, 03:17 PM	#2
Chewie146 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Alamos Posts: 727	I usually cram a Q-tip down there covered with solvent. If the sight gets scraped or dirty beyond repair, just get a little white-out on a small paint brush and apply it to your dot. When that gets too dirty, just scrape it out and apply another dot. That's what I've done. __________________ ----------------------------------------------------------- "Beware the man with one gun..." Befriend the man with 30?

12-15-2006, 03:22 PM	#4
Chewie146 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Alamos Posts: 727	In that case I recommend XS Sights. __________________ ----------------------------------------------------------- "Beware the man with one gun..." Befriend the man with 30?

12-17-2006, 06:16 PM	#8
damionchung XDTalk Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11	do what i did i had the same problem so i went and bought the gunscrubber by birchwood and spray the sight and it got clean it will be that easy just put the straw right in the sight but make sure you remove the slide from the gun first because if the scrubber touches any polymer it will damage it if not clean immediately it will leave a white stain and we don't want that.

12-17-2006, 06:26 PM	#9
NC Dave XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 1,361	Break-free Powder Blast will clean them nicely. I've had mine pretty fouled from an afternoon of shooting and a quick spray cleans them right back to a crisp white. __________________ NRA Life Member

12-15-2006, 03:20 PM	#3
sermon8r XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Nashville/LaVergne TN Posts: 134	Show it to your Wife and tell her you Need some Night sights that dont get dirty.......HEE HEE

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