Coloring in your engravings: the Write UpThis is a discussion on Coloring in your engravings: the Write Up within the XD Gunsmithing and Maintenance forums, part of the XD Talk category; I'll be putting the first 250+ rounds thru it thursday evening, I'll post new pics after.
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03-20-2007, 10:30 PM
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I'll be putting the first 250+ rounds thru it thursday evening, I'll post new pics after. 
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03-21-2007, 06:28 AM
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Did you use regular crayon for the top of your slide emblem? My engraving's so shallow that I can never get it to show well.
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Yep, regular Crayola Silver from the good ol' box of 96!
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03-21-2007, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Krackels
Did you use regular crayon for the top of your slide emblem? My engraving's so shallow that I can never get it to show well.
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same here for my top emblem. but tbh, i kinda like it.. it looks rough, so i dont mind
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03-21-2007, 07:23 AM
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The trick to gettin the super-shallow top is temperature. It has to be just right. If its too cool itll just clump and miss it, if its too warm it'll melt. If you get it just right it packs in and looks great. I'm bettin on it'll come off with hard use/heat cycling, we'll see 
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03-21-2007, 09:17 AM
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My top-shallow embelem was tough too. Did it 3-4 times before I was happy with it. I got mine more liquid than solid, covered it and polished the excess off with printer paper & gun oil. Then would heat up what was left and polish some more. Finally got it suitabe for now. May touch up again down the line somewhere.
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03-21-2007, 11:29 AM
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Gold Pilot paint marker
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03-21-2007, 08:40 PM
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Heres a little red on mine. The rest is white.
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04-10-2007, 03:24 PM
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Awesome idea! Can't wait to see more colors.
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04-17-2007, 02:51 PM
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here is what i did to my xd..
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04-17-2007, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by bham shooter
Mine did after the first trip to the range. But then again it was in Alabama in late summer, and I put about 400 rounds through it in a couple of hours. I didn't notice it at first, but when I was taking a break I saw that the lettering on the sides of the slide were starting to get messy. The top held up pretty well. Not sure what the difference was. After that trip when I was cleaning the gun that night it all pretty much was coming out, so I cleaned it all out. Since then I'd have it duracoated and I may go back and do it with the lacquer stik.
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Gravity, maybe? Not being snotty, just an observation.
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