[ninjafoot]

Colored my engravings and put my new decals on my XDm today. Turned out really well I think.

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[Concord4826]

Another fine job!

 

[XD9MANDAN98]

Looks good Mate! I am going to try this myself today. I have some OEM touch up paint from an old car I had, its Toyota Impulse Red Metallic, I want to see if it will even shows up, I really don't want the engravings to pop like white makes them do just something subtle to personalize it. Will post if it works!

 

[Panther]

Looks great, what type of paint did you use?

 

[ignantmike]

look's awesome......great job

 

[ninjafoot]

Actually I used the crayon method. Heated it up with a blow dryer and the crayon melted perfectly. Wiped the excess off before it dried too much.

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[XDGunslinger]

I've heard of people using model paint and nail polish as well I want to do my XD in zombie green.

 

[78shovel]

Looks good, I used crayon on my XD40 and it still looks good going on 2 years.

 

[azfist]

Actually I used the crayon method. Heated it up with a blow dryer and the crayon melted perfectly. Wiped the excess off before it dried too much.

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The crayon lasted me until summer. 200 rounds+ 120 degree weather. Melted it right out. Was fun while it lasted. In the end I went back to no colored engravings. Good work though!

 

[tulman22]

Did you paint the lettering on the grip or is that decals? If decals where did you find them? I am wanting to do my XDS grips. Thanks and looks good and clean.

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[Ericz4253]

Did you paint the lettering on the grip or is that decals? If decals where did you find them? I am wanting to do my XDS grips. Thanks and looks good and clean.

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The letters on the grip are decals. BPotts, a forum member here, makes and sells them on eBay for like 10 bucks. He makes them for the XDM and XDS. Good quality product. I have them on my XDM and am happy with them. He can make any color combo you like.

 

[ninjafoot]

Did you paint the lettering on the grip or is that decals? If decals where did you find them? I am wanting to do my XDS grips. Thanks and looks good and clean.

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They are decals. I found them on eBay. Cutting Edge artworks I believe.

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[Inkedpreacher.45]

I tried coloring the etchings on my xd .45 in gold, but I removed it. looked terrible. My hope is that the engravings just aren't deep enough to hold the paint, but in reality I accept I just did a terrible job. After 4 coats, barely anything was sticking. Looked like a kid painted it. Seemed so easy on the YouTube videos. I cleared it all off.

 

[Inkedpreacher.45]

Update. As a native Iowan, I tried again today with hawkeye yellow on my xd. Turned out great!!! Go hawks!!!!!