Filling engraved Trademarks in with paint - How To ?

[Old School Punk]

Hi Guys; I got a quick question for you. I recently got an airsoft pistol that has some nice engraved trademaks on the side of it, but they are black.

I have seen pictures of the real gun and the trademaks on it are engraved and then filled in with white paint.

I am wondering if anyone here has tried to do fill their trademarks in on their airsoft gun?

If so, can you give us a quick run down of how you did it and maybe show us some pics of the finished results.

Thanks for taking the time to read and respond to my post.

Gordo

[ujiro]

White crayon . Works like a charm

[j3anius]

cheap and easy; take a white crayon and go over the trades

[coach]

white paint, brush, rag.

brush on paint, wipe off.

[m102404]

If you want paint instead of crayon...dilute some white paint (not spray paint but rather art-style water based paint) and wipe it on. Wipe off the excess with a clean damp rag...get it clean. Wait till it dries and then buff off any remaining hazing with a clean rag.

(But crayon is really easy)

[Crunchmeister]

Another nod to crayon. White is pretty much the only unused colour in my son's wax crayons, so I seized them for my trademark purposes...

[BlackRain]

Just did the crayon fill on my M4 and it works great... fast and easy... just use a slightly damp cloth to wipe off the excess from around the trade mark area. You will be extremely pleased with the outcome.

+1 for crayon...

Cheers,
BlackRain.

[Danke]

Make sure you test the crayon on paper first, and if you're colour blind ask someone to confirm! That way you don't wind up with purple instead of red etc.

Also it's handy to have a nice clear picture of the real deal on hand and don't over do the colours. If the real deal doesn't have all the letters coloured then don't over do yours just for the fun. I've seen too many pics of jobs that had gotten out of control.

[Shirley]

Crayons are the far most best and detailed fillers of them all. Fills in every detail, BUT once you fill in the wrong spots, then you would have to take them out with a needle, and maybe a tooth brush.

On the other hand, washable paint is great, and an easy clean up.

[Arthraxis]

Originally Posted by Danke

Make sure you test the crayon on paper first, and if you're colour blind ask someone to confirm! That way you don't wind up with purple instead of red etc.

Also it's handy to have a nice clear picture of the real deal on hand and don't over do the colours. If the real deal doesn't have all the letters coloured then don't over do yours just for the fun. I've seen too many pics of jobs that had gotten out of control.

Why would you wind up with purple instead of red when you're looking for white lol?

[coach]

Originally Posted by Mr.Hitman

Crayons are the far most best and detailed fillers of them all. Fills in every detail, BUT once you fill in the wrong spots, then you would have to take them out with a needle, and maybe a tooth brush.

On the other hand, washable paint is great, and an easy clean up.

needle? as long as it's a metal part, a hair dryer or lighter and a paper towel is much easier.

[Danke]

Originally Posted by Arthraxis

Why would you wind up with purple instead of red when you're looking for white lol?

Purple HK & white in every other crevice except the grip USP Compact was one atrocity I noticed.

Sadly taken down now but it was up on another site where the flaming from the self appointed style council makes what goes on here seem like a pat on the back. If I had to guess I'd say the guy who posted it is still curled up in a little ball.

As to why, I'd chalk it up to youthful exuberance mixed with poor impulse control gone badly wrong.

[Drake]

I use flat white enamel paint (the kind for models).

Fill in the trademarks, let dry for 5 minutes then put a bit of paint thinner on a NON POROUS rag (or a in a pinch, one of those cheap, really thin/rigid napkins from the food court) and wipe the excess off the surface.

This technique lets you use other types of paints, too, including spray. It can be useful to achieve certain effects.

[Wilson]

Paint the whole gun camo. Heh heh heh!

[lemegacool]

i use liquid paper!! then carefully scrape off the exess with an x-acto blade, not the best but it works!