Removing "sight paint"

[Anonymous]

I have two pistols that the previous owners painted the sights on otherwise beautiful guns. It looks like hell, and I want to remove it without damaging the finish underneath. What is the best and safest way to remove this old sight paint?

 

[contender]

Try fingernail polish remover. Works for me everytime!

 

[rugerguy]

yessir acetone should work but never know "exactly" what type of paint they may have used.......that will determine how easy it comes off, may need a bit of brushing with a nylon or even a brass brush, not too hard...this will NOT hurt the bluing underneath, and even if you do get a bit of "white" ( bare metal on the sight blade) a Q-tip with a bit of cold blue ,like 44-40 will touch it up just fine...........