Touching up medallions

[Hashknife Hartley]

For the black eagle medallions, black is black, except for glossy or flat black, but is there a particular shade of red that suits the red eagle medallions better then others. Lot of the red eagle medallions, due to age and maybe use, are about color free and need touching up. There's been talk on the forum of using a toothpick to do touch up, so it's not against the collectors rules, is it? Any suggestions?
HH

 

[contender]

Well, I've never tried to re-touch a red eagle medallion. A toothpick, or a very, very thin, fine make-up brush, or even a needle will work. As to matching the color, maybe you can remove the grip panel, carry it with you & look closely at the offerings of model paint?

 

[Hashknife Hartley]

Thanks Contender, that's what I'd planned on doing, but thought maybe someone had already done it and could make a good suggestion for a starter. Trial and error on the color and thanks for the tips on brushes and such.
HH

 

[WOB]

For a permanent paint, mix up a dab of clear epoxy and color it as desired with artist's oil colors. Remove the existing paint in the area. Apply the epoxy paint with whatever applicator you like. The epoxy will be viscous and will be easy to apply. Once it cures, you have a paint that is tough, water and solvent proof, and will likely never need to be renewed.

There are at least 4 different reds available in oil colors at any artist supply shop. I doubt Ruger spent a lot of time selecting the original red and I bet one of the standard reds is very close if not identical. Use the minimum amount of color. It doesn't take much to color a couple of drops of epoxy as oil colors are very dense.

For epoxy, I like Devcon 2-Ton clear. Found at nearly any hardware store and will stay fluid for at least 20 min.

WOB

 

[rugerguy]

wow, that ones goes WAY back....seems like someone from "collectors" ran a paint 'spec' on the medallions and the red was "closest" to a 70's vintage Ford Mustang red as I recall....... 8) :wink:
(go figure when Alex Sturm, hand painted them in the late 1949 era.....)
He being an 'artist' could have shaded/tinted them to about ANY shade of red he wanted........ :roll:

 

[Hashknife Hartley]

Well, there 'ya go, someone has done some figuring on it, that's a good place to start, thanks rugerguy for that little tidbit of info. An auto parts store ought to have that color in their touch up displays, buy a sample, paint it on something, and see if it's a decent match.
HH

 

[UmpquaCharlie]

Finger polish red or black fastest and quickest using the brush in bottle and or a toothpick