Nail Polish Gun Detailing... Spontaneous Combustion?

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BigBoyP99TrooperIII

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Hey guys,

I painted my Walther P99 and mags today with some green and pink nail polish. I think it looks pretty sweet, but I'm wondering if it's gonna create a problem when I go to shoot it. I'm pretty sure nail polish is not supposed to be around excessive heat or flame. I only shoot about 50-100 rounds from this gun each trip to the range. Do you think the heating up of the barrel or the friction of the slide on the frame will cause the polish to melt or catch fire / explode?

Attached some pics for reference to my question and for those who just enjoy looking at pictures of guns.

Thanks for your input!

01P99OverheadSolo.jpg

04P99andBothMags.jpg

06P99MagTopDiag.jpg

10P99TextandPinkMag.jpg

12P99SlideSerrations.jpg

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Once the nail polish dries it want burm unless you get it hot enough to met the mags , Does your husband know you painted his gun?
 
I think the yellow improves the look of the gun and the pink probably does for some. The P99 is an ugly gun to begin with IMO.

I wouldn't worry about the flammability too much.
 
All the really combustible stuff evaporated when it dried. I've never seen a lady's fingers go up in flames when she lit a cigarette.

I'm not sure how well it will hold up, but it won't do anything dangerous.
 
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This thread is proof you are responsible for the prototype and design if Walther grabs your design.
 
To each his own, I guess.

I think the rear serrations were a little much and I'd have picked a different color, like black. :)

But then I suppose I'm more of a traditionalist.
 
You know you just wanted to show off the paint job. Pretty nice job, like the green dont know about the pink , maybe it would grow on me still like the green:D
 
You know you just wanted to show off the paint job. Pretty nice job, like the green dont know about the pink , maybe it would grow on me still like the green:D PS first post on this forum. Been creeping around here. I am a member on other forums. Hi from TN:cool:
 
Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like as long as the polish is dry, I shouldn't have a problem.

@Gary: hopefully I don't have to test it under those conditions considering how hard it is to find ammo right now! lol

@LG: Hell Yea! That was the idea when I chose that green. Glad you picked up on that.

@Sport: Didn't even think about black. Wonder how that would look on the blued gun... Gonna say green and pink is prob not for the traditionalist lol

@gruesome: Welcome. I'm new here too. Had a feeling I was gonna get mixed reviews on the pink, but thought it was a good vibrant color along with the green to differentiate my mags from one another.

Also, FYI, I gave it a wipe down with Hoppes #9 to clean off the nail polish remover and it didn't seem to effect the paint job at all.
 
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