Sunbaked comp tip... should I be worried?

I have recently acquired a used H-20 and the comp tip is really sun baked... is this just cosmetic or does the glass get weakened by prolonged UV?

To make it look nice can I just paint it black again (I know, not the plastic or metal guides though)... and if I paint it what type paint is recommended?

Thx,

Brian in Sacramento

Depends on how sun-fried the tip is. It's certainly not a good thing, but comptips are pretty tough, so it's likely that it's ok.

I had one that was a little fried from being stored mast up with no cover. I shot it with flat black spray paint (I forget the type, I think it was grill paint). In any case, it seemed to work fine and the comptip still looks good a year later. If it's really damaged and has a lot of fibers exposed, you may want to give it a quick sand with 100 or 150 grit paper to knock off the fibers before you shoot it with paint.

sm

Poly Glow will make it better than brand new and keep it that way

A few of us in the NW Louisiana/E Texas area have sprayed ours with Krylon. Seems to work well and looks good. I'm sure Rustoleum would do just as well.

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