Inletting black - where to purchase?

[moogles]

All of the US vendors I've checked (only a couple of the bigger outlets) have export restrictions on inletting black. Do you know of any Canadian vendors that carry it?

 

[604shooter]

Lipstick is a cheap and readily available alternative.

 

[RockChucker]

How about using a burning candle.

RC

 

[moogles]

Thanks for the reply. It would definitely make for an interesting situation at the checkout till.

I've also thought about making my own charcoal.

Edit: I suppose a candle would do something similar to charcoal. A deposit of soot sounds like it would function in the same manner.

 

[teknition]

How about using a burning candle.

RC

This^^. Just use the soot from a candle.

 

[Trinimon]

How about a wax pencil?

 

[moogles]

How about a wax pencil?

The only thing that concerns me about lipstick or waxy substances is that they don't generally mix well with sand paper. I'm new to stock-fitting, so I can't comment with personal experience, however, it seems like it would create a headache.

 

[Trinimon]

The only thing that concerns me about lipstick or waxy substances is that they don't generally mix well with sand paper. I'm new to stock-fitting, so I can't comment with personal experience, however, it seems like it would create a headache.

Makes sense. There's charcoal sticks at the local art store if that helps. Then the candle soot is cheap and readly available.

 

[rembolt]

Open a nice corked bottle of wine enjoy it .next day you can then burn the cork and make a charcoal stick .

 

[DaveMachine]

Got mine from Brownells along with some stock inletting tools.

 

[Mauser98]

I get Jerrows Inletting Black from Brownells. They have no issue with shipping to Canada.

 

[Lodi]

Prussian Blue from the auto parts store.

 

[dead meat]

I asked the wife for any lipstick she didn't want, works well and the price was right. She did ask me why i wanted them though.

 

[Bassmaster]

Cheap wallyworld black lipstick....no one will know.....

 

[moogles]

So, those of you that have used lipstick, it doesn't smear or gum up the sand paper when you're trying to just sand down that area?

 

[Bassmaster]

No issues here

 

[NorthCoastBigBore]

I get inletting black from Track of the Wolf - no export issues yet.

Have tried the candle trick but inletting black works best for me anyway

 

[dead meat]

No problems with the sand paper i used gumming things up.

 

[Magellann]

Ive used soot from a candle or my acytelene torch.

 

[bobfortier]

I use anti-seize from the autopart department at Canadian Tire. Brush a little where you want to see, insert action, remove action, and remove any grey spots.