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I just bought this 36" strip of epoxy aluminum putty.

I have used Loctite and Devcon aluminum putty for many years to bed rifles. Strong and very little shrinkage.

One of the challenges of conventional epoxy is knowing how to estimate how much of each component to use.

This stuff comes from www.greenstuffworld.com It is a strip of the two components, wrapped in plastic.

To use, you cut off how much material you need (say, about 6" of the strip) and then peel the wrapper so the two parts can be mixed.

I have not used it yet. I will report later.

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OK, I used it to make a pressure pad on a forend.

I was real easy to cut off a 1" piece, peel the wrapper and have th two components ready to mix. BUT, the stuff is super stiff. Very difficult to mix. Like trying to mix week-old bubble bum. One mixed, It was easy to place it exactly where I wanted. No danger of it flowing anywhere.

I prefer Devcon putty.
 
looks like the 2 part epoxy you use for patching a hole in your boat or fuel tank, it's a little to hard for bedding I would think, it doesn't flow, it's meant to hold into a ball of wad to be pushed into a puncture that's taking your ship down
 
Princess Auto used to carry something very similar but it was in a round plastic tube. There was a core of one material with an outer layer around it. Cost was around $5C. One tube would do four rifles.

It was good stuff and stands up very well as a bedding material.

I only have one tube left and it appears Princess Auto no longer carries it. It wasn't in the Surplus section, so I assumed it would be something they would continue to carry. I only bought ten tubes, should have bought the case. of twenty five.

You're going to like it. If it's similar to the stuff i picked up, it hardens very quickly but I still give it 24 hours to cure.
 
parker hale used this type of product back in the day. it was excellent for bedding.
lepage glues also sold it for a couple of years, then they changed the formula.
you will need to keep it in a sealed plastic bag, so the edges don't dry out.
 
Ganderite said:
OK, I used it to make a pressure pad on a forend.

I was real easy to cut off a 1" piece, peel the wrapper and have th two components ready to mix. BUT, the stuff is super stiff. Very difficult to mix. Like trying to mix week-old bubble bum. One mixed, It was easy to place it exactly where I wanted. No danger of it flowing anywhere.

I prefer Devcon putty.
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Hey Gander,
Would Devcon work on a cheap plastic stock?
I have a rem 783 and I’d like to try bedding it for the heck of it.
If the Devcon would adhere, would I need anything else?
Thanks
 
45C said:
Hey Gander,
Would Devcon work on a cheap plastic stock?
I have a rem 783 and I’d like to try bedding it for the heck of it.
If the Devcon would adhere, would I need anything else?
Thanks
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Devcon will work fine, I have also used JB weld and Permatex on plastic stocks with success. You need a release agent like wax or such, that you apply to the metal before bedding.
 
Ganderite said:
I just bought this 36" strip of epoxy aluminum putty.

I have used Loctite and Devcon aluminum putty for many years to bed rifles. Strong and very little shrinkage.

One of the challenges of conventional epoxy is knowing how to estimate how much of each component to use.

This stuff comes from www.greenstuffworld.com It is a strip of the two components, wrapped in plastic.

To use, you cut off how much material you need (say, about 6" of the strip) and then peel the wrapper so the two parts can be mixed.

I have not used it yet. I will report later.
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I've used similar stuff before as well - you can get it in pretty much any hobby shop - was used for sculpting bits and pieces for plastic models. Yes - very hard to knead it together. you would have to use a LOT of pressure for a complete bedding job, but the little pad you made sounds like just the right application for it!
 
Ganderite said:
I just bought this 36" strip of epoxy aluminum putty.

I have used Loctite and Devcon aluminum putty for many years to bed rifles. Strong and very little shrinkage.

One of the challenges of conventional epoxy is knowing how to estimate how much of each component to use.

This stuff comes from www.greenstuffworld.com It is a strip of the two components, wrapped in plastic.

To use, you cut off how much material you need (say, about 6" of the strip) and then peel the wrapper so the two parts can be mixed.

I have not used it yet. I will report later.

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This got me thinking about the stuff I've used, which is packaged and used the same way, but I can't find it now. Might have been a PC Products item although I didn't see exactly what I had on their website. Whatever it was it was really good. I'll check at Hardware Sales in Bellingham the next time I'm down there. There seem to be a lot of such products on Amazon, from mfrs. like Loctite, Harvey, JB Weld etc.
 
Ganderite said:
I just bought this 36" strip of epoxy aluminum putty.

I have used Loctite and Devcon aluminum putty for many years to bed rifles. Strong and very little shrinkage.

One of the challenges of conventional epoxy is knowing how to estimate how much of each component to use.

This stuff comes from www.greenstuffworld.com It is a strip of the two components, wrapped in plastic.

To use, you cut off how much material you need (say, about 6" of the strip) and then peel the wrapper so the two parts can be mixed.
Click to expand...

This got me thinking about the stuff I've used, which is packaged and used the same way, but I can't find it now. Might have been a PC Products item although I didn't see exactly what I had on their website. Whatever it was it was really good. I'll check at Hardware Sales in Bellingham the next time I'm down there. There seem to be a lot of such products on Amazon, from mfrs. like Loctite, Harvey, JB Weld etc. (Typically, 2- 3x the price on Amazon.ca vs US)
 
bearhunter said:
Princess Auto used to carry something very similar but it was in a round plastic tube. There was a core of one material with an outer layer around it. Cost was around $5C. One tube would do four rifles.

It was good stuff and stands up very well as a bedding material.

I only have one tube left and it appears Princess Auto no longer carries it. It wasn't in the Surplus section, so I assumed it would be something they would continue to carry. I only bought ten tubes, should have bought the case. of twenty five.

You're going to like it. If it's similar to the stuff i picked up, it hardens very quickly but I still give it 24 hours to cure.
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Yeah, decent stuff, I bedded a few rifles with that Princess Auto Steel Putty that was $5 a tube. You can still buy it from Princess Auto too but is now made by J&B and is $5.99 a tube at the moment, CT also has the J&B stuff and selling for twice the price -



https://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/steelstik-epoxy-putty-stick/A-p8298994e


SteelStik is a hand-mixable, steel-reinforced, non-rusting epoxy putty that quickly repairs or rebuilds anything made of metal. After mixing, it forms an industrial-strength polymer compound that can be molded into shapes or used to build up, patch and repair steel components. SteelStik sets in 3-5 minutes and after 60 minutes, can be drilled, tapped, machined, ground, filed and painted. SteelStik cures to a dark grey colour, is rated at a tensile strength of 900 PSI and will withstand temperatures up to 300ºF.




FEATURES


  • J-B Weld SteelStik Epoxy Putty is a steel-reinforced epoxy putty stick that is great for use on automotive and machine parts, exhaust systems, plumbing, stripped threads, rust damage and household repairs
  • Hand kneadable epoxy adhesive will plug holes and make permanent repairs on wet and dry surfaces
  • Cures completely submerged in gasoline or under water in 60 minutes
  • Can be drilled, sanded, filed, tapped, machined and painted
  • Bonds to virtually any surface, including metal, wood and plastic
  • Size: 57 g

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/...hW1klZsm4aAjrPEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#store=422

 
Thanx for that Mkrnl. I will look for it on Tuesday. I'm going to pick up my wife at the airport and it's only about five minutes out of the way.
 
I use paste wax. Kiwi would work. Purpose marketed mould releases work. Make sure you get full coverage of all areas where adhesion of the bedding compound is undesirable.
If you use a wax, apply a thin even coating. You don't want chunks and lumps.
 
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