Release agent

[Gnomon]

Does anyone have suggestions for where, in the Toronto area, I can get a Release Agent for working with Epoxy Steel?

Thanks,

Rob Yale

 

[tiriaq]

Paste wax. Widely available.
There are industrial products that work too.

 

[biathlonneil]

First beadding job I did 25 yrs ago, I used a spray on universal ski wax. Dried nicely and you could see every tool and identification mark. You can use alot of barriers. You likely already have some thing in the shop.
-Neil

 

[MagnumPeanut]

shoe polish

 

[308BAR]

shoe polish

x2 kiwi neutral shoe polish. Be very liberal with it and apply it all over the action it'll save you a lot of headaches if any of the bedding material over flows.

 

[CanAm]

silicone spray, actually just about anything with silicone in it.

Available at wal-mart, CT, autoparts, even grocery stores often have it.

 

[roberti11]

x2 kiwi neutral shoe polish. Be very liberal with it and apply it all over the action it'll save you a lot of headaches if any of the bedding material over flows.

x3 on the Kiwi neutral shoe polish, it is all I have ever used, dries to a nice haze that is easy to see on metal

 

[Gnomon]

I just got back from the Tru-Oil distributor here in Toronto (man it's hard to get that stuff) who told me that Pam (essentially Canola Oil) works well. Does that seem like it would work?

I suppose the action would need to be cleaned with a good solvent afterwards to get rid of whatever greasy substance is used as the release agent.

Rob

 

[tiriaq]

I have tried Pam. It did work as a release agent. Didn't like it. It is a liquid. Goes where it is not wanted or needed. Last thing I want is an oily substance getting into the wood.

Doubt that there is much difference between neutral Kiwi and paste wax.

 

[Dogleg]

I've tried many things, ordinary floor wax works best. The blue crap Brownells supplies is about the worst.

 

[Grizzlypeg]

I just use neutral KIWI with JB weld, but can run into problems unrelated to the release agent like roughness and machining marks grabbing and holding onto parts that have to slide out, and epoxy leaking somewhere it shouldn't and having to scrape it off later.

 

[zimbu]

Moove It penetrating oil works great.

 

[CyaN1de]

Mother's Liquid Carnuba Wax.

Brush it on, buff it off when dry. Almost .000 tolerance between bedding material and bedded parts.

 

[srt4u2nv]

I just bedded my Weatherby Vanguarnd with Epoxy Steel and I used Mink Oil shoe polish and it worked great.

 

[6mm Shooter]

I just bedded my Weatherby Vanguarnd with Epoxy Steel and I used Mink Oil shoe polish and it worked great.

that is what I use

 

[thunderflash]

Don't know why,--always had a hard time finding Neutral shoe polish (supposed to be great for a tight fit,) --- but Liquid car wax,was easily found & worked very well.

 

[srt4u2nv]

I got my mink oil polish at Canadian tire

 

[308BAR]

Don't know why,--always had a hard time finding Neutral shoe polish (supposed to be great for a tight fit,) --- but Liquid car wax,was easily found & worked very well.

Picked a tin up at the grocery store in the house hold stuff section.

 

[Blackcloud]

i didn't have great luck with the shoe polish. Wood floor paste wax or mothers carnuba wax worked way way better. Applied a liberal coat of floor wax, buffed smooth, worked like a charm with devcon.