Super Glue to fix a cracked Stock Forearm ?

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Loyer

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I have a Brown Bess with all sorts of cracks in the thin forestock. It will never be a shooter , just a wall hanger.

Has anyone ever tried super glue to secure these multiple cracks in the wood ?
 
I use the the medium thick cyanoacrylate (and activator) for lots of wood projects and it is crazy strong. It fills in cracks very well, too. Try your Super Glue on some scrap and see if you're happy with the result.
 
Use watered down Gorrilla Glue.

Unlike "super glue" Gorrilla Glue will take a stain.

It's my go to glue for stocks that need to be repaired, whether modern or antique.

It will foam up but it's easily scraped away and a bit of Kiwi shoe polish will cover any traces of it up.
 
Also , you could get some really small brass screws to screw the wood together with the glue
Then cut off the head
 
bearhunter said:
Use watered down Gorrilla Glue.

Unlike "super glue" Gorrilla Glue will take a stain.

It's my go to glue for stocks that need to be repaired, whether modern or antique.

It will foam up but it's easily scraped away and a bit of Kiwi shoe polish will cover any traces of it up.
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I second this - gorilla glue is the real deal not just a advertisement
 
nowarningshot said:
Some interesting ideas. If it's a wall hanger....not asked to handle recoil. ......how about plain wood glue. If your sanding/staining.....save sandpaper dust...mix it with the glue and the glue looks like the original wood.
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basic carpenter's glue and saw dust is pretty damn strong (and should help absorb stain).
Takes me back High School Woodworking in the simpler days of 1991.
 
bearhunter said:
Use watered down Gorrilla Glue.

Unlike "super glue" Gorrilla Glue will take a stain.

It's my go to glue for stocks that need to be repaired, whether modern or antique.

It will foam up but it's easily scraped away and a bit of Kiwi shoe polish will cover any traces of it up.
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For a wall hanger only perhaps that would be a good idea. But having dealt with a functional gun that had been previously repaired with GG and blown apart at the joint again I'd never use it on a shooter. Not only was the foamed out GG not strong enough to deal with the recoil shock but cleaning it way so I could re-do the job with epoxy was a major nasty job.


For me it's all about a serious flushing out of the joints with a good degreasing solvent then using epoxy or something like Acryglass for shooting guns. It has a stronger bond and more importantly the wood and the glue can be thinned down with some heat until the epoxy is as thin as water and flows deeply into any cracks for a much better fill.

But for a wall hanger just about anything will work since the stresses simply won't be there.
 
BCRider said:
For a wall hanger only perhaps that would be a good idea. But having dealt with a functional gun that had been previously repaired with GG and blown apart at the joint again I'd never use it on a shooter. Not only was the foamed out GG not strong enough to deal with the recoil shock but cleaning it way so I could re-do the job with epoxy was a major nasty job.


For me it's all about a serious flushing out of the joints with a good degreasing solvent then using epoxy or something like Acryglass for shooting guns. It has a stronger bond and more importantly the wood and the glue can be thinned down with some heat until the epoxy is as thin as water and flows deeply into any cracks for a much better fill.

But for a wall hanger just about anything will work since the stresses simply won't be there.
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Applied properly polyurethane glues (gorilla) are stronger than wood.

YMMV

SCG
 
I have used Hot stuff Glue ...... it is Sold at Lee Valley tools ... For fixing cracks in wood

I have also used carpenters Glue

For best results I have stained before gluing ..... it might be less strong but looks better .... depending on location

Clean / stain / glue / clean spot & sand / restain if required final sand with fine sandpaper

I have used painters tape to limit runoff / reduce cleanup
 
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