Gunsmithing Acraglas Gel or Devcon steel...???

[SuburbanHick]

im about to skim bed a HS precision V bed... i bought a beat to hell one and took it on as a project... and i wanna do a palm swell on it due to the size of my paws... i know that some have used the acraglas to do similar projects...i just dont know if devcon will react the same it seems to be used mostly on metal

your thoughts?

 

[ugsly]

Re: Acraglas Gel or Devcon steel...???

Devcon will work fine for bedding and adding a palm swell. Remember to ruff the bedding area up to give the devcon a little more area to bite to. Do the same for the palm swell.

Kc

 

[JJones75]

Re: Acraglas Gel or Devcon steel...???

Use the Devcon Steel Putty , its much easier to work with for things like a palm swell as it doesnt sag as bad.

The couple guns ive build up palm swells on i used real small wood screws run into the grip area for that the devcon would havne somthing to form a mechanical lock to rather than just releying on the adheasion proterties of the epoxy , this is probably totaly uncalled for its just gave me a piece of mind

 

[SuburbanHick]

Re: Acraglas Gel or Devcon steel...???

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JJones75</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Use the Devcon Steel Putty , its much easier to work with for things like a palm swell as it doesnt sag as bad.

The couple guns ive build up palm swells on i used real small wood screws run into the grip area for that the devcon would havne somthing to form a mechanical lock to rather than just releying on the adheasion proterties of the epoxy , this is probably totaly uncalled for its just gave me a piece of mind </div></div>

thats actually brilliant... really brilliant

 

[rojkoh]

Re: Acraglas Gel or Devcon steel...???

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: suburbanhick</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JJones75</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Use the Devcon Steel Putty , its much easier to work with for things like a palm swell as it doesnt sag as bad.

The couple guns ive build up palm swells on i used real small wood screws run into the grip area for that the devcon would havne somthing to form a mechanical lock to rather than just releying on the adheasion proterties of the epoxy , this is probably totaly uncalled for its just gave me a piece of mind </div></div>

thats actually brilliant... really brilliant </div></div>

I have all the Devcon compounds for testing, including all the Brownells products, but frankly I'm an old ACRAGLAS user and it works well. For Bolt rifles, Marine Tex is superb. McMillan uses Marine Tex. I used Devcon for M14s in the USGI Mil Spec days, I have no love for using putty on a gas rifle. ACRAGLAS holds up better and I'm sure the testing I'm getting into will back that up. It also flows exceptionally well, which can also be tricky if you don't know the tricks to using it. Simple issue: Use clay or Play dough dams. Works nicely and little clean up. However it gives you a very nice matted area to the metal.