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Stock inletting black

Geri

Any one have a good substitute for inletting black?

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  • toad67

    I've heard of people using blue string line chalk.

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  • Gunnut358

    Most of the time I use a black Sharpie. Tried prussian blue, once, only because I had some on hand, and assumed it was the same as Dykem. Once was enough.

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  • navc130

    Linseed oil works but make sure you wipe it off before it dries on the metal.

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  • MIKE WISKEY

    when you could find it I used 'sight black' spray.

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  • 4205raymond

    Smoke from a candle like i use to blacken my M1 sights for a rifle match kinda like you turn the wick down on a kero lamp.-----------Ray

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  • Okie743

    I have a spray can of Birchwood Caseys sight black. You can review such on-line.

    But it may be one of them discontinued items. Here is a link. This is not paint and it wipes off easily.

    https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting-gear-gun-supplies/shooting-equipment/tools-cleaning-supplies-for-guns/cleaners-lubricants/birchwood-casey-sight-black/p/1318649?msclkid=017b0802333d14fcbfbb6ce6325be7da&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Bing%20-%20DSA%20-%20Category%20Pages&utm_term=shooting%20&utm_content=Range%20Gear


    But for small objects I take a Propane cigarette lighter and use the outer tip of the flame to smoke blacken small metal things when I'm checking for friction wear places. for example when replacing the safety lever or firing pin on a Winchester 70 and having to do the precise honing of the firing pin safety fittament.

    I suspect you could use the Propane lighter flame to smoke/soot blacken the receiver to check the inletting into a stock.

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  • Brookwood

    I've used artists oil paint that comes in tubes. Picking a color that shows brightly against whatever wood I'm inletting in. Just a tiny dab of paint on a Q Tip. Mostly use black due to working with light colored maple stocks but white or light gray for darker walnut.


    The paint is based in olive oil, or so I've been told. It takes quite a while to dry and harden, so you have quite a bit of time to wipe it off.

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  • yonson

    In artists oil paint, linseed oil is most commonly used as it dries slowly (other oils can be used). I used to use black artists oil paint as a marker for hand scraping way surfaces made of cast iron/steel when restoring the accuracy of machine tools, part of my job years ago.

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  • Geri

    Friend suggested black grease pencil. I will try to find one.

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  • 62vld2042

    Haven't ever needed a substitute.......

    I've used Jarrows Inletting Black for over 40 years.......and STILL have about a third of the jar left.

    Lucky me.......😉😇

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  • Geri

    I have used Jarrows inletting black, but now I can't find any.

    Looking for a substitute.

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  • Okie743

    I see some home brews for jarrows on internet.

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