Release agent
Did I see a post here several months ago, saying that "Pam (the kitchen pan spray)" made a good release agent when doing fiberglass bedding? The spray can release agent from Brownell"s Is about $35 a can now!!!!!!!! Any other ideas? THX HAWKSHAW
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Try coating the parts with two coats of Johnson's floor wax. Fill any recesses, etc with clay and don't forget to wax the screws and the threads of the action, too. Remove with brake cleaner or acetone when you are done. 0 -
Hi Donna,
The Hornady One Shot spray case lube works well too. I believe it has a wax base, and dry's fast after being sprayed on. Like mentioned, don't forget to fill recesses.
If I might ask, what are you going to bed?
Best
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Donna,
Do you have any injection molding shops in the area? Do a check into that process. We have a departmant at our manucacturing facility that is nothing but injection molding of seals and sealing parts. I will check on the supplier there. For the most part, I believe it is a clear pure Silicone spray.
We would love to see some pictures of your project.
Best,
Tim
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HAWKSHAW, you have e-mail.
I also looked online at the websites of http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm
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http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/start.shtml
I typed in mold release, and they have some very similar products at less than 1/3 of Brownells.0 -
I've tried cooking spray in a pinch, twice. The results were far from desirable. Both required several cycles of heat and freeze to seperate. 0 -
Pam, Johnsons paste wax, natural kiwi shoe polish.
Also, any holes, etc. that you want to plug up first use modeling clay. Lots of tips on bedding and bedding materials on the {elsewhere}0 -
Hawkshaw,
Brownells tends to get a little carried away with their pricing on proprietary products for some stupid reason. There is absolutely no reason to pay $35.00 for a can of spray release. I use a professional mold release in a spray can which is superb for all of my applications but even it runs $12.00/can in case quantity.
I used Pam or a similar product for several attempts to see if it would work in pinch. It wasn't satisfactorily consistent for my uses since it dripped and ran into the bedding compound making a small mess. It would also separate from the coated pieces in certain spots, allowing those areas to stick. Inconsistent and unreliable for this type of work.
I have had excellent luck with the Johnson's Paste Wax and a couple of the neutral or clear shoe polish waxes. However, I have had the best luck with the professional mold release and I will continue to use it on a daily basis. I have not had to try the Hornady One-Shot so I can't speak to that product.
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Most all that kitchen stuff is to thick to do much good....
Kiwi shoe polish is going to do a good job, and it can be buffed down to a very thin layer.
I've never stuck a stock using it...
The mold release is great but a bit pricy also.... not as bad as Brownells though...0 -
Thanks for the input guy's. For the moment I'll use the liquid release agent that comes with the Accra gel. Or I'll try the "one shot", which I have. Where do you get the "mold release"?
To tsr----At the moment, I'm trying to salvage a walnut stock on a Rem. 721 in .300 H & H. The stock had been screwed with by an amature sometime in the past, and then bedded in that expanding foam that you get in the little cans for sealing air leaks in your house. This was a first for me. Yesterday, I bedded it with accra gel, and it turned out very nice. THX HAWKSHAW0 -
I too use the kiwi shoe wax and have never had problems with it. Brownells is so high priced on most of their stuff. I try to avoid them unless I have no choice. Heck, when their catalog begins with a warning about paying too little for something that tells you something right there. 0
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