has anyone done any extensive repair on pieces missing from a stock with these modern epoxy fillers?

I filled a hole in the side of a Eddystone Enfield stock with Acraglass and 3M™ Scotch-Weld™ Epoxy Adhesive DP460 worked great. We painted the stock after the fact but it's been two years and holding strong.

im looking to repair a couple missing pieces in a english walnut stock and come as close as possible to the original colors.

could you insert a chunk of english walnut maybe??
The other thing is where is the missing piece and how large is it?

Other then that if it's in a non critical area I'd say it's up to dyeing it the correct color and maybe streaking in some darker dye to make it look like wood grain.

The resins we have today are very strong and with a wee bit of reinforcement they can be very tough and not brittle at all.

the wood is missing in the front part of the back lock they are broken out but the bottom of the wood is still there they are about the size of your small finger nail i think they can easily be repaired by someone knowing what they are doing im willing to give it a go if i have good advice. i would have it done but the costs of what appears to be a simple approach makes it prohibitive. any help would be truly appreciated.

Box lock or side lock action?? Sounds like a double?? A picture would help. I'm just concerned it's in the wrist and the crack may extend further back. If it's just an area where the wood flaked off (for lack of a better term) it may be an easy repair. But I'm still concerned because on a properly laid out stock wood should not just flake away.

its a back action sxs shotgun the missing pieces are font of lock. it doesnt affect the strenth of the stock it is purely cosmetic. any help or suggestions. regards

Personally I'd try to fit a piece of wood that as closely as possible matches the grain and color of the wood. If that's not possible you could try some resin but what will happen in the color match process is you will blend one color. it needs to have some sort of grain texture added to it to match the wood.

Obviously you will need to remove the lock and any other parts that may be inadvertently glued in place. Create some dams to prevent the flow of the resin into undesired areas. You can use masking tape or wax for this modeling clay can help to.

You are going to have to mix a few different batches of resin and mix a couple shades of brown and once you have filled in the void take a fine paint brush and dab in some darker resin to match the grain flow. It won't be perfect but it will look better then a plain brown patch

can you recommend a resin or epoxy?

Take this for what it's worth, but if you fill it with epoxy it will always look like a cheap repair. If it's a cheap gun fine, but if it's worth fixing you should glue in a piece of English walnut and fix it correctly. If the repair is done well people will be hard pressed to see that a repair has been done to the stock, but if you fill it with epoxy it will stand out like a sore thumb I don't care how you color it.

Make the fitting of the repair piece very good and use a wood glue such as Tightbond and the seem will be much harder to see.

clowdis:i see your handy to me in n.c. anyone in the area that does this repair?

quote:

Originally posted by clowdis:
Take this for what it's worth, but if you fill it with epoxy it will always look like a cheap repair. If it's a cheap gun fine, but if it's worth fixing you should glue in a piece of English walnut and fix it correctly. If the repair is done well people will be hard pressed to see that a repair has been done to the stock, but if you fill it with epoxy it will stand out like a sore thumb I don't care how you color it.

I guess I should have been more blunt But I agree here. No matter how well you try an epoxy patch is just that.

kcstott: you were blunt enough and im taking your advice and having it done the proper way im looking for someone in the no. carolina area to replace the wood if not ill ship it out. any recommendations? thank you, best regards

quote:

Originally posted by usps:
clowdis:i see your handy to me in n.c. anyone in the area that does this repair?

If you're anywhere near Randleman bring it by the shop and we'll have a go at fixing it correctly. I'll do it or I'll help you do it and I have walnut scraps we can use. PM me through the forum and I'll give you the phone # and address.

looks like Clowdis has you covered. I personly wouldn't know who to recommend out that way. I do 99% of my own work but give the real stock making stuff to a local master

kcstott: i appreciate your input thank you very much. best regards bob