Has anyone used the Devcon Plastic Steel/Steel Weld Epoxy sold in the 1:1 syringe? Anyone know if it would work for glass bedding? I've heard of the Devcon Steel Putty, not sure how this compares. Thanks for the input.

Devcon Plastic Steel Weld Epoxy

I've done used that very stuff. Works good, is a black color. Even used it to add material to old husqvarna buttplates that had a chips missin from the toe, then file to shape



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JD, did you use it to bed the rifle? How has it held up?

Yep, Used it on a Husky m146 9.3x57 stock. Cant remember what other one. Its strong, hard stuff. I remember testing left over dried stuff stuck to my steel mixing board I use. Had to chip pieces off with hammer and chisle, then grind the rest off with a Auto body grinder. Took some chunks of it, layed 'em on the concrete floor or flat rock and beat em with a big hammer to test it.
It mixes up good too, No air bubbles, and is thick gel, easy to apply and stays in place, no running. I need to get another tube of the stuff to bed a ruger m77 mkII with a laminate stock

I can assure you if Devcon slaps it's name on it , it will cure what's in need of fixing !.

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Anyone else used this product to bed a rifle?

Not sure how the steel weld epoxy compares to the Devcon steel putty, but the steel putty has a tensile strength of 2,800psi and a compressive strength of 8,260psi. To further compare, Marine Tex has a tensile strength of 4,000psi and a compressive strength of 13,000psi. I've used the steel weld epoxy to bond parts, but I've never used it for bedding the recoil lug mortise. No experience if it has the same level of compressive strength as either the Devcon steel putty or Marine-Tex.

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I've used it on many, many rifles and it has worked flawlessly. In fact, I've been using it this afternoon to bed a modified Kimber 84M into a modified Brown Pounder Sako stock. It's very good stuff. If you've dammed up all of the leakage areas with clay, you can put a heat lamp on the barreled action as it sits in the stock and the stuff will "cook off" (harden up) in about an hour, hour and a half. If you heat it, it does want to get a little runny before it sets. Of course, you don't have to use heat, I just get impatient waiting for any of the bedding compounds to cure.

Anyway, bottom line, I like the stuff alot.

Jordan

Of all the material I have used to bed rifles Devcon 10110 is the best I have ever used. It is the commercial form of Devcon liquid steel. It's not cheap, but well worth it.....Tom

Compressive strength isn't a major concern of bedding , however these factors are far more important . Devcon Steel putty Cured Shrinkage 0.0006 in./in. , Adhesive Tensile Shear 2800 psi , Shore hardness of 85D , Resistant to chemicals and most acids, bases, solvents, and alkalis .

I'm from the crowd that thinks the stuff is all the same with different labeling or packaging.

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Originally posted by Doc224/375:
Compressive strength isn't a major concern of bedding

That's not what I was shown, at least that's not what was demonstrated during my competition years out of Quantico. All the epoxies used had minimal shrinkage, but the epoxies with low compressive strength would shoot loose much faster, with some not even making a full season before requiring a skim coat. This was where the Marine-Tex took off as being a standard for either final bedding over a base of Devcon Titanium or a stand alone bedding through and through such as used by McMillan. This was demonstrated to be important for durability of the bedding, especially on rifles with above par recoil.

Some of the epoxies packaged for convenient one shot home use were formulated such that they did not hold up well to rifle recoil. Some that were hard were actually brittle. Not sure if this Devcon weld epoxy is formulated as such when compared to their steel putty, but I was always taught to look at the compressive strength in the comparison. Some of the epoxies with good adhesion shear and tensile strength, have very piss poor compressive strength.

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It's my understanding that expoxies with a shorter cure time are not as "strong" (shear/tensile wise) as those with a longer cure time.

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