Is there something other than the release agent that comes in the agraglass kit that I can use to keep th e stuff from bonding to my action? Want to do a rifle but the little container was empty.

Any liquid wax will do. I use Birchwood-Casey Gunstock Wax and apply it with a 3/8 in artists brush. Let it dry, then assemble.

NBHunter---

Use a good paste floor wax. I'm using MinWax Hard Polishing Wax I bought at Home Depot.

Smear on a heavy coat but NO build up of wax in the corners. Apply with a brush and smooth it out with a hair dryer. After you break it out of the glass, use acetone to clean the wax off before bluing....if you're not going to blue, buff the wax out like you would a car. It's about the best rust proofing you can have.

Mix paste wax with a little mineral spirits. It thins it out nicely. Then paint it on EVERYTHING metal. You can get it in all the little cracks & crevices that way. The mineral spirits quickly evaporate, leaving the thin coating of wax.

sprayon #314 paintable lecithin mold release and lubricant,works real good.After I messed with the rubber cement in the acraglass kit,I said there must be a better way.Can be found at WWW.mcmaster.com.Good luck,Clay

Never tried it but if you are a bowhunter could you use the string wax? Comes in a tube so it would be very easy to apply...

If you have females around the house, steal (um...borrow ) some fingernail polish (clear prefered) and paint on a couple of coats.

And another little gunsmith kink: Neutral shoe polish, the dye free petroleum based wax in the little pop-top tin can, like Kiwi brand, or others. Just rub it on with a rag like you were polishing your shoes, or it can be thinned with mineral spirits and paint-brushed on. Great release agent for epoxy bedding.

Also as above noted, this too can be put on any blued gun and buffed to a shine as a water repellant and rust preventive.

That dowdy old walnut stock can be shined up with the neutral color shoe polish, and it will aid in water proofing there too, but the inner surfaces of the stock should be sealed with epoxy or polyurethane.

Pam, the nonstick cooking pan spray can be used too.

I would prefer the shoe polish/wax, neutral color/no color. When using it as a release agent, just let it dry to a haze, or you can put on one coat, buff to a shine and put on a second coat and let that dry to a haze, then bed.

[ 03-30-2003, 07:31: Message edited by: DaggaRon ]