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I won't have an opprotunity to shoot my new rifle for the next week or so, but I was curious how long you all let a bedding job cure before you shoot it. In my particular case I used Marine tex if that makes any difference.
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I fully have no idea of Marine tex..
But when using Acra glass gel I recommend one full week of curing..
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I've seen guys shoot the next day after curing their Marine Tex with a heat lamp. Myself, I wait a few days to be safe.
Marine Tex cures very fast IME.
I would wait a full week for Acraglas, not a big fan either.
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i've shot i approx. 24 hours with devcon
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I'm cautious, I let them set for a full 5 days, minimum.
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I wait at least 5-7 days no matter the material. It depends on temperature.
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I wait a week to be sure.
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I leave the gun in the bedding for 24 full hours before pulling 'em and don't have any problem letting the owners take them to the range or into the field 24 hours after that. I use Acraglas and Steel Bed and so far haven't seen any problems.
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I check the mixing cup to see when the glass is hard. It only has to be as hard as wood to shoot. Devcon Steel Putty is hard enough to shoot in 8 hours and full hard in 16 hours. The temp of materials at time of mixing is important. I store epoxy in the house, and not the shop. I had a bedding job never get hard, and had to scrape it out. Then I posed the question to rec.crafts.metalworking in 2005: http://groups.google.com/group/rec....talworking+author:Clark#038212868b3f4404 ..epoxy cured with polyamine (which Devcon almost
certainly is) has to be formulated for a certain temperature range or it may
never achieve a strong or hard cure. ...
..A particularly important thing to do, though, is
to warm it up before you mix it. It's cold mixing that is the dominant
problem in cold-weather use of epoxy. The hardener and the epoxy may never
properly react if you mix them cold.
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When the weather is hot for curing, I have shot them the next day. During the Winter, I'll wait a week.
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