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Releasing twice was something beat into my head in my Youth,when polishing/releasing moulds laid up with fiberglass.

Cheap insurance and I've seen me spray [bleep] in triplicate................(grin)

Exactly the way I do it. For some reason if you do not shake vigorously, only the carrier comes out without the lube. Luckily I only had a stuck 223 case to figure it out. Not an expensive stock.

RH

The constraints, on release agent for bedding a rifle, are so loose than many household products will do. I use Redding Imperial die wax, as it is right there already.

The constraints, for release agent for potting aero-space ceramic magnetics as layers of epoxy and foam are applied and put in a vacuum chamber to pull the bubbles, are many and probably hi-vac grease will be used.

A couple of reasons; availability and convenience. With Brownells, unless you live in Montezuma, IA, you have to order it and unless you are ordering a bunch of stuff, shipping is getting frightfully expensive. I have been using Devcon 10110 as I can get it locally through several sources and it has the advantage of being mixed by weight. I put a 1 oz cup on the scale and zero it out. Next, I put a dab of the steel filled resin in the cup so that it looks about right. I note the weight and then add 1/9th of that amount in hardener. Too easy to get the exact ratio right! I buy the 1 oz cups by the hundred at Smart & Final.

I think Devcon may even be better than that Steelbed but have no empirical data to support this.

Oh, I use shoe polish as a release since I don't have any One shot!

A couple weeks ago I bedded two with Devcon and sprayed on OneShot Lube and it was the easiest release I ever had.

I shook the crap out of the can first and sprayed two coats.

The white end off chicken chit works fine.

also good for chapped lips...
































wont cure them but stops you from licking them.

I put the can of 1-Shot in the vib tumbler for a few minutes.

What a neat idea ....... wish I had thought of that

Whatever works. A lot of time over release. Really.

I have used Pam Cooking Spray on a number of rifle and it works great.

I have been using the One Shot as well and it works well. As was mentioned use 2-3 applications. Cheap insurance. I have used it with Steelbed at least 20 times and it leaves a mirror smooth finish and breaks loose easy.

Many different materials work great for release, but I have found none that works as well as pictured below.
(Works on every bedding compound, glue, etc)

Where do you get that and how hard is the clean up?

Clean up is a breeze!

You would know this how?

Crisco works also.... I hate squeezing those fuggin chickens....

Cow pies are handier around here, and you don't have to squeeze a cow. Never tried it, never had to try it. Just thinking of it as an alternative pretty well does the trick.