Brownell Acraglas Gel [Misc.]

Excellent product

Product worked great. Must follow directions precisely to work as designed. Item packed safely and shipped quickly.

Been using this stuff for many years. Does what it is made to do. Being a jel, it stays were it is supposed to, does not run

I used it to bed a rifle. I like the fact that it is a gel and is not runny. Because it is a gel, I need to use a small brush to apply a thin coat on the surfaces before I put the bulk of it onto the stock -- this helps the gel to reach where it is supposed to be. This is exactly how I like to apply epoxy anyway. The instruction asks us not to add too much color to the mix because the cured product will be darker than it was before it was cured. I ended up overdoing the "adding little color" part. And I added a bit too little color and the color of the cured material is a bit too light (light brown instead of medium brown). This means that this is hard to get the brown color just right. If someone needs to get the color exact right, he will need to do multiple color test samples and use a small scale to measure the mix and the color powder. For my application, there is no need to be that exact. Therefore, I simply accept the result as is. If I could do this again, I would have added enough color to the uncured mix to match as close to the wood stock color as possible. Let it darker a little when it cured. A darker bedding color is better than a lighter color. The reason is that the gun metal is blued and is darker than the wood stock and the bedding anyway. A slightly darker bedding will not be noticeable. On the other hand, a lighter color bedding between darker stock color and the blued material will be more noticeable than otherwise. Either way, the difference is small. The instruction asks us to mix the hardener by volume instead of by weight. I am a bit apprehensive about this because I almost always mix epoxy by weight, and the ratio of hardener vs resin is supposed to require exact measurement for epoxy to cure correctly. Luckily the mix cured just fine even though I didn't really measure that well by volume. I hope the manufacturer can give us a way to measure by weight in addition to measure by volume. Yes, the product comes with enough materials to bed 2 rifles. So far I have only used 1/2 of the material and is enough for one rifle (bedding is from the receiver area all the way to the rear, not bedding most of the barrel). If you need to bed the entire rifle including the barrel area, you may need to use 3/4 box of material or the entire box.

What I received was either out of date or not properly stored. Resin is very hard and grainy and cannot be mixed. Unable to use. Be careful since it is considered non-returnable. So I am now stuck after paying $43.

Great bedding material that is thick and super easy to work with. My only complaint is that the release agent sucks. If you buy this kit throw away the release agent and use kiwi clear shoe polish instead. I used two thirds of the container of release agent to ensure a proper release but it flakes of so easily once dried that I almost had a glue in. Other than that the bedding job turned out great.

Great product!

No better product available. Easy application for bedding and repair. Comes with both black and brown dye for repairs. Dries hard and files and sand well.

Perfect!

This is by far the best material I've used for stock repairs. Don't waste your time with anything else.

I bedded a rifle for the first time with this kit. The instructions were clear and detailed. The epoxy seems to be good; no complaints on that part. The dye included worked well too. I do not recommend the release agent. It did not coat throughly (left pinpoints uncoated) and also damaged the blueing on the metal parts (see picture). My recommendation: epoxy kit is good, but use a different release agent.

I have used Acraglas on bedding several rifles in the past and was pleased with the results. There are now epoxy based bedding products available I that prefer to Acraglas. They are difficult to source a retailer nearby that offers them.

worked great as intended, included instructions were per easy to follow.