Your favorite release agent?

[FOTIS]

What is the best one you can use when bedding a rifle?

 

[IdahoCTD]

The spray on dry mold releases are the best IMO. Brownells sells one similar. They aren't cheap but they work.

 

[FOTIS]

I have heard of:
Pam cooking spray
Vaseline
kiwi shoe polish
Johnson's Paste wax etc........

 

[rick smith]

I have used paste wa and a couple different paint on releases. For the last ten years I have been using the spray on mold release from Brownells. By far the easiest to apply and remove.Rick.

 

[BeeTee]

I use the PVA (Poly Vinyl Alcohol) release agent included in Brownell's bedding kit. I would worry about an oil base release agent finding its way onto bare wood while setting the action into the stock, though I do use a thin smear of gun grease on screw threads and PVA on the screw shank when doing a pillar. The PVA dries into a thin dry film that peels away when the action has been removed from the stock. A rubber-faced mallet is helpful to get the pieces apart. I've not needed a freezer to separate a stuck barreled-action from the stock, but I like knowing that option is available (differential expansion/contraction rates help to break the bond). BT

 

[elkeater2]

Kiwi clear is the favorite of the bedding gurus on the web. I had some Kiwi brown and it worked. I also used some Hornady One Shot case lube and let it dry - it did fine with Devcon 10010.

 

[SCRUBS]

I`ve had good luck with one shot.

 

[257 Ackley]

I have heard of others using One-shot and having it work well. I used paste wax for the 3 that I did...not much of a record to go by.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I have been using pure beewax lately and have used it in the past the most. It is sticky and a little hard to handle but will never seize the action into the wood with decent coverage.

 

[Dr. Vette]

Kiwi Neutral.

I tried several different waxes a couple of years ago in a test. I had a large piece of steel, waxed different areas with different ones and then applied Devcon.

Kiwi worked the best and I've used it ever since. I just had to prove it to myself.

I'm sure that commercial release agents may work better but it's hard to beat $1.49 for a can of Kiwi.

 

[WYcoyote]

+1
Kiwi neutral with Devcon 10110.

 

[rick smith]

Never ceases to amaze me that we will spend hundreds of dollars on a rifle then again for a scope. Yet brag about how little we spend on a release agent.Rick.

 

[FOTIS]

For the record I asked for the best as in most effective. Now if it costs $1.00 even better.

 

[SJB358]

I used Johnson's Paste Wax for the last rifle I did and it worked really nice. I have tried the release agent that comes with the Brownells steel bed and it is decent, but the past wax seem like it can be applied much easier and worked excellent. No tight spots and the two parts came apart very easily. Or at least easier than the blue liquid that was used in the past.

I have used the spray on mold release, as we use alot of it at work. It is also another GREAT one. Check out the Ease Release. Smooth On sells it. It is a quality release agent if you can get your hands on it. One can will last quite awhile. Just make sure your ventilated, it is fairly harmful if inhaled.

 

[Dr. Vette]

For the record I asked for the best as in most effective. Now if it costs $1.00 even better.

Amen.

If for us home gunsmiths we will never notice the difference between $1.49 Kiwi and $29.99 SuperSlick Release Agent then why the compelling reason to spend the extra $28.50? So you can brag about how much you spent on it?

 

[rick smith]

Don't think anyone mentioned the prices. But I also consider the time/ease of usage involved in the process. I coat in 3-5 seconds and every angle is covered. Absolutely no concern for missed spots. Applying a wax by hand is more time consuming, have to double check around any angles. Any wax build up will leave a dimple in the glass. I have used Johnson's wax on a few jobs but never looked back when I used spray mold release. To each his own.Rick.

 

[Dr. Vette]

I'd be afraid with a spray that I missed an area. I don't mind making sure that all the areas are covered.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I don't like putting zinc stearate (spray release agent) on stock wood or finishes. That is why I use wax.
Charlie

 

[Rem Jim]

Every bedding job i have ever done ( prob at least 2 doz) i have used Johnsons Paste floor wax and i have never had a stuck action -barrel ! RJ

 

[woods]

Birchwood Casey Gun Stock Wax

easy to see and no worries about getting it on anything (says "Protects Woods and Metal")