M14 Forum

m1shootr · February 22nd, 2012, 10:16 AM

Is Play Doh a suitable clay for bedding, or is the Brownells Klean Klay better?

tonyben · February 22nd, 2012, 10:49 AM

Whatever you choose, choose a hard clay. I chose a soft clay and it required more finish work. Harder clay will stay put.

Tony.

Dale Rader · February 22nd, 2012, 12:02 PM

I like the Kleen Clay the best. Play doh would not seal the voids very well I think. I would not trust it anyway.

Dale

30Caliber · February 22nd, 2012, 04:35 PM

Anything that hardens (e.g. play doh) is going to shrink as it dries and you risk the epoxy flowing into the places where it's critical that it doesn't.

nicholst55 · February 22nd, 2012, 05:15 PM

I read long ago that Play Doh contains salt, which can lead to rust, whereas modeling clay doesn't. Brownells at least used to carry modeling clay.

JAILDOG · February 23rd, 2012, 04:30 AM

When I bedded my m21 into a Big Red for service rifle I used good ol Walmart Crayola Modling clay. $1.29 a box then. and some good release agent.

m1shootr · February 26th, 2012, 04:00 AM

Used some modeling clay from the craft store as per suggestions and it worked great. Bedded a pre inletted Boyds stock. I did the receiver Friday and everything seemed to work fine, with the receiver fitting so tight I needed a wooden dowel and mallet to separate the two. I'm doing the TG today and will post pics of my first bedding job when finished. BTW this was a CMP HRA kit with 7.62 receiver and HRA barrel.