Does anyone use punk as a filler/colorant in epoxy work such as barrel - breach bedding, making invisible fills as repair work or from boo boo’s? Or am I the only one turning rotted wood into a super strong, water, oil proof, glue/ filler material? Punk is what is left of wood after certain funguses have digested the fibers (cellulose?) and while it still resembles wood, when dry, it is easily crushed into a flour like powder that when mixed with epoxy into a paste resembles a slightly harder, grain free wood. Depending on the species of rotted wood, many variations on color can be obtained, from dark walnut to deep tan . I find it more useful at times than wood flour that has to have a colorant added. The photos show the breach area on a .54 pistol that will have a heavy recoil having been bedded with punk from heartwood of a poplar (called popple here) tree.
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