Ideas for filling chip in stock?

[MAC1967]

I used a product called P.C. Woody that was recommended on this forum and it worked well and stained well.

BTW - People say use bees wax. I have a stick of that . . dumb question, how do you fill with it ? Melt it and mix it with a color, I assume ??

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

I'd sell it and take a step or two up in quality.

 

[tenngun]

Baking soda and super glue will certainly fill, and can be sanded, and colored with dye. I've used food coloring with great success. I've used this method on many models: plastic, and wood. That said, I wouldn't "fix" that crack, unless it is a lot worse than it looks in the photo. Sometimes the super glue develops a frosty look, and it may develop that haze over time; not usually, but not rarely, either. In that case it will stand out like a sore thumb.

Model Expo on line and located in Florida sells model making stuff. They have a wide variety of woods for mostly model ship making. Wood stops in walnut,cherry, Beech, bass, maple, from 1/2 a mm thick to 4mm and widths from 1-6 mm

 

[Coinneach]

Glue the crack and don't do anything else

Agreed, mix up a little Coffee powder (try to avoid "Skinny Latte" or you'll be invited to Gay Mardi Gra parades) in the resin to imbue some brown that way the resin wont stand out.

 

[flatcreek]

If I was going to fill the crack, I would use a tri-corner file and make a neat cut into the crack. I would cut an oversized triangle piece that would fit the crack tightly and glue it in with superglue. After the glue set, I would shape the patch to match the rest of the lock mortis and stain it.

I would do this except maybe use wood glue rather than superglue. Superglue can be some unfriendly stuff, wood glue you can adjust the piece and it cleans up with water. The glue only needs to be stronger than the wood.
Phil

 

[waksupi]

Isn't there a mix of baking soda and super glue that makes some sort of filler. But that would give it that "plastic" look wouldn't it?

Using baking soda to make super glue set fast leaves a white chalky fill. Just rub some dirt on it.

 

[45man]

When checkering I would get a stock with wood that would fuz up bad and some diamonds would break off. Soaking the wood with super glue let me make clean cuts. for a missing diamond I used Accra Glass with the brown stain added. a dab and let get hard, recut and they looked like new. The stain works with 5 minute epoxy too so you can match the wood color. The stain is strong so even a dab on the end of a needle can be enough.
Spread the crack if you can and force the colored epoxy into it.

 

[waksupi]

When checkering I would get a stock with wood that would fuz up bad and some diamonds would break off. Soaking the wood with super glue let me make clean cuts. for a missing diamond I used Accra Glass with the brown stain added. a dab and let get hard, recut and they looked like new. The stain works with 5 minute epoxy too so you can match the wood color. The stain is strong so even a dab on the end of a needle can be enough.
Spread the crack if you can and force the colored epoxy into it.

If you get soft wood like that, get some Minwax Wood Hardener. Works wonders for checkering and carving soft wood!

 

[ZUG]

I would do as Mike Brooks suggested. This gun would not be worth the time or effort to make it into a "silk purse" it has too many issues. If you just want to learn on doing repairs than this gun is a good candidate for that. Just shoot it and get the experience from it then get a Kimber kit and build yourself a GOOD gun. My two cents worth