Inletting Black

[Sidney Smith]

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Look real close at the label on the bottle. That's a lower case e.

 

[Fly Navy]

Hey HighUintas, I'm not sure if its the same, but it sounds like it. A little goes a long way. I also used too much the first time. I was able to do most of the inletting on one rifle without having to put any on brush.

 

[Red Owl]

As stated, inletting black can get all over the place. I smooth down aluminum foil and slide that between butt plate and wood- or whatever, where it sticks- I scrap that spot just a bit. Works pretty good.

 

[nhmoose]

Another lipstick user here. I steal my wife's Avon lipstick samples. Free and they work well.

If I used a candle or anything like that in my basement shop I would knock it over and start a fire, thats not good.

 

[kervinlee]

Can this be made or where does one acquire it?
Getting ready to inlet a brass buttplate on a Kentucky stock per another post I saw.
All I can seem to find in Prussian blue and am afraid it might stain the stock wood.
Thanks

I built a CVA Mountain Rifle from their kit years ago in the late 1970s. I remember their instructions said use "lamp black" on the metal furniture against the wood for inletting. Now, I was a late 20th-century kid with absolutely no idea of what "lamp black" was. All I knew is I couldn't find any reference to what they were talking about or where to find it. Also I was probably too thick to pick up the phone and ask CVA about it. Anyway, I've come to know that lamp black can be applied to a metal part by holding it over the chimney of a kerosene lamp and smoking the wick. The ash deposit that results is lamp black, I think. Hope that helps, and I hope someone else knowledgable on this will add something.

 

[Forester]

I've used candle soot for most of my inletting. I have to be careful of false impressions.

 

[frankie]

Have you Tried "track of the wolf"?