Best bedding compound?

[polygunner]

I use marine tex grey, modeling clay, and Ram composite products mold release 225.
Works great on the M-14's I've bedded. They're a bit different than your typical bolt action.

I found JB weld to be too runny.

PG

[Usmc0844spare]

I've decided to try my hand at bedding a stock for the first time, and after watching several youtube how-to demonstrations it's pretty obvious that there's no general consensus on which brand is best.

AcraGlass

Devcon

Marine Tex

There are others I'm sure, but the above three seem to be the most popular. I'm leaning towards Marine Tex, but it was a coin toss type decision. Go, or no?

Also.... would the 2oz kit be enough for one rifle? I'm doing a Rem SA 700 BDL with a HS stock with aluminum bedding block, but I plan on grinding away maybe 1/8" or more of the aluminum as well as relieving the stock to allow for a thicker bed job.

Advice is appreciated.

Don't forget JB Weld. Probably cheaper than most of the others you listed for same result.

Neutral shoe polish also works just fine for a release agent.

Not sure you need to relieve anything, I've got some pretty thin spots that are lasting just fine. Unless you are talking paper thin, there is not a significant difference between thick and thin as long as the epoxy has a decent surface to mechanically latch onto.

Just be careful about mechanical locks where the bedding gets into some nook or cranny. Plumber's putty works fine, comes off easily with mineral spirits, even the neutered stuff available here in CA. Modeling clay not so much.

Mask off areas of the stock you don't want to get epoxy stuck to. Feel free to overdo this part as I guarantee that one spot you didn't think would be a problem will be THE spot that a lot more excess epoxy squeezes out of and dribbles down the stock when you leave the project to go watch gun jesus for a couple hours.

[desertrider]

I've decided to try my hand at bedding a stock for the first time, and after watching several youtube how-to demonstrations it's pretty obvious that there's no general consensus on which brand is best.

AcraGlass

Devcon

Marine Tex

There are others I'm sure, but the above three seem to be the most popular. I'm leaning towards Marine Tex, but it was a coin toss type decision. Go, or no?

Also.... would the 2oz kit be enough for one rifle? I'm doing a Rem SA 700 BDL with a HS stock with aluminum bedding block, but I plan on grinding away maybe 1/8" or more of the aluminum as well as relieving the stock to allow for a thicker bed job.

Advice is appreciated.