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Working on replacing a big hunk of missing wood in the wrist of an "A" 12ga. The area actually was a much larger wound, and part of the repair broke off and is now missing. Am fashioning a block to glue and pin in place to fix it and will be using Acraglass Gel as the adhesive here, and in a couple of other smaller spots. The stock has soaked in acetone for a week and is now bare.

What is the tinting shade strategy for the Acraglass, so that once the wood has a finish there is a chance of it matching the tint of the wood? I have not had much experience with tinting. I'm assuming the adhesive needs to be as dark as the wood will be, since the adhesive won't take stain like the wood would for example.

Thank you.

You are correct in assuming you need to mix the blend to match the finished stock. There's the problem with unfinished wood, you won't know the color of your stock until it's finished. Good luck!!

It takes only a pin head size amount of the tint to darken the mixture so go very easy on the tint. Bobby

Mike of the Mountain wrote:You are correct in assuming you need to mix the blend to match the finished stock. There's the problem with unfinished wood, you won't know the color of your stock until it's finished. Good luck!!

Thanks. In what ways do folks deal with that? Do repairs like this tend to be done on finished stocks rather than unfinished?

Not sure why you want to use Accraglass if you are down to bare wood? Why not Titebond III and clamps? If clamping is a problem due to irregular shapes, try using surgical tubing to wrap the area very tight. Make sure "patch " is considerably oversize so that you can work it down to perfect match. There should be very little, if any, glue joint visible to worry about. You can get the same result with Accraglass but it is much harder to work with on a simple wood repair.

Just my thoughts, but I may not understand the problem.

R.