butt plate repair

[Mike of the Mountain]

Cold Spring (Frank Srebro) posted a thread with photos on repairing a butt plate with a broken missing piece. If you search on here you should find it.

[Roundsworth]

I have used Acraglas Gel, dyed black, to fill a chunk missing from a Lefever butt plate. After shaping and finishing, the repair is undetectable. The colors blended perfectly. The gel gives you a bit more time to work with it. Good Luck!

[Cold Spring]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Cold Spring (Frank Srebro) posted a thread with photos on repairing a butt plate with a broken missing piece. If you search on here you should find it.

Actually Mike it was in the Spring/Summer Fox Newsletter. I use Acraglas liquid, dyed black, and with pieces of small brads (nails) to tie the repair into the broken section of the buttplate.

[ArtS]

One other thing I didn't mention was that I have done several chipped off heel and toe sections. I carefully waxed the wood right up to the butt plate, then wrapped several layers of wide masking tape around the bottom or top of the stock as needed. Keep it perfectly level on the stock and use enough layers to form a relatively stiff form. Then fill the form to the proper level, using a tooth pick or similar to completely fill it. When dry, romove the tape and put masking tape around the stock wood for protection. Then sand the toe or heel to shape and sand/polish the new section (or the whole thing if needed) with progressively finer paper, down to 1200 or so. A final polish and a coat of TruOil if desired, and you should have a restored original.