Plugging up cap screw holes for painting

Mar 01, 2010 24 Replies

Plumbers putty worked out OK. I primed about 1/2 of the lathe today.

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Mr. Holland, a gunsmith who does some superb epoxy pillar bedding of rifle actions, uses plumber's putty.

Don, plumber's putty worked out very well. I primed about half of my lathe with epoxy zinc filled primer, last night. Since epoxy is pretty tough stuff, I did not want it to get inside the screw heads or seal their perimeter.

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That was the Army way. Smear it over all the glass and plastic on the vehicle. Wipe it off after painting.

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