Guys,

I have successfully repaired several stocks using various superglues & epoxy-type adhesives, but have never tried Acraglas.  I plan on using Acraglas as an adhesive & filler to repair a stock.  I’m assuming it can be stained or dyed after its cured and sanded.  Any suggestions or hints from you stock repair experts would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Wayne

Any stain on an epoxy will be just that...on top of the epoxy.  You'll need to do a thick, built up finish to protect it from wearing through, rather than an in-wood type finish.  It's best to experiment on scrap wood with your epoxy and dies to see what you can do to color the epoxy before you use it.  If the die paks in the Brownells kit don't match what you want, you can use pigment for acrylic paints, or pigment for fiberglas, to color the uncured epoxy.

David

Texasmac
If you can hold out for a couple of weeks there is an excelent article in the next journal on useing epoxy to repair stocks by Dom Pisano. It is well writen with good step by step instructions and some good clear photos to help you get it right.

40 Rod

I don't think that any of the epoxies will accept any kind of stain once cured and hardened.  That being said, I have used acraglass gel to repair a broken stock due to a little accident I had with a nice classic styled hagen stock.  I found out the hard way that the steel but place was not all that strong or rigid when the stock sniped and hit the floor. When it hit the toe of the stock, about 1/4 thick, just up and departed. Luckily I was able to find the missing part and mixed up a little of the gel and stained it as close as I could to match the stock. I was able to get it all back together with just a very fine glue line and unless you look real close and know where to look you will never see the repair. 
As for the dye I used, I have used both the little packet that comes with the kit as well as mixed in some regular wood stain, both seem to work well. Just go slow and add a little at a time and mix well till you get the color you need.
Sam

Wayne
To stain Acraglas, I've always used the dust from sanding walnut stocks.  Just keep adding very small amounts until you get the correct color.
Phil

Good timing on this thread. I was just starting. Feel the price of Acuraglas kits is getting out of line, so did some experimenting. Found the unfilled, slow setting name brand hardware store epoxys work as well and can't tell the difference . Marine resins might be even better. 

Used some left over high density marine epoxy filler in place of flock.  One can is more than enough for a lifetime. I like the sawdust idea.  

Could not find Acrylic paint tinting colors but Acrylic artist colors work and do not seem to affect the cure. Good selection of colors. Also tried powered Rit fabric dye, works as well but is slow to dissolve in the epoxy. Takes a lot of mixing. 
Chuck  

I am sorry
It ran in September / October 2010. Sometimes when you are juggling 3 different issues in your head you get confused. I got one I'm writing, One in the pipeline and one I'm doing payroll for. I am sorry that I made you wait, but the article is a good one done by highly regarded stockmaker Dom Pisano. Its worth the read. Again let me apologise for the inconvenience.

40 Rod

I had a similiar problem to that of nuclearcricket on a pre-war Mauser sporter. The stock had some fine black grain lines so I mixed black stain ino the acraglas to get a good dark color. Once set, it looked to all but the most critical eye to be a grain line.

SS