How can I repair these grips?

[6pack]

Looking for the best method to repair the missing chunk from these grips.

I need to use something that will hold up to gun cleaner and lube.



I figured there was some hard epoxy I could shape to fill the chunkout.

Wide open for suggestions.

Thanks

 

[Maximumbob54]

You can use some of the epoxy putty but I'm not sure how you will get it to stay on such a skinny shelf. There just isn't that much to bite hold of right there. I would try calling Altamont and see if they have any tips or are willing to repair it on the cheap. You never know, they may be used to this.

 

[-db-]

A chip that small on non-collector grips, I would probably just file down that backside edge to make it go away.

 

[VM]

-db- has offered you excellent advice. With a steady hand and LIGHT strokes, you can take a jewelers file and lower that area to the bottom of the chip.

 

[chief38]

Probably the only way to repair them properly so they will endure regular use is to cut or sand out a sizable piece of that part of the grip (3/4" - 1") and then use Carpenter's glue to install a new piece. It will never match 100 percent, but functionally, it will be strong again. It will take a certain amount of artistic skill and a bit of patients, but I have done things like this many many times in my 35 year career as a custom Picture Framer while restoring antique frames.

If these grips are for a Range gun, just sand out the sharp damaged area so it is smooth, and call it a day! There is no way repairing that small of a piece in that area where the wood is so thin is going to hold up an appreciable amount of time.

Chief38

 

[G.T. Smith]

I've got a set of just regular old PC magnas that are the original grips for my 37 no dash. They have a chip similar to that one and some wounds that look like a dog bit them. I'm gonna try to repair them by making the chip bigger and mor regular in shape, the cut a piece of walnut and hand fit it so it fits, but is a few thousandths bigger after it is wood glued in place. I then plan on using a drill to clean and shape the teeth marks and fill them with a wood filler that will take stain. I am gonna try to sand them smooth and try to recreate the grain with different shades of stain. I will finish them off with a couple or three coats of tung oil. I hope that works and I can't see why it wouldn't.
Peace,
gordon

 

[Bullseye Smith]

-db- has offered you excellent advice. With a steady hand and LIGHT strokes, you can take a jewelers file and lower that area to the bottom of the chip.

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