Sealing the buttstock after fitting recoil pad

[NMUltra]

I've ground a medium Limb Saver recoil pad to fit a Remington 721. I'm looking for recommendations for sealing the freshly exposed end grain of the butt before I complete the pad install. Spent about an hour looking at stock refinishing threads...
I've got wipe-on poly on hand, will that be sufficient?

 

[Bc'z]

If you mask off the existing finish on the butt then get even coverage with your adhesive, wouldn't that effectively seal the end grain?

 

[joshb]

I use epoxy. Here’s how. Carefully wrap blue painter’s tape around your stock at the butt to protect it from scwooge. Prep your pad with the screws in the holes so you can line them up into the holes in the butt. Mix up some slow cure Devcon 20 minute epoxy and smear it over the end of your butt (stock). Screw your pad on and use a pop sickle stick to remove the scwooge around the edge.
If you think you’ll ever want to replace the pad, wipe some shoe polish or butcher’s wax on it to prevent a bond with the epoxy.
I use epoxy because it’s thick enough to fill the thin voids between the pad and the butt. I’ve never seen a pad lay perfectly flat.
Good luck!

 

[NMUltra]

I use epoxy. Here’s how. Carefully wrap blue painter’s tape around your stock at the butt to protect it from scwooge. Prep your pad with the screws in the holes so you can line them up into the holes in the butt. Mix up some slow cure Devcon 20 minute epoxy and smear it over the end of your butt (stock). Screw your pad on and use a pop sickle stick to remove the scwooge around the edge.
If you think you’ll ever want to replace the pad, wipe some shoe polish or butcher’s wax on it to prevent a bond with the epoxy.
I use epoxy because it’s thick enough to fill the thin voids between the pad and the butt. I’ve never seen a pad lay perfectly flat.
Good luck!

Ahh, got it! I was debating bonding the pad to the stock. The gap filler is good - I don't have a perfect mating surface between the butt and the pad. I'm waayyy better at metal work than wood.

 

[Twdmar]

If you want easy, get some hard paste furniture wax and rub it in and buff it off. Do a couple coats and put your recoil pad on.