Re: What bedding compound?
Bedding compounds:
1, it's an epoxy. It's two parts you mix together that hardens via a chemical reaction.
Desired traits:
1. Minimal shrinkage (1-2% is typical)
2. Long "open clamp time" (very important so you aren't rushed)
3. High shore hardness (the scale used to rate the hardness of plastics, rubbers, etc)
4. High compressive strength
5. High resistance to shear
6. High resistance to acids and alkalies
7. Machineability once cured
Material data sheets are your friend. A product I'd avoid is anything that contains a ferrous metal. Iron rusts. When it does it expands and this will do the same thing that ice does to a sidewalk in the winter. (destroy it over time)
It'll also make your bedding job turn orange. (blech!)
Avoid anything with a nylon filler. Nylon is hygroscopic. It attracts water and holds onto it. Not the best thing for a receiver to be sitting in.
Once you find a product your satisfied with, STICK WITH IT. Epoxy has a personality and it should be learned. You only learn by using the same stuff over and over. Switching to brand b, c, d doesn't teach you anything.
Good luck with your project.
C