Just happened to have a newly purchased box of the Acraglass Gell sitting by my computer. It does say to let it sit for about ten hours then take the barreled action out of the wood clean it up then reassemble and let sit for a couple days to further cure. having said all that here goes. Could be that the ambient temp in your house will not allow the acraglass to cure in the allotted time as per the instructions. The colder it is the longer the cure time will be. One solution would be to set up the stock near a heat source like a table lamp to get the temps up and help speed up the cure. Been a cold winter this year and we have had record low temps here in Louisiana so North Carolina would be even colder further north. A good check would be the acraglass on the outside of the wood if setup under a lamp then should also have setup in the wood.