Hey Harronek and Ken I'm big fan of bedding rifles and the Howa was probably the easiest rifle I ever done.
The inletting was about as good as you can get with the Carbon fibre stock and the only potential for movement of the recoil lug was sides ways, less than 15 thou each side, this was really a very light skim bedding job.
I used some 25mm painters tape and wrapped the barrel about 3 or 4 times just near the stock fore end so that the barrel is perfectly centred. You might need to add or remove tape to get it perfect. Take note before you tape too see how much barrel clearance you have under the barrel at the fore end, you don't wont this changing
I always clean the action metal work with cleaning alcohol ( Isopropyl ) Aldi sells a 100ml spray bottle. After cleaning I will spray the lug and surrounding metal with Hornady 1 shot lube twice, let it dry for 10 mins before applying a 2nd coat ( the stuff you use for sizing brass). I then fill the front action screw hole with blutack to prevent bedding material getting into the threads.
I mixed about 1 tablespoon of bedding material for the Howa but I probably only used about 1/2 teaspoon. I used a cotton bud to get it into the corners of the inletting.
I then pressed the action into the stock very firmly. I then used the painters tape to wrap the front and rear of the action into the stock ( no bottom metal or action screws required)
Cure time was overnite, job done.