Hi Josh: When I bought Loctite I had a choice of only two, red and blue. So I just looked and that's all the Loctite web site lists now (they do have a variety of glues and other chemicals but I am looking at threadlockers). Red Loctite requires heating the screw to 500F to remove it. Blue Loctite can be removed using hand tools. They do say they are not "recommended" for use on plastics, but I believed they meant securing plastic threaded parts. In my case it was a steel screw and nut so I used blue Loctite on the screw threads. A tiny amount of the Loctite must have flowed onto the plastic hole in the parts the screw and nut were securing. That was enough that resulted in slow disintegration from a hole for a #4 screw out to an inch more in all directions.
I'll continue to use a drop of CA glue since I've never had a screw secured with it come loose yet they are easily removed when needed. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Fiden Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 1:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Re: Kx2 paddle issue There are something like 40 different formulations of Loctite Threadlocker. It's a great product *if* you select the correct one for your application. The wrong one can be a disaster. 73, Josh W6XU On 7/24/2017 12:48 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Perhaps Loctite has changed the formula ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
