Using Loctite?

[hardrock86]

So one of my friends told me to go out and get the blue loctite to use on screws for the rail base and scope rings. I went to the local hardware store, and found this stuff:

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So I used it on my EGW rail and put a dab on the base of each screw.

Today I was in Home Depot looking for something and came across this:

http://i58.tinypic.com/2z891so.jpg

How badly did I screw up? Will I need to undo the rail screws and use the second type of Loctite? Its a good thing I caught this after the rail, and not after doing all the scope stuff too.

[bootsmcguire]

You really don't need either, I almost never use it unless I know that a particular rail and scope are staying on that action for a long time.

If it were me I would see how the glue gel works, if it loosens up then go ahead with the blue. If you need to get the screws out and the gel won't let go, try taking a soldering iron tip and resting it on the screw head to transfer a little heat to the screw and that normally loosens up most of the loc-tite thread lockers and it has worked on other things that I have super-glued and then tried to take back apart.

On another note, I would make it a habit of assembling with no thread loc agent of any type, and going to the range and shooting it first. If you have an unseen scope or base issue its easier to take it back apart without the loc-tite. If all is well, then bring it home and put on the loc-tite if you feel you need it.

[hardrock86]

Ok great, thanks for the answer. I just tightened the scope rings, but did not use Loctite as like you said, I know I will be making adjustments to it at the range, especially shooting it for the first time.

[thomae]

Go back to your hardware store and buy some acetone. Try to dissolve the super glue with the acetone. Wear gloves, do it outside.

read this: http://www.supergluecorp.com/removingsuperglue.html

Then read this: http://www.savageshooters.com/content.php?175-Threadlocker-Facts-References-Resources

[RP12]

The top one is another name for the old Krazy glue in gel form. The bottom one is what is most commonly used, if at all, as boots says. The purple thread locker is the correct formula for the screw sizes of bases. You didn't screw up, you just found a different product to lock the screws in place. No big deal.:thumb:

[bootsmcguire]

For a cheap thread locker that is roughly equal to the purple level stuff, head to your wife's makeup box/drawer and pick out one of her old bottles of nail polish. Works fine for small screws and loosens up nice and cleanly but holds well enough to keep screws from loosening on their own.

thomae, that article of yours was a great read.

[RP12]

I use clear nail polish quite often, on screw threads that is.:p

[sha-ul]

I use clear nail polish quite often, on screw threads that is.:p

I used to use it all the time... on the frames of my glasses where my skin would eat the metal.