Permatex loctite?

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sunnyboy43

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Im getting a Bm 42 and was wondering if the permatex loctite is good? or should i get a different brand?
thanks
 
I agree! Here in our shop we use Permatex blue(removeable) threadlocker without any worries! :thumbup:
 
Agree with the others here, I can't tell the difference after using both brands. All of this stuff probably comes from the same place anyway:D
 
And don't rely on the package color either. Make sure whatever it looks like, that it's labeled medium strength threadlocker. The difference in holding power between the medium (usually blue colored) and permanent (usually red colored) is just the way it sounds. If you apply it correctly with degreased threads the red will require some serious effort to remove, and likely will include assistance via heat or chemical means. On very small fasteners below T10 in size, you'll probably break or strip the driver/screw if you don't find a way to weaken the red loctite first.
 
I think it works great.I've been using their new gel-type stuff which IMHO is a little easier to apply,and less messy.
 
Both Permatex and Versachem make a good product. Look for the "Medium" strength, and DON'T TRUST THE PACKAGE COLORING. I don't know why, but it ALL comes in a blue plastic container these days. It really confuses confuses things - so I ask customers if they plan to take it apart, or is it permanent?

"Red" requires at least a soak at 210 degrees to loosen - just ask the guys on gun forums. It takes a fair sized pot of boiling water to stick a gun receiver in to loosen scope mount screws. I gotta wonder what the gun mount makers were thinking. Nothing in life is that certain.

The heads up on the gel is nice - I bought a "chapstick" of blue medium. It's not so good on small stuff, too waxy to coat threads and falls off. They no longer market it.
 
Greetings: Has anyone tried this stuff? {Vibra-tite VC-3} It claims to have addressed one of the annoyances I encountered using Blue Locktite on adjustable tension pivot screws. The maker claims that this "Liquid Thread Locker" permits screw adjustment after it sets up.

--" Using steady pressure and standard hand tools, parts coated with Vibra-tite VC-3 Original can easily be adjusted, removed, and reused". --- http://www.ndindustries.com/vc-3.php When using Permatex or Locktite, I usually adjust the pivot screw tighter than optimum, knowing that the action will loosen a bit with time and use. After a while the pivot requires readjusting. This breaks the locktite seal and some screws start backing out. Rather than risk loosing a pivot screw, I wind up re-cleaning the threads and reapplying the liquid threadlocker. This stuff, if it works, would eliminate the need for initial over tightening, the thread cleaning and the reapplication of fresh LockTite. Anyone have experience with this stuff. If it was available locally, I would have tried it already. OldDude1
 
tirod3 said:
Both Permatex and Versachem make a good product. Look for the "Medium" strength, and DON'T TRUST THE PACKAGE COLORING. I don't know why, but it ALL comes in a blue plastic container these days. It really confuses confuses things...
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Yeah, my medium strength removable LocTite "blue" is actually in a red colored tube while my Permatex "blue" is in a blue bottle.
 
If ya ever have to get a fastener off with the red stuff and don't have any plastic around, heat'er up with a propane torch then toss some cold water on it that'll do the trick......
 
sunnyboy43 said:
Im getting a Bm 42 and was wondering if the permatex loctite is good? or should i get a different brand?
thanks
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cyanoacrylate is known, standardized technology. One brand is as good as another.
 
OldDude1 said:
Greetings: Has anyone tried this stuff? {Vibra-tite VC-3} It claims to have addressed one of the annoyances I encountered using Blue Locktite on adjustable tension pivot screws. The maker claims that this "Liquid Thread Locker" permits screw adjustment after it sets up.

--" Using steady pressure and standard hand tools, parts coated with Vibra-tite VC-3 Original can easily be adjusted, removed, and reused". --- http://www.ndindustries.com/vc-3.php When using Permatex or Locktite, I usually adjust the pivot screw tighter than optimum, knowing that the action will loosen a bit with time and use. After a while the pivot requires readjusting. This breaks the locktite seal and some screws start backing out. Rather than risk loosing a pivot screw, I wind up re-cleaning the threads and reapplying the liquid threadlocker. This stuff, if it works, would eliminate the need for initial over tightening, the thread cleaning and the reapplication of fresh LockTite. Anyone have experience with this stuff. If it was available locally, I would have tried it already. OldDude1
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Yeah, we've even sold some ND stuff.
That product is equiv to Permatex 222, low strength threadlocker.
I use it on smaller pivots were blue might be too much.

knarfeng said:
cyanoacrylate is known, standardized technology. One brand is as good as another.
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That is correct. Out of the 5 or 6 brands I've sold/carried, they all seem to work the same.
Although some folks like to be brand specific. ;)

Oh, for those interested, if your using a threadlocker and you don't want the tube to "dry up" on you,
do not touch the tip of the tube to the metal object you're assembling.
Cyanoacrylates work when they come in contact with moist air and ions from whatever you're gluing together.
If you touch the tip to the screw and then close the tube, you've just exposed the entire contents to metal ions and capped it off.

mike
 
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