ferider
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Check this out: https://bladeforums.com/threads/on-loctite.1694300; in many ways it's more important how you use it, than which one you use.
Blue Loctite. Spyderco included a tube in the package the last time they sent me some pocket clip screws.Hi. I know a lot of people use blue Loctite to keep screws securely in place. I've seen the stick version used by a few reviewers on the web. Do you use it? Which one do you use?
( EDIT: i've bought it, unsealed the tip dispenser, and applied the purple stuff on the T9 pivot screw of my eol Enlan. the stuff is as liquid as water wtf, very very low viscosity, "10ml = 11g" i'm shook! i'll let it cure for 2 days np. then i'll try to disassemble the pivot screw again. btw when i disassembled the pivot screw i could tell that there was purple (well, at least not blue or red!) cr*p in the female and male threadings. apparently the Enlan factory uses screw fastening substance too! i'll report back again in a few days. btw the dealer had all kinds of loctite, e.g. the blue stick. )
i let it cure since then, several days. I had used like 2 full drops (because it drops out like water!) and i can confirm that the substance had cured. So i disassembled the pivot screw. And?"IMO, the major difference between 222 and 242 is the breaking point. 222 has almost no breaking strength. You just feel tight or cross-threaded bolt feel from start to finish. On the other hand, 242 has the "pop" when the compound releases the bolt."