Tonydahose;
If I was, as you imply, intent on using the red,........ why would I go and purchase the blue ???
How can you assume something such as my personal intention for using red loctite ???
Does it make sense for an individual to be intent on one product, however to go and purchase another product, and experience poor results ???
To spend time paying for, and applying the blue, only to then return the next day, and pay for the red ??
Is that not a waste of time, and money, and is that not an unnecessary hassle ???
I am simply providing assisstance, and suggesting the fact that blue does not always work for everyone, and so red has been successful in those cases, and it is not that uncommon for red loctite to be used, nor is it uncommon for the blue to be unsatisfactory, however when I first enquired, blue seemed to be the most common, and most widely used, except for a couple of replies suggesting the red (only after having trouble with blue), so naturally I tried what was most accredited with good results, being the blue.... and when that didn't work, I went with what was then suggested, which is the red.......; and so I can only support my own personal experience, and of course when someone asks for assisstance, I will state exactly what I know, and if you analyse my respone closely, you will see that I do indeed suggest the red, yet that is only after stating that blue has not always worked for both myself, and several others of which I personally know of.
Well, as I previously stated, I would have preferred to have purchased the product that would ideally hold, and not spend both the time, and the money with purchasing the blue loctite, only to experience unsatisfactory results, and then having to return and pay for the red loctite.
I did infact dissassemble my knife, in order to throughly clean all surfaces, and parts, and allow to dry, and then add lubrication to the joints, and moving parts.
I applied just a dab on each pviot screw, adjusted to the preffered tension, to minimise play, and left for 48 hours, in order to make sure it was set..... only to then have the screws loosen after 3-5 minutes, and when using the torx, the screw came right out without any friction.
So I repeated the process, however this time adding an excessive amount of loctite to cover the screw's thread entirely, and after 3 days, the screws came out again with hardly any effort.
So finally, I applied the red, and have not had to re-apply at all, and no further play has been experienced within 6-8 months of application.
The fact is, is that the red loctite is definately stronger, and described as permanent. Whilst the blue is somewhat temporary..... yet the fact is is that even the red loctite needs replacing, just later, rather then sooner, and so it must not be 100% permanent by any means. So if one adjusts there pivots to the right setting, to eliminate play, then one of course wants those pivots to stay tight, thus loctite is used,... and so why use one product which wears off in say 3 months, rather than another that holds tights for 6 months ???.......
Thus is the reason I state;
"Fact is, when you loctite the pivots, you want them to hold tight, so why not use the red stuff, which will hold the pivots tighter for longer ???... just my opinion."
So,... it would seem to me, that your assumption on my intentions regarding the red loctite, are unfounded in my opinion,... and judging by the fact that the intentions mentioned within your post are none other than that of my own,... I think it's fair to say that my opinion would be fairly accurate in this situation.
Go to Lowes and look in the glue section. Look for BLUE Loctite. This will be what you want to use. ~6.00 and will last a LONG time. Just a drop on the pivot screw before you go to sleep and it will keep that pesky screw from comming loose. * remember, BLUE Loctite.
