Locktite vs clear nail polish on screws

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I was at my local gun shop and one of the gunsmiths there was discussing that he uses clear nail polish instead of locktite blue on stock and Scope screws as it holds better and less expensive.

Has anyone used nail polish? As it sounds weird to me.
 
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I was at my local gun shop and one of the gunsmiths there was discussing that he uses clear nail polish instead of locktite blue on stock and Scope screws as it holds better and less expensive.

Has anyone used nail polish? As it sounds weird to me.
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Larry, owner of Iron Eagle Tactical, told me about it,a few years ago.
So I gave it a shot , it worked perfectly.
 
Lol. That sounds like the guys that flip their mud tires around backwards and claim it works better that way.

Thread locker is designed and engineered to hold fasteners with a certain level of strength. This is also why they make multiple strengths of loctite- the red is considered permanent. The blue is designed to be removable, and allows the fastener to be reused. What would a small screw look like after you removed it if you coated it in nail polish? Or crazy glue? Or whatever other crap you decide to put on it? How does nail polish hold up to heat, or moisture, or certain chemicals? There were all considerations when they designed thread locking compounds.
 
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Lol. That sounds like the guys that flip their mud tires around backwards and claim it works better that way.

Thread locker is designed and engineered to hold fasteners with a certain level of strength. This is also why they make multiple strengths of loctite- the red is considered permanent. The blue is designed to be removable, and allows the fastener to be reused. What would a small screw look like after you removed it if you coated it in nail polish? Or crazy glue? Or whatever other crap you decide to put on it? How does nail polish hold up to heat, or moisture, or certain chemicals? There were all considerations when they designed thread locking compounds.
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Well it is has been repeatedly proven to gouge my unwashed back without delaminating.
 
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You could use super glue too, theoretically.. as mentioned above, loctite is designed to release with specific torques/temperatures. Fuggit.. solder the damn thing why not?
 
There might be a place on bases for locktite, but do you really want to locktite the ring screws? I recommend putting a little dot of blue on the bottom ring to set the scope into - it beats lapping them by a long ways and it stops slippage at recoil. Tighten gently and leave it till morning to finish torque.
 
Loctite is an anaerobic compound, hardens with the absence of air. Nail polish may not set up. If you have a tough time getting screws out use your soldering iron and give screw a bit of heat to release the loctite.
 
Pay no attention to these bunch of God dam scientists and use the God dam nail polish.

It all looks the same in the dark

If the broads can remove it from their nails, I'm sure it can be removed from a screw
 
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I have a wife and 4 daughters and have used both blue lock tight and/or clear nail polish for 40 years. Those Tampax things that they use are perfect for chambers on the big bores as well as 20 gauge shotgun bores. when you have a hunt in the morning you do what you have to do.
 
I used "Hard As Nails" on some lighter recoiling calibres. Worked fine and was not an issue to remove. Not sure I would want to use it on "Big Boomers"
 
I've used nail polish to keep screws from backing out in the past and no issues. However, I never tried removing them once the polish had dried.
 
Nail polish is women stuff. I gave my Glock G19 Dlask to miss caramel... Look what she did with it. It's beautyfully made, i like it.

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