Best thread lock

[speatuk]

Hi all

As above any ideas of the best advice on metal to plastic thread lock?

I've heard nail polish?

Any help is appreciated

Thanks
-Steve

 

[Maddog]

Hi all

As above any ideas of the best advice on metal to plastic thread lock?

I've heard nail polish?

Any help is appreciated

Thanks
-Steve

I've heard superglue works good too.

 

[RichWest]

Any Hobby RC shop will have recommended materials. I've been using the following material, as you can pre-apply to screws and allow to dry. It is a medium hold and is reusable.

McMaster-Carr

 

[Pushjerk]

While we're on the subject, DONT USE LOCTITE ON PLASTIC!

Blue Loctite ( Prob Red too?) makes plastics crumble to nothingness.

Made this mistake a couple months back usI got some Blue Loctite 242 I think on a Seaplane. Had to completely replace some plastic wing joining hardware after using Loctite.

Note, this applies to brittle plastics. Have not seen this effeft on Nylon hardware.

 

[speatuk]

Thanks guys, I'm just having a nose about around my doner solo, thought I would try on this one for the strip down and I think I have slightly over tightened one of the screws a bit as the darn thing will tighten fully home. It's tight but I can still move it with no extra pressure.

Just thought, I think I will get some in as I'm probably, we'll definitely, going to do it again at some point.

I see the screw from the factory have a blue kind of locking thread seal on them.

Pushjerk, thanks for this, this is exactly the reason I am asking.

I had read that the normal thread lock is oil based, I think it said, and the last (oops that spellchecked to lady lol I don't think I want to put, "the lady thing I want to do lol." This was the edit I had to make after posting lol) thing I wanted to do is make the plastic brittle.

Coz you know what will happen?

I'll put some on the threads, then next time I take it apart I'll smash it pieces trying to unscrew it.
Lol.

Thanks for the replies guys.

Have a great day.

Stay safe if your flying.

-Steve


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[Russ Knight]

WARNING!!!!! Do not use loctite on Solo!!!!! I used the weakest strength one today on my motor pod screws and it disintegrated the plastic! Now I need two motor pods and a solo body.

Crap.

 

[Pushjerk]

WARNING!!!!! Do not use loctite on Solo!!!!! I used the weakest strength one today on my motor pod screws and it disintegrated the plastic! Now I need two motor pods and a solo body.

Crap.

See post #4 above. Sorry you found this out the hard way.

 

[Russ Knight]

Me too!

 

[BigTulsa]

I'm trying to figure out why you would need LocTite at all on props given that these are self-tightening.

 

[Russ Knight]

It wasn't the props. It was the screws that secure the motor pods.