What’s that blue shit on screws

[Bridgebuilder34]

I notice this blue shit on the screws that usually come with an optic/rings/mounts etc. what is it? I get the dremel with a wire/brush attachment and clean it off.

 

[_Windrider_]

Threadlocker

 

[Bridgebuilder34]

Threadlocker

So I’ve been doing a ding dong then. Does it still hold up the same since it’s already hard compared to liquid tube stuff.

 

[_Windrider_]

So I’ve been doing a ding dong then. Does it still hold up the same since it’s already hard compared to liquid tube stuff.

Yes for the most part

 

[SmartDonkey]

If being generous I can understand you removing it the first time...... but it didn't seem odd that it kept happening and make you think that maybe it was supposed to be there? But it's a easy fix.

 

[msgriff]

Don't try to remove it. It's a threadlocker that is reusable known by various trademarks like Torq-Patch. You shouldn't need to use any additional threadlocker.

 

[DLS]

Definitely a Smurf joke out there somewhere….

 

[cas6969]

 

[FredHammer]

Definitely a Smurf joke out there somewhere….

I'm thinking something like blue screwed and Smurfette...

 

[TheOE800]

Username doesn’t check out.

 

[lariat]

Threadlocker. But that seems to be an odd screw head for optics mounts.

 

[Sgp12345]

I find it hard to believe that someone who builds bridges does not know what a threadlocker is..

 

[Milf Dots]

Don't try to remove it. It's a threadlocker that is reusable known by various trademarks like Torq-Patch. You shouldn't need to use any additional threadlocker.

Is that rubbery blue stuff available to consumers? It just seems more practical than the liquid threadlock commonly found.

 

[spife7980]

Is that rubbery blue stuff available to consumers? It just seems more practical than the liquid threadlock commonly found.

Vibratite

 

[Hecouldgoalltheway]

Yeah, can you give us a list of bridges that you worked on?

No.... a map. A map might be better..

 

[Mike Islander]

It's blueberry jam and prevents rust. That's why they call it preserves.

 

[msgriff]

Is that rubbery blue stuff available to consumers? It just seems more practical than the liquid threadlock commonly found.

Like @spife7980 said, the closest product available to the consumer is Vibra-Tite VC-3. The pre-applied factory screws are a nylon paste or powder on flux that is baked on. I did happen to find an industrial product that worked well, but it's not common and expensive.

 

[redneckbmxer24]

You're a bridge builder and don't know what threadlocker is?

 

[Baron23]

No thread locker needed! haha

 

[CaptNemo]

Username doesn’t check out.

Profile "Claims" to be from California...
Use that info as you will

 

[308pirate]

Is that rubbery blue stuff available to consumers? It just seems more practical than the liquid threadlock commonly found.

Seriously?

LOL

 

[308pirate]

I find it hard to believe that someone who builds bridges does not know what a threadlocker is..

Well home depot has youtube videos explaining how to use tape measures and hammers.....so there's that.

 

[308pirate]

Now I understand why there are so many idiots on a pistol forum complaining about their red dots or mounting plates coming loose

I would have thought that men wouldn't find assembling simple things a challenge but I was wrong.