“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” -Augustine
Yep, there's an expiration date on the bottles of Loctite I buy and it's usually good for almost 2 years. Though I have emailed Loctite USA about it and they told me it does last longer than the expiration date, but I still try to change them out every 2 or 3 years. I mainly use blue 243 and sometimes red 263 if I need something stronger.
Last edited by 556Cliff; 09-28-21 at 09:17.
Never knew either! I have a couple of tubes that must be at least ten years old and they still seem to work. What happens when it goes bad?
I seem to go through blue well within the time frame-or the dang stuff weeps out in in the plastic baggie. I just grabbed another tube and will change to a vertical storage with them.
GET IN YOUR BUBBLE!
i have the same little bottles of red and blue locktite ive had for many years.. still seems to work OK, but i do rarely use it
didnt know it had a shelf-life, but i would imagine the conditions its stored in matter quite a bit. all of my gun solvents, lubes, thread lockers, etc, live in a cool, dark place
interesting thread - ive alwaya operated under the impression torque values dry unless specified wet - sounds like that is not a safe rule. i do tend toward a slot too tight rather than a slot too loose, and pre-work the threads.
ive never had a barrel fly off, at least
why so serious?
Some, I know for instance Sig Sauer will list the values specifying whether or not to use loctite or not. (optics/plates)
GET IN YOUR BUBBLE!
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