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    how to remove Blue loctite

    Title says it all.

    What solvent will remove Blue Loctite?

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    Probably start with their own Loctite solvent.
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    Blue is supposed to be able to be removed with a wrench.

    If not, a few seconds with the "blue tip wrench" should do the trick.
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    Regular Blue lock-tite should be removable with a socket and a breaker bar.
    Now if you got some Army lock-tite that is blue but comes out of a red container, you might want to apply some heat first.
    Yes, lock-tite makes a solvent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by yoni View Post
    Title says it all.

    What solvent will remove Blue Loctite?
    Acetone will for sure. The flush they list on the red how to is an acetone/alcohol blend. I think skipping the chisel paint stripper would be a good idea depending on what you are trying to clean up.

    https://www.henkel-adhesives.com/us/...eadlocker.html

    Heat and a wire brush/tap & due is another method. Read claims fresh threadlocker will soften the dried gunk, but haven't tried it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jsbhike View Post
    Acetone will for sure. The flush they list on the red how to is an acetone/alcohol blend.
    I've used acetone on Red but not blue. Isn't the blue a different chemical base? It is possible acetone is less effective on it if that is true.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disciple View Post
    I've used acetone on Red but not blue. Isn't the blue a different chemical base? It is possible acetone is less effective on it if that is true.
    Definitely not acetone, I tried cleaning up a scope mount where someone gummed up the clamping screws with loctite. Brake cleaner did absolutely nothing, probably would need to strip it down and scrub it down with a brush to really remove the residue.
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    Naptha, i.e., lighter fluid
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    May I ask what application the Lock-Tite was used for?
    Because if we're talking rings for a scope or something automotive, there are different ways to approach this.

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    I am talking about showing a child how to clean an AR and I got a business call, since the gun was in pieces I figured no harm can be done.

    While I was gone said child squeezed a bunch of blue loctite into my Timney Impact trigger.
    I didn't know it had happened, and the parent my daughter came and got the kid. I didn't get back to the gun for 3 days. Now my trigger is loctited in place.

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