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Posted: 1/3/2011 12:13:53 PM EDT
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Try heating it with a hair dryer.
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Posted: 1/3/2011 12:29:30 PM EDT
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Try heating it with a hair dryer. I bought my wife a new hair dryer and put the old one on my bench.........MANY uses for it there. |
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Posted: 1/3/2011 12:55:30 PM EDT
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I don't want to use acetone, and I don't necessarily want to apply too much heat near polymer parts. What other options, if any, are there for unscrewing blue Loctite? You shouldn't need any heat or anything with blue. |
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Posted: 1/3/2011 4:47:49 PM EDT
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Better than a hair dryer:
A soldering iron-you apply heat directly to the screwhead. I pull front sights from Glocks that have had the red LocTite used with no problem. Unless you "Dum-Dum" it you have no chance of damaging anything. |
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Posted: 1/4/2011 7:13:04 AM EDT
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What size screws, and was actual LocTite brand used? Screws under about 8-32 will need a little heat...I like the soldering iron idea. Green Loctite is better for the really small screws.
The only reason I ask about the brand is that different brands have different color codes. I bought some off brand stuff that uses the color red for medium strength....equivalent to blue in Loctite brand. |
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Posted: 1/4/2011 1:51:50 PM EDT
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I just use the correct screwdriver. I've never had an issue with blue loctite, even on 6-48 screws.
Red loctite is a whole nother cat... |
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Posted: 1/5/2011 8:59:01 AM EDT
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Better than a hair dryer: A soldering iron-you apply heat directly to the screwhead. I pull front sights from Glocks that have had the red LocTite used with no problem. Unless you "Dum-Dum" it you have no chance of damaging anything. THIS is why I read all these threads, somebody smarter than me always has a better idea than I would have.... 
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