The evils of Loctite

...and using the double the amount of Loctite this time I assume (LoL). Be informed that they sell this stuff as well in different strengths.

What could be interesting from a denial perspective, is to see what happens if, after you managed to unloock in the given time, she would have said "Fine, it still works, lock again now….".

Enjoy the pleasure you both gain, at least I enjoyed reading it.

 

I can concur, having a Mature Metal cage with a security screw. These cages are great, but the screw can be fiddly, and if that special tool were ever to be lost....

 

instead of loc tite just use one wrap of teflon tape (plumbers tape). it will stay locked and yet come off when unscrewed. You will have an evtra 50 seconds to play.

 

An altenerate to the PTFE tape is a spring washer, won't work as well with stainless or get your keyholder to build up some muscles and tighten that screw so much that there's no way its shaking loose. Most times Lady C can tighten mine so that two weeks later its still tight - to my dismay and frustration

 

Remember heat will break the bond lol

 

Is there not one the loctite products for extreme conditions that kinda goes like epoxy resin?

 

"A perverted james bond thwarting a criminal mastermind" that made me laugh. I didnt knownthis about Mature Metal security screws. Its good to know

 

Yep - had a chuckle myself both at the phrase and the desparation of the situation.

I was skeptical about the MM security screw and thought it would be nothing more that a standard screw with a torx security screw. Its not, its got a five or six irregular sided recess that the complementary tool fits into. Each are unique (AFAIK), MM gives you two screw and two tools. Lady C likes it way more than using a padlock as there's nothing to rattle, less bulk and altogether more aesthetic and secure that a padlock. Only downfall is that where she could wear a key on her ankle or neck she can't wear a lump of stainless steel.

 

I used purple loctite for a while. It is lower strength

It was a big mistake. Eventually the screw seized. I was able to remove it plyers but for a while there I was quite anxious

 

There's not a lot of screw head to grip - probably a deliberate design decision

 

Loctite comes in 4 bonding strengths and different grades are color-coded. Purple is the weakest and would work in this application. It help prevent the screw from backing out and still allows the tool to easily remove the screw. Red is mostly used for automotive and requires heat to help remove the screw and unless the fastener is really strong, you may strip the area where the removal tool is inserted..

For long term chastity over 30 days, my wife takes great pleasure in squirting red loctite into the lock, after it dries the key is useless. With padlocks, it requires bolt cutters to cut the lock off. For internal barrel locks, they must be drilled out and take care and effort. You haven't lived until you are standing next to a vice, the head of your cage is clamped down, and your wife is holding a power drill with bits next to you most prized possession. She is now able to drill out a lock in 5 minutes, cleaning up the pieces of metal takes longer then the drilling.

 

While the use of Loctite has it’s own value in securing the screw or adding some permanence, if the sole intent is to prevent the security screw from loosening then I would suggest countersinking it. MM will, in fact, countersink it’s and grind down the width of the screw head so it fits better for a nominal charge. I did it myself on my first cage and that worked too.

with countersinking the screw is not subject to movement of the cage, and doesn’t loosen on its own. I’ve worn mine for weeks without the screw loosening and without using loctite, washers, or any thing else.

Plus, it makes it nigh impossible to grab the screw head with pliers. That screw is pretty much not coming out without the key. Or A drill with one of those damaged screw removers, I suppose.

 

It seems to me your post likely belongs in fiction

 

No worries
We are all brothers and sisters here

 

I used blue on my MM cage for years with no issues. A dab will do though!

 

You can get super glue debonder off eBay or amazon quite cheap, that will denature super glue quite quickly, so it’s still not a permanent solution.

 

You have to super careful with the red locktite. You will be in for quite a surprise if you let it set for too long as it will seize the bolt to the point where the head will break off before the bolt comes out. The MM tool for the screw will certainly strip before you get the bolt out anyway. I had a MM with a security screw and it too would loosen and I went back to using a lock in it. If you want a forever situation red loctite w/a screw is for you!

 

Loctite 271 (the red stuff) says right on the bottle that "high heat is required to remove it" and I can attest to that - I had a PA sleeve locked on me with 271 and nothing short of a pair of bolt cutters and a fair amount of (careful) filing got me out of it. There are indeed four strengths and red kept the clutch drive spider on my Alfetta from loosening, where the lock washer tab repeatably failed.

 

I damaged one of the tools trying to remove a screw that I had used blue loctite on. Since then I’ve used plumbers tape and it works great.

 

Bizzarely Zanussi might have the answer if you ever lose the key. At least, I used my MM jailbird key to install a new oven handle because it had the same star shaped fitting and it worked a treat, so presumably it would work the other way around......

 

I worked for an industrial supplier and we sold loctite. There are many strengths available, I would try the milder screw lock version.

 

Not sure what you mean by this, I don't have knowledge of Loctite or my wife can't use power tools? If its the wife, we work on our house and barn together and she can use every tool except for the band saw.