i am using a tube of Tamiya blue thread lock, after using, how long does it take before you can use it? house long does it usaully take to "lock"?

Don't know about that brand but the Loctite brand stuff says 24 hours cure time.

it will usually work after about 10-15 minutes but reaches its strongest point when fully cured at about 24hrs or so.

it shuold be cured to a tacky point in about 3 hours. at which time it should hold the bolt.

that's a relief. I was breaking in an engine today on my truck... and the hex head that holds the the clutchbell on backed off! any other truck not a big deal... but try and get to that on a Warhead[]. had to remove the gaurds, and the reverse servo just to barely get an allen key on it. I put some thread lock, waited about a half hour and went to try and tune the truck up. Again... it backed off.
The problem is I have a tamiya brand thread lock. No lie, there is no english on the package other then "THREAD LOCK",
atleast i know i'll just have to go through the frustration one more time and just leave it for a day.

Hehehe good old kanji for you.

If it were me Id just run down to your local hardware and get some Loc-Tite. I recently tried some Losi threadlock that totally sucked. I think it was old.[:@]

ya i got a tube of the tamiya stuff, and it is really tacky, and when u squeeze the tube, half a tonne of the stuff comes out lol, the realy loc tight is really thin and gets to all the threads unlike the tamiya stuff. I think i might go pick up some more loctight cause this tamiya stuff stinks.

You can use an activator to drastically decrease the cure time of the threadlockers.



This works for all loctite threadlocking formulas. My local auto parts store carries it. Cure time is about 10 min. Trackside, this stuff is just as important as the threadlocker itself!


Edit: You guys should be using this for threadlocking compound:



Loctite 248

make sure you shake thread lock before using it! It can and will seperate over time. Also with each application, both surfaces should be cleaned of old loctite prior to applying for best results.

I'm using that Tamiya threadlock at the moment - it's not great but it usually holds. I've got four other bottles from different brands which are all but usless. I've use strong "Loc tite" in the past - that's the decent stuff and will usually hold forever.

I Agree, The Paste is the Best and it's Easy to put on.........