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Why is thread lock fluid hard to find in the UK?
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I got loads of results too, mostly Amazon and eBay. My question was why it's not something mainstream hardware stores stock.
The handle on my lawnmower fell off mid-mow the other day and I've lost the bolt entirely. That's what made me think "I'll pick some up" and the when I was in town getting a few bits I realised I couldn't see it.
I spot loose bolts and tighten them up every now and then, I guess if I had a bottle then I'd lock each loose bolt I find.
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I think because people are unlikely to use it on anything except vehicles. Maybe the motor and pulley bolts in a washing machine. So motoring shops sell it.
I don't use it on the nuts and bolts in the garden, I wouldn't use it on bolting together a wooden structure. When do you use it?
I don't use it on the nuts and bolts in the garden, I wouldn't use it on bolting together a wooden structure. When do you use it?
I use it on machinery / engines etc where it is critical that the bolts or whatever don’t come undone and damage would be catastrophic.
Some brake caliper bolts come with the stuff ready applied and set.
To allow the compound to release its often necessary to heat the part up.
John
Some brake caliper bolts come with the stuff ready applied and set.
To allow the compound to release its often necessary to heat the part up.
John
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It's used fairly frequently in RC cars.
Small parts, low torque tightening I guess.
John
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EddieM
Small parts, low torque tightening I guess.
John
Yep, 'bout the long and short of it. If only the price of some of the parts were in the same scale
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They do as well as motor factor suppliers and electrical suppliers
Last time I bought some thread lock it was £4.99 on ebay for a decent size 50ml bottle, brand was mega bond
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As an "old fogie" I can tell you that back in the 1960s I was taught BOTH systems, although exams (O-level and above) were all done in metric units, which are considerably easier to do calculations in. I sometimes have a laugh at the antics of the younger guys who can struggle to comprehend that some materials, such as plywood, come in Imperial sizes only which means that joist centres need to be laid out on 16in centres, NOT 400mm for example, unless you want to do an awful lot of trimming of sheets. Whilst my primary tape is metric only I always carry an 8 metre dual measure as well to handle such tasks more easily
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Went into butchers in OZ with the wife, she asked for a pound of mince, butcher looked at her strange, so explained that although we went metric in 1969 we like to make the change gradually.
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