I am retarded!!!!

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TrueGunNut

Discussion Starter · Dec 4, 2010

I just realized that the Loctite that I put on my 1911's grip screws was not the BLUE colored thread locker but Loctite brand super glue!.... I AM RETARDED. I bought a tiny thing of loctite at lowes and it was a blue container and I thought it was the same thing as thread locker.

Am I screwed? I will say, the grip screws don't feel like they will ever come loose.

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TrueGunNut

Discussion Starter · #2 · Dec 4, 2010

http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/4/3/sg_prog_tube/overview/Loctite-Super-Glue-Gel-Professional.htm that is what I put on my grip screws, thinking it was the same thing as the loctite blue thread locker.
This is on ed brown rosewood grips and my dan wesson valor !!!! ....I don't plan on taking the grips off.... they are beautiful..but still...

is this stuff more "potent" than blue thread locker? Did I "F" up BAD???

fire65

· #3 · Dec 4, 2010

You may be screwed. Only thing I can think of is try heating them, not sure if you could get them hot enough. If you get it done, lets us know how it worked out.
Or just never remove the grips again.

Quack

· #4 · Dec 4, 2010

hope you don't have an ambi-safety, because you would need to take the right side grip off for most of them.

TrueGunNut

Discussion Starter · #5 · Dec 4, 2010

there is no ambi safety.

I feel a little sick though....

TrueGunNut

Discussion Starter · #6 · Dec 4, 2010

Again... I really don't plan on taking those grips off.... so....

Should I try and take them off though..just to see if I CAN???

Hokie1911

· #7 · Dec 4, 2010

DOH! :homer:

Quack

· #8 · Dec 4, 2010

if anything the grip bushings would come out, then you could cut them off from the bottom side of the grip.

woodrowNC

· #9 · Dec 4, 2010

TrueGunNut said:
I just realized that the Loctite that I put on my 1911's grip screws was not the BLUE colored thread locker but Loctite brand super glue!.... I AM RETARDED. I bought a tiny thing of loctite at lowes and it was a blue container and I thought it was the same thing as thread locker.

Am I screwed? I will say, the grip screws don't feel like they will ever come loose.

done that. heat.

bac1023

· #10 · Dec 4, 2010

Ouch!

Quack

· #11 · Dec 4, 2010

woodrowNC said:
done that. heat.

part of your drunken gunsmithing :animlol:

TrueGunNut

Discussion Starter · #12 · Dec 4, 2010

woodrowNC!!! hey! you have made the same mistake?? SO... I am NOT screwed?? I haven't destroyed my precious gun??

Again..I really don't have any plans for taking these ed brown grips off unless the wood got chipped to hell and needed to be replaced...

woodrowNC

· #13 · Dec 4, 2010

Quack said:
if anything the grip bushings would come out, then you could cut them off from the bottom side of the grip.

more likely this.

drc767

· #14 · Dec 4, 2010

TrueGunNut said:
I just realized that the Loctite that I put on my 1911's grip screws was not the BLUE colored thread locker but Loctite brand super glue!.... I AM RETARDED. I bought a tiny thing of loctite at lowes and it was a blue container and I thought it was the same thing as thread locker.

Am I screwed? I will say, the grip screws don't feel like they will ever come loose.

Heat will work, but you may kill the grips in the process. The other option is the hope the bushings remove with the screws still glued to the threads. Then put a small set of vice grips on the bushings, put some heat to the backside of the grip/bushing and hope you have get it hot enough to remove the screws. Worse case scenario, you will be out a set of bushing......pretty inexpensive mistake.

TrueGunNut

Discussion Starter · #15 · Dec 4, 2010

Quack said:
if anything the grip bushings would come out, then you could cut them off from the bottom side of the grip.

I don't understand this scenario. Would this ruin the gun if I took my allen wrench and unscrewed the bloody hell out of the grip screws until they came out along with the bushings?

leftfield

· #16 · Dec 4, 2010

Fingernail polish remover or anything with acetone removes superglue.

woodrowNC

· #17 · Dec 4, 2010

Quack said:
part of your drunken gunsmithing :animlol:

:rofl::rofl: good one.

no, not grip screws. larger bolts at work. large enough that heat wouldn't affect things in a negative way. but the principles the same.

TrueGunNut

Discussion Starter · #18 · Dec 4, 2010

drc767 said:
Heat will work, but you may kill the grips in the process. The other option is the hope the bushings remove with the screws still glued to the threads. Then put a small set of vice grips on the bushings, put some heat to the backside of the grip/bushing and hope you have get it hot enough to remove the screws. Worse case scenario, you will be out a set of bushing......pretty inexpensive mistake.

OK..i feel much better now!!!......... :faint:

Hokie1911

· #19 · Dec 4, 2010

Honestly, it sounds like you have totally F'd up your Brown. It's pretty worthless at this point. I will PM you my FFL's info and you can send it to me for uhhhh, proper disposal.

woodrowNC

· #20 · Dec 4, 2010

TrueGunNut said:
OK..i feel much better now!!!......... :faint:

none of this answeres your original question.... am i retarded? :rofl:

joking of course.

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