Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I found said buttons that have to be hammered together. Maybe three out of six go together without being destroyed or failing shortly after they are attached. NOT satisfactory. For less money I found some that screw together but come unscrewed in the wash. Much better to attach and seem to be stringer. Would a drop of red Loktite hold them? The only other solution seems to be to sew regular four hole buttons on by hand, but that takes forever and looks dog crap on a stick. What say you all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Loctite for the second set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: Loctite for the second set! ^^^^ what he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 50 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: Loctite for the second set! Don't use the purple stuff, the red is the strongest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Would a drop of red Loktite hold them? Red loctite is basically permanent. Especially on something that can catch fire as the only way to loosen red loctite is with heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Red loctite is basically permanent. Especially on something that can catch fire as the only way to loosen red loctite is with heat. Would that turn the jeans into Hot Pants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 48 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Red loctite is basically permanent. Especially on something that can catch fire as the only way to loosen red loctite is with heat. My first pistols in CAS were two Colt Cowboys ( I know, I know, many don't consider them real Colts, but that's all I could afford at the time). Anyway I started having problems with screws loosening up so one day I started using red loctite on the screws..........................WRONG THING TO DO! When I started on the second one I tried to cock the first one and found the damn thing was frozen shut! In a total panic I was able to disassemble both guns and totally remove all traces of red loctite. From then on I became a sworn user of clear nail polish in all screws in all guns. Red loctite should never come within 100 feet of guns, the same as Dremel tools. But it probably would work wonderfully on your jeans buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Just now, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said: My first pistols in CAS were two Colt Cowboys ( I know, I know, many don't consider them real Colts, but that's all I could afford at the time). Anyway I started having problems with screws loosening up so one day I started using red loctite on the screws..........................WRONG THING TO DO! When I started on the second one I tried to cock the first one and found the damn thing was frozen shut! In a total panic I was able to disassemble both guns and totally remove all traces of red loctite. From then on I became a sworn user of clear nail polish in all screws in all guns. Red loctite should never come within 100 feet of guns, the same as Dremel tools. But it probably would work wonderfully on your jeans buttons. Don't know if they still make it, they had one called Guntite for just that sort of thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 What brand of buttons are you buying? Been using Carhartt Bachelor Buttons for years and have never had issues. I do use an awl to make the hole in the jeans and push the stud through the material before hammering it into the button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 35 minutes ago, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said: ... Red loctite should never come within 100 feet of guns, the same as Dremel tools. Gunsmiths should send the president of Dremel a Christmas card every year. I don't use Loctite. I just keep a watch on any screws that like to loosen up on their own and snug them down as necessary- mostly because I never can remember which one's permanent and which one isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Used sparingly, carefully, maybe even expertly, an excellent tool. In other cases probably in second place to the chainsaw in inexperienced hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Rip Snorter said: Would that turn the jeans into Hot Pants? Not on Forty! One of the things I've been known to do was use screwback conchos as jeans buttons. I mounted an eyelet in the material first, then the concho with a washer on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 @Rip Snorter, Off-topic, but thanks for updating your . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Never had any issues with hammering Duluth Trading bachelor buttons together. Like SD said above, as long as spike end has been pushed through a hole in the pants material first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 15 minutes ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: @Rip Snorter, Off-topic, but thanks for updating your . Took me a while to figure it out, then what picture to use! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger #3720LR Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Stop using a hammer to set the buttons. Get them ready and place them in a small table vise and squeeze them together. You can control how deep the pin goes in to the button and they go in straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Actually, the white Loctite is the strongest. It is used to assemble metal parts that are never intended to be disassembled. We use it on Harley Davidson crank pins and flywheels when they go together for the final time. You often have to cut the crank pin nuts off when you rebuild an old Harley engine. The red stuff can be loosened with heat, such as boiling water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.K. Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I use the blue loctite stick (It looks like a chap stick) on my gun stuff. Never had an issue so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I have a bottle of purple 222 Loctite for hammer, trigger & bolt screws. It’s a step lighter than blue 242 Loctite. We used to have jean looking buttons, that were screw together, though. Reminded me of chicago screws in a way. A drop of crazy glue kept these together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choctaw Jack Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I open up the hole in the button with a drillbit one size larger than the stud , then press them together with a pair of pliers. Haven't bent one since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 5 hours ago, WOLFY said: I have a bottle of purple 222 Loctite for hammer, trigger & bolt screws. It’s a step lighter than blue 242 Loctite. We used to have jean looking buttons, that were screw together, though. Reminded me of chicago screws in a way. A drop of crazy glue kept these together. These are the kind I got this last time. I'm gonna Locktite the bejabbers out of then just because I've had such bad lock wth the push in styles...about a dozen brands of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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