Originally Posted by
rootboy
I'm not a very experienced wheel builder, but, I used some "spoke prep" too, Unworthy1. My question on this stuff is, are you supposed to let it completely dry...doesn't seem to...before adding nipples? Is it supposed to act as a lubricant? A thread lock? An anti-seize?
All of the above. Apply it wet so it lubes at first. Later on it will harden and adhere to the nips. I don't have a problem using this kind of stuff if it is readily available. A lot of people will say that they don't want to use anything that adds resistance to trueing down the line. I mostly use anti-seize or grease because it's cheap and works just as well. However, I would not use only triflow since that stuff washes away really easily.