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I've never bothered with anything threadlocking - I just dip the ends of the spokes in gear oil and dip a cotton bud in the oil to lubricate the eyelets, all to prevent excess wind-up and nipple binding. OTOH I've mostly built front wheels; if I were building rear wheels that were heavily dished and/or for touring, I'm heavy enough that threadlocking the NDS would probably be a good idea.
Thrustvector
Jon.
The idea of spoke prep or boiled linseed oil is that it's a lubricant during the build, then locks everything in place some time later. You'll get many opinions about whether that's a good thing or not.
Did you prestress the wheel? It sounds like spoke windup to me (with a bit of under-tensioning thrown in), though odd it should happen just to the drive-side on a equally tensioned wheel.