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.
Yeah, I only tend to use thread lock if a wheel is heavily dished and one side is going to end up under tensioned (and then only on the under tensioned side).
Jon.
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.