Using Rosin To Start a Philips Head Screw

[Toolmaker51]

Yes Marv's duct seal makes good ballistic putty. An inch seems to stop any pellet, even my 5mm's. Sealing wire entry is a common use. Real important marine use inside their stuffing tubes for watertight integrity.
Cleansers add 'bite' to screwdriver bits. A bit of torn off aluminum foil can help with Phillips or straight screw slots. Both leave particles, not always electrically or mechanically copacetic.
Rosin, warmed with a butane lighter makes a nicely brittle glue that really holds fasteners.
Finding modeling clay is worthwhile; holds thread wires, replicate fillets and radii, [can slice for comparators], reveal clearance when fitting parts, apply underside of thin sections to dampen vibrations while subtractive machining, adheres on most surfaces - weighs easily for static balancing, shelved object pressed into 3 small cone 'feet' might avert loss during earthquakes. Don't have a tube mic? With a little clay and small bearing ball, now you do.
I keep a lump in prescription container for the thread wire trick. In reality it's plumbers putty, a nice plain gray color. Not big fan of pink, neon green or white. Brown has a lot of practical joke applications...