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Graphite Powder for door locks?
Where do you guys pick this stuff up from?
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Local
auto parts store.
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Sweet! No special MB stuff!
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In Arlington, you should be fine with graphite powder.
Up here in MI I have found that taking General Motors' advice on lock lube is best: synthetic motor oil. Several blustery winter mornings with the cigarette lighter, trying to keep it lit in the icy wind, alternately freezing and burning my fingers, in order to open my doors, revealed to me that the high-priced official M-B lock lube goop may work in Germany, but not here. Graphite is a great lube; I recall using it on my VW bugs with good results in most weather. But with water + freezing temps I have learned to keep all my locks lubed with Mobil 1, in order to displace the water. My $0.02. Over...
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I use denatured alcohol, squirted in with a needle and syringe. Melts the ice, absorbs the water, and evaporates. So far this winter, I've only had to do it once; the locks stayed dry after that.
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to quote my brother who is a locksmith: "graphite - we love whoever uses it, eventually the locks stop working when it dries out. Plugs up the pins in the tumbler. We spray WD40 in them and free it up then charge the customer the service fee ($25 or $30)
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WD40 displaces any type of lube in the locks nay? Egro the "Water Displacement 40" name. I used that stuff in a lock mech once and NEVER again... made it worse than it was to begin with.
At any rate, went to the 24 Hr VatoZone and grabbed some $1.40 graphite... works great again!
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www.corrosionx.com or Aerokroil. Either relegates WD40 to tar removal duty. RT
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LOL - yup work well for getting rubber from fenders too.
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I might just do a test with the synthetic motor oil and see how long it lasts. It's quite thick, however, and getting it to go down between the mast sections will be difficult. Maybe I'll heat it up in the microwave. |
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Brian, try a teflon spray, I have a tube of dry teflon I used on my Hirschmann POS antenna masts when they start balking. The Indy I use has some Teflon material in a spray can, I think I'll have to evaluate some of that too. Trust me, my brother was a locksmith in CO, had lots of cases where the locks just got gummed up and quit working. I told him I owned a SAAB that started having sticky locks. I had bought it new (last new car I ever bought!) and I was responsible for the graphite mess. He suggested washing it out with WD40, which I did, and it was fine afterwards!
I think motor oil is too thick, it will hold dust particles, better not mess try it! Have you any sperm oil (Whale oil!)? I would use that in a heartbeat. I had some when I worked on mil spec hardware many years ago, my tool box still smells of it! its a very fine lube oil that doesn't thicken over time.
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