Graphite powder lubricant

[Viking]

5 hours ago, Jack Peterson said:

 So is graphite lubricants,

 

 

Is graphite lubricant toxic to humans?

 

 

Product Information Causes serious eye damage. Can be fatal if swallowed Inhalation Is a respiratory sensitizer. Eye contact Causes eye damage/irritation. Ingestion Can be fatal if swallowed.

Do as you wish 🙈

[Jack Peterson]

2 hours ago, Viking said:

Do as you wish 🙈

  Well Thank You 

Edited November 8 by Jack Peterson

[earthdome]

Struck out at Handyman.

 

Perhaps time to raid my daughters pencil collection.

[hk blues]

4 hours ago, earthdome said:

Struck out at Handyman.

 

Perhaps time to raid my daughters pencil collection.

I for one am astounded that they were out of stock! 

[Mike J]

On 11/8/2024 at 2:21 PM, earthdome said:

Struck out at Handyman.

 

Perhaps time to raid my daughters pencil collection.

Here is a good way to use the graphite from a pencil to lubricate a lock.  Fold a sheet of paper to get a crease, then open it back up.  Use fine sandpaper to grind the pencil graphite onto the paper (no wood particle).  Now fold the paper into a V shape so the graphite slide to the bottom of the V.  Put the end of the V against the lock entry.  Gently blow the graphite into the lock.  It works great, have done it several times over the years.  Much easier to find a pencil than it is to find that DAMN small container of graphite you purchased three years ago. 

[jimeve]

12 hours ago, Mike J said:

Here is a good way to use the graphite from a pencil to lubricate a lock.  Fold a sheet of paper to get a crease, then open it back up.  Use fine sandpaper to grind the pencil graphite onto the paper (no wood particle).  Now fold the paper into a V shape so the graphite slide to the bottom of the V.  Put the end of the V against the lock entry.  Gently blow the graphite into the lock.  It works great, have done it several times over the years.  Much easier to find a pencil than it is to find that DAMN small container of graphite you purchased three years ago. 

What's wrong with good old WD 40?

[Mike J]

12 minutes ago, jimeve said:

What's wrong with good old WD 40?

Bad idea per Google? 

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No, WD-40 is not recommended for lubricating locks: 
 
Solvent-based
WD-40 is a solvent-based lubricant that doesn't contain any lubricant. Over time, it can actually make locks stickier by gumming them up. 
 
Attracts dust and debris
Oil-based lubricants like WD-40 can attract dust and debris, which can make it harder to operate the lock or damage the internal mechanism. 

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[Snowy79]

When I was a working locksmith I dealt with a company that was just getting into the locksmith market, selling keys and lock picks.

I was in an institute that specialised in picking locks. This new company gave us lots of perks to help them design new lock picks and also to improve the security on mainly cylinder locks. The types with pins in them. 

One way we discovered to bypass even high security pin locks was by cutting a key blank a certain way, inserting it almost all the way into the lock then tapping it in the final fraction of a mm. It was so successful it pretty much beat any pin lock, some of which cost crazy money. 

Our next mission was to design a method to prevent this. It was achieved by just using vegetable oil. A small amount inserted into the lock made it anti bump. This company set about selling sachets of Anti bump oil, again for stupid money and it sold like hot cakes before the secret got out. Something like £2 a sachet which held about a teaspoon of vegetable oil. The oil never once gummed up in all the years I saw it being used.